Safe anchorage or all at sea? Comparing climate adaptation laws, plans, and policies for deeply uncertain port city futures

Alexander Stanley

doi:10.14361/9783839430149-014

Safe anchorage or all at sea? Comparing climate adaptation laws, plans, and policies for deeply uncertain port city futures

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contingencies in Urban Future-Making
Subtitle of host publication	Pitfalls, Potentialities, and Transformative Practices
Editors	Joachim Thiel, Monika Grubbauer, Lucas Pohl
Publisher	transcript Verlag
Chapter	14
Pages	321-347
Number of pages	27
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-8394-3014-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-8376-7900-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839430149-014
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2025

Publication series

Name	Urban Future-Making
Publisher	transcript Verlag
ISSN (Print)	2944-0106
ISSN (Electronic)	2944-0114

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13 Climate Action

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CLICCS I: Exzellenzcluster EXC - 2037/1 „Climate, Climatic Change, and Society“
Knieling, J. (Project Lead HCU ), Wickel, M. (Project Lead HCU ), Schick, E. (Additional researcher), Stanley, A. (Additional researcher) & Nayak, S. (Additional researcher)
1/01/19 → 31/12/25
Project: Third Party Funded Project - Research › DFG

1 PhD-Project
1 Lecture, Talk, Presentation

Analyse, Act, Adapt, Ad Infinitem: Towards A Legal Framework For Climate Adaptation Decision-Making Under Deep Uncertainty
Stanley, A. (Speaker)
8 Jul 2024 → 12 Jul 2024
Activity: Lecture, Talk, Presentation & Exhibitions › Lecture, Talk, Presentation
Governance approaches for coping with the deep uncertainty and variability of climate change in comparative perspective
Stanley, A. (PhD student) & Wickel, M. (Supervisor)
24 Feb 2023 → …
Activity: PhD project › PhD-Project

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Stanley, A. (2025). Safe anchorage or all at sea? Comparing climate adaptation laws, plans, and policies for deeply uncertain port city futures. In J. Thiel, M. Grubbauer, & L. Pohl (Eds.), Contingencies in Urban Future-Making: Pitfalls, Potentialities, and Transformative Practices (pp. 321-347). (Urban Future-Making). transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839430149-014

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Stanley, A 2025, Safe anchorage or all at sea? Comparing climate adaptation laws, plans, and policies for deeply uncertain port city futures. in J Thiel, M Grubbauer & L Pohl (eds), Contingencies in Urban Future-Making: Pitfalls, Potentialities, and Transformative Practices. Urban Future-Making, transcript Verlag, pp. 321-347. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839430149-014

Safe anchorage or all at sea? Comparing climate adaptation laws, plans, and policies for deeply uncertain port city futures. / Stanley, Alexander.
Contingencies in Urban Future-Making: Pitfalls, Potentialities, and Transformative Practices. ed. / Joachim Thiel; Monika Grubbauer; Lucas Pohl. transcript Verlag, 2025. p. 321-347 (Urban Future-Making).

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Safe anchorage or all at sea? Comparing climate adaptation laws, plans, and policies for deeply uncertain port city futures

Publication series

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Projects

CLICCS I: Exzellenzcluster EXC - 2037/1 „Climate, Climatic Change, and Society“

Activities

Analyse, Act, Adapt, Ad Infinitem: Towards A Legal Framework For Climate Adaptation Decision-Making Under Deep Uncertainty

Governance approaches for coping with the deep uncertainty and variability of climate change in comparative perspective

Cite this