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oapen-20.500.12657-273562021-11-12T15:57:16Z A Critical Approach to Climate Change Adaptation Klepp, Silja Chavez-Rodriguez, Libertad Climate change discourses policies practices bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning This edited volume brings together critical research on climate change adaptation discourses, policies, and practices from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Drawing on examples from countries including Colombia, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Russia, Tanzania, Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands, the chapters describe how adaptation measures are interpreted, transformed, and implemented at grassroots level and how these measures are changing or interfering with power relations, legal pluralismm and local (ecological) knowledge. As a whole, the book challenges established perspectives of climate change adaptation by taking into account issues of cultural diversity, environmental justicem and human rights, as well as feminist or intersectional approaches. This innovative approach allows for analyses of the new configurations of knowledge and power that are evolving in the name of climate change adaptation. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental law and policy, and environmental sociology, and to policymakers and practitioners working in the field of climate change adaptation. 2019-10-17 14:37:25 2020-04-01T11:50:11Z 2020-04-01T11:50:11Z 2018 book 1002652 OCN: 1082958675 9781315165448 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27356 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 5faed6f6-ebd4-4f1d-aa8b-8a6cc6ff8699 9781315165448 Routledge 302 open access
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This edited volume brings together critical research on climate change adaptation discourses, policies, and practices from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Drawing on examples from countries including Colombia, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Russia, Tanzania, Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands, the chapters describe how adaptation measures are interpreted, transformed, and implemented at grassroots level and how these measures are changing or interfering with power relations, legal pluralismm and local (ecological) knowledge. As a whole, the book challenges established perspectives of climate change adaptation by taking into account issues of cultural diversity, environmental justicem and human rights, as well as feminist or intersectional approaches. This innovative approach allows for analyses of the new configurations of knowledge and power that are evolving in the name of climate change adaptation.
This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental law and policy, and environmental sociology, and to policymakers and practitioners working in the field of climate change adaptation.
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