agronomy Article The Role of Transdisciplinary Research for Agricultural Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Markus Schermer 1,* , Rike Stotten 1 , Ulrich Strasser 2 , Gertraud Meißl 2, Thomas Marke 2, Kristian Förster 3 and Herbert Formayer 4 1 Department of Sociology, Mountain Agriculture Research Unit, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +43-512-507-73413 Received: 14 October 2018; Accepted: 19 October 2018; Published: 24 October 2018 Abstract: While science widely acknowledges the necessity of climate change adaptation (CCA), concrete strategies for CCA by major land-use actor groups at a local level are largely missing. Immediate economic challenges often prevent the establishment of long-term collective strategies. However, collective decisions on a communal level regarding land use are crucial for CCA strategies, given the interdependencies of farming with forestry, tourism, and other economic sectors, especially in mountain areas. This paper presents inter- and trans-disciplinary learning processes, which have evolved into a project modelling the hydrological effects of combined future climate and land-use changes based on the combined scenarios of climate and socio-economic change in an Alpine valley (Brixental in Tyrol/Austria).