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Impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Analysis of institutional authors

Sastre Merino, SusanaAuthorIglesias, AAuthorGarrote, LAuthorBardaji, IAuthorSantillan, DAuthorEsteve, PCorresponding Author

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Looking into individual choices and local realities to define adaptation options to drought and climate change

Publicated to: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 293 112861- - 2021-09-01 293(), DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112861

Authors:

Iglesias, A; Garrote, L; Bardají, I; Santillán, D; Esteve, P
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid UPM, Dept Agr Econ Stat & Business Management CEIGRAM, ETSIAAB, Avda Puerta Hierro 2, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid UPM, Dept Civil Engn Hydraul Energy & Environm, ETSICCP, C Prof Aranguren 3, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author

Abstract

Climate change adaptation choices defined by local communities reflect individual risk perception and contextual factors. This study examines how local contextual environmental factors contribute to individual choices for adapting to water scarcity in three locations in central Spain. The study evaluates citizens' choices by audience segmentation and explore the role of geographical location in segments' engagement with adaptation and adaptation measure preference. The results of the analysis of the effect of local experience support the findings of other studies that suggest that local experience is linked to risk perception but does not necessarily drive adaptive behaviour. The results suggest that respondents from most degraded areas show a higher local risk perception, but do not show homogeneous commitment to adaptation. The results also indicate differences over adaptation measure preferences across locations. Respondents of less degraded areas have a lower risk perception and show individualistic responses as compared to respondents in water stressed communities. These results highlight the relevance of local experience-driven risk perception in support to adaptation actions. Spain exemplifies many countries in southern Europe and North Africa, where drought is already a challenge to society and it is affecting an increasing number of people.
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Keywords

AdaptationAdaptive behaviorAdaptive managementAdultAfricaAfrica, northernArticleAudience segmentationAudience-segmentationBehaviorClean water and sanitationClimate actionClimate changeDroughtDroughtsEnvironmental factorEnvironmental policyEuropeExperienceFemaleGeographyHumanHumansLatent profile analysisMaleMiddle agedNorth africaOvercoming barriersPerceptionsPsychological distancePublic policyRisk perceptionSegmentationSpainSupportWater insecurityWater managementWater supplyWillingness

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 34/279, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Environmental Sciences.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • WoS: 9
  • Scopus: 11
  • Europe PMC: 2
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-27:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 62 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/93403/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 24
  • Downloads: 8
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 13 - Climate Action, ODS 6 - Clean water and sanitation, with a probability of 42% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (IGLESIAS PICAZO, ANA LUISA) and Last Author (ESTEVE BENGOECHEA, PALOMA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been ESTEVE BENGOECHEA, PALOMA.

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Project objectives

Los objetivos perseguidos en esta aportación se centran en comprender las elecciones de adaptación al cambio climático y la sequía a nivel local. Se pretende analizar cómo los factores ambientales contextuales influyen en las decisiones individuales para adaptarse a la escasez de agua en tres localidades de España central. Evaluar las elecciones ciudadanas mediante la segmentación de audiencias y explorar el papel de la ubicación geográfica en el compromiso con la adaptación y la preferencia por medidas adaptativas. Determinar la relación entre la experiencia local y la percepción del riesgo, así como su influencia en el comportamiento adaptativo. Caracterizar las diferencias en las preferencias de medidas de adaptación entre áreas con distintos niveles de degradación ambiental.
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Most relevant results

Los resultados más relevantes del estudio evidencian la influencia de factores contextuales locales en las elecciones individuales para la adaptación a la escasez de agua en tres localidades de España central. En primer lugar, se confirma que la experiencia local está vinculada a la percepción del riesgo, aunque no determina necesariamente el comportamiento adaptativo. En segundo lugar, los participantes de áreas más degradadas presentan una mayor percepción local del riesgo, pero no un compromiso homogéneo con la adaptación. En tercer lugar, se observan diferencias significativas en las preferencias de medidas de adaptación según la ubicación geográfica. Finalmente, los individuos de zonas menos degradadas manifiestan una menor percepción del riesgo y respuestas más individualistas frente a la adaptación.
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Awards linked to the item

This work was supported by the European Commission iSQAPPER project (Grant number 635750) , http:// www.isqaperpr oject.eu/ (AI, LG) ; the European Commission BASE project (Grant number 308337) https://baseadaptation.eu/ (AI, LG) ; and the Uni-versidad Politecnica de Madrid, ADAPTA project (Grant number RP170433021) , (AI, LG) .
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