2023 Volume 79 Issue 27 Article ID: 23-27001
The objective of this study is to quantitatively assessment future community scenarios that take into account climate change and socioeconomic factors using the Climate Change related Quality of Life (CC-QOL) indicator. First, a conjoint analysis was conducted on citizens' perceptions of CC-QOL indicator based on a questionnaire survey. The results revealed that perceptions of climate change risk vary with life stage and adaptive capacity with aging, as well as with occupation and understanding of climate change. In addition, multiple community future scenarios were developed for Aichi Prefecture, and CC-QOL values were evaluated on a 500m mesh scale, revealing that disparities among regions and attributes will become increasingly large in the future. This indicates the need to monitor both climate change impacts and citizens' perceptions, which vary from region to region, and to promote localized understanding of climate change risks and adaptation measures.
