Climate Change and Threatened Communities : Vulnerability, Capacity, and Action

ISBN 10: 1853397350 / ISBN 13: 9781853397356

Editore: Practical Action Publishing, 2012

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Codice articolo 18509859-6

Riassunto:

Global climate change disproportionately affects rural people and indigenous groups, but their rights, knowledge, and interests concerning it are generally unacknowledged. Shifts in precipitation, cloud cover, temperature, and other climatic patterns alter their livelihood pursuits and cultural landscapes, accentuating their existing social and economic marginalization. Planners and researchers of climate change mitigation and adaptation must take into account the knowledge and capacity of rural people, and engage them as active participants in the design and governance of interventions.This book documents the capacities and constraints to be encountered among communities facing changing climates. It explores human interactions in environments ranging from subarctic tundra to equatorial rain forest, from oceanic lagoons to inland mountains. It is important reading for policy makers and academics in climate change adaptation, anthropology and development studies.

Informazioni sull?autore: A. Peter Castro is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.
Dan Taylor is the Director of the British NGO Find Your Feet, and Tutor in International Development at the Open University.
David W. Brokensha is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara

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Titolo: Climate Change and Threatened Communities : ...
Casa editrice: Practical Action Publishing
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Good