The Political Ecology of Climate Change Adaptation: Livelihoods, Agrarian Change and the Conflicts of Development

by Marcus Taylor

Book Overview

This book provides the first systematic critique of the concept of climate change adaptation within the field of international development. Drawing on a reworked political ecology framework, it argues that climate is not something 'out there' that we adapt to. Instead, it is part of the social and biophysical forces through which our lived environments are actively yet unevenly produced. From this original foundation, the book challenges us to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138237345
• ISBN13: 9781138237346
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"