Social dimensions of climate change

Social dimensions of climate change equity and vulnerability in a warming world / [electronic resource] : Robin Mearns and Andrew Norton, editors. - Washington, DC : World Bank, c2010. - xxiii, 319 p. : ill., map. - New frontiers of social policy . - New frontiers of social policy. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Equity and vulnerability in a warming world : introduction and overview / Robin Mearns and Andrew Norton -- Vulnerability does not fall from the sky : toward multiscale, pro-poor climate policy / Jesse Ribot -- Implications of climate change for armed conflict / Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and Ole Magnus Theisen -- Climate change and migration : emerging patterns in the developing world / Clionadh Raleigh and Lisa Jordan -- The gender dimensions of poverty and climate change adaptation / Justina Demetriades and Emily Esplen -- The role of indigenous knowledge in crafting adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate change in Latin America / Jakob Kronik and Dorte Verner -- Local institutions and adaptation to climate change / Arun Agrawal -- Climate change for agrarian societies in drylands : implications and future pathways / Simon Anderson, John Morton, and Camilla Toulmin -- Toward pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centers of low- and middle-income countries / Caroline Moser and David Satterthwaite -- Social policies for adaptation to climate change / Rasmus Heltberg, Paul Bennett Siegel, and Steen Lau Jorgensen -- Seeing people through the trees and the carbon : mitigating and adapting to climate change without undermining rights and livelihoods / Andy White ... [et al.].


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Social ecology.
Social change.
Climatic changes--Social aspects.


Electronic books.

HM861 / .S62 2010eb

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