Climate Change Response: Evidence from the Margaret River Wine Region of Australia

This study explores the relevancy of climate change to business using a sample of wine firms operating in Margaret River, Western Australia, one of the premier wine regions of the world. Using a qualitative approach based on thematic analysis, the results challenge the extent to which climate change...

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Main Author: Galbreath, Jeremy
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley Interscience 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43789
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description This study explores the relevancy of climate change to business using a sample of wine firms operating in Margaret River, Western Australia, one of the premier wine regions of the world. Using a qualitative approach based on thematic analysis, the results challenge the extent to which climate change is a salient stakeholder, while demonstrating that the phenomenon may, in fact, be beneficial. Response actions towards climate change demonstrate both mitigative and adaptive actions, although differences in their level and rate of implementation appear to be attributable to a mix of normative and instrumental trade-offs. Implications of the findings are discussed, with a particular focus on location theory and economic barriers as a key driver of trade-offs between the choice of mitigative or adaptive response to climate change.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-437892017-09-13T13:41:45Z Climate Change Response: Evidence from the Margaret River Wine Region of Australia Galbreath, Jeremy wine stakeholder mitigation Australia climate change business adaptation This study explores the relevancy of climate change to business using a sample of wine firms operating in Margaret River, Western Australia, one of the premier wine regions of the world. Using a qualitative approach based on thematic analysis, the results challenge the extent to which climate change is a salient stakeholder, while demonstrating that the phenomenon may, in fact, be beneficial. Response actions towards climate change demonstrate both mitigative and adaptive actions, although differences in their level and rate of implementation appear to be attributable to a mix of normative and instrumental trade-offs. Implications of the findings are discussed, with a particular focus on location theory and economic barriers as a key driver of trade-offs between the choice of mitigative or adaptive response to climate change. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43789 10.1002/bse.1762 Wiley Interscience restricted
spellingShingle wine
stakeholder
mitigation
Australia
climate change
business
adaptation
Galbreath, Jeremy
Climate Change Response: Evidence from the Margaret River Wine Region of Australia
title Climate Change Response: Evidence from the Margaret River Wine Region of Australia
title_full Climate Change Response: Evidence from the Margaret River Wine Region of Australia
title_fullStr Climate Change Response: Evidence from the Margaret River Wine Region of Australia
title_full_unstemmed Climate Change Response: Evidence from the Margaret River Wine Region of Australia
title_short Climate Change Response: Evidence from the Margaret River Wine Region of Australia
title_sort climate change response: evidence from the margaret river wine region of australia
topic wine
stakeholder
mitigation
Australia
climate change
business
adaptation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43789