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Title
The political economy of climate change adaptation [electronic resource] / Benjamin K. Sovacool, and Björn-Ola Linnér.
ISBN
9781137496737 (electronic book)
1137496738 (electronic book)
113749672X
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 226 pages)
Call Number
QC903 .S627 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.738/74
Summary
"Adaptation policies and measures are essential components of any global attempt to cope with the pending impacts of climate change. Drawing on concepts in political economy, political ecology, justice theory, and critical development studies, this book offers the first comprehensive, systematic exploration of the ways in which adaptation projects can produce unintended, undesirable results. The authors present a political economy framework revolving around four key processes: enclosure, exclusion, encroachment, and entrenchment. They document the presence of these four inequitable attributes in adaptation projects across four case studies: the displacement of char communities in Bangladesh; the Dutch Delta Works in the Netherlands; Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts in the United States; and the politics of technology transfer and knowledge inequality within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction to the political economy of climate change adaptation
Bamboo thumping bandits: the political economy of climate adaptation in Bangladesh
Degraded seascapes: the political economy of the Dutch Delta Works
Bloated bodies: the political economy of Hurricane Katrina recovery
The perils of climate diplomacy: the political economy of the UNFCCC
Principles and best practices for climate change adaptation
Insights from political economy for adaptation policy and practice.