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Adaptation is context specific

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Flooding-adaptation studies often ignore unique social, cultural and institutional drivers. Now, research illuminates the drivers that are unique versus shared across socio-cultural contexts and adaptations, which vary in ease of implementation.

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Fig. 1: Factors driving adaptation.

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Wilson, R.S. Adaptation is context specific. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 8–9 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01233-0

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