People and Climate Change Vulnerability Adaptation and Social Justice
excluded from the policy discussions and decisions that affect their lives. People and Climate Change pays particular attention to the social dimensions of climate change. It closely examines people's lived experience, climate-related injustice and inequity, why some groups are more vulnerable than others, and what can be done about it-especially through greater community
inclusion in policy change. The book offers a diverse range of rich, community-based examples from across the "Global North" and "Global South" (e.g., sacrificial flood zones in urban Argentina, forced relocation of United Houma tribal members in the United States, gendered water insecurities in
Bangladesh and Australia) while posing social and political questions about climate change (e.g., what can be done about the unequal consequences of climate change by questioning and transforming social institutions and arrangements?). It serves as an essential resource for practitioners,
policymakers, and undergraduate-/graduate-level educators of courses in environmental studies, social work, urban studies, planning, geography, sociology, and other disciplines that address matters of climate and environmental change.
Publisher Name | Oxford University Press USA |
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Author Name | Hagendorf, Col |
Format | Audio |
Bisac Subject Major | SOC |
Language | NG |
Isbn 10 | 0190886455 |
Isbn 13 | 9780190886455 |
Target Age Group | min:NA, max:NA |
Dimensions | 00.94" H x 00.06" L x 20.00" W |
Page Count | 256 |
Lisa Reyes Mason, PhD, MSW, is Assistant Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Jonathan Rigg, PhD, is Chair of Human Geography in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol, UK.