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Focusing on the interplay between climate change adaptation and social justice, the book explores how adaptive actions can overlook essential political and cultural dynamics. It introduces a resilience-transition-transformation framework to navigate the complexities of adaptation choices, emphasizing stability, incremental change, and transformative rights claims. Three in-depth case studies highlight diverse contexts of adaptation, ranging from organizational responses to urban governance and national policies, illustrating the multifaceted nature of addressing human vulnerability to climate risks.
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Adaptation to Climate Change, Mark Pelling
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Adaptation to Climate Change
- Subtitle
- From Resilience to Transformation
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mark Pelling
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 220
- ISBN13
- 9780415477505
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Business, Business & Management, Science & Math, Science, Economics, Environmental Themes, Ecology
- Description
- Focusing on the interplay between climate change adaptation and social justice, the book explores how adaptive actions can overlook essential political and cultural dynamics. It introduces a resilience-transition-transformation framework to navigate the complexities of adaptation choices, emphasizing stability, incremental change, and transformative rights claims. Three in-depth case studies highlight diverse contexts of adaptation, ranging from organizational responses to urban governance and national policies, illustrating the multifaceted nature of addressing human vulnerability to climate risks.