Climate change and sustainable development : new challenges for poverty reduction
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Johannes B Opschoor; Mohamed Abdel Rahim M Salih
- ناشر : Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9781848444096
Description
Introduction / M. A. Mohamed Salih -- Polycentric systems as one approach to solving collectiv-eaction problems / Elinor Ostrom -- An ecosystems services approach: Income, inequality and poverty / Kerry Turner and Brendan Fisher -- Ecospace, human space and climate change / Ton Dietz -- After us, the deluge? The position of future generations of humankind in international environmental law / Nico Schrijver -- A child rights perspective on climate change / Karin Arts -- Climate change and development (cooperation) / Joyeeta Gupta -- Environmental security, politics and markets / Bas de Gaay Fortman -- 8. Humans are the measure of all things: Resource conflicts versus cooperation / Syed Mansoob Murshed -- From climate refugees to climate conflict: Who is taking the heat for global warming? / Betsy Hartmann -- Rural poverty, cotton production and environmental degradation in Central Eurasia / Max Spoor -- Spatializing development and environmental discourses: The case of sustainable development and globalization / Michael Bernard Kwesi Darkoh and Meleckidzedeck Khayesi -- Digital dematerialization: Economic mechanisms behind the net impact of ICT on materials use / Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Harmen Verbruggen and Vincent G.M. Linderhof -- Ecological cities, illustrated by Chinese examples / Meine Pieter van Dijk -- Green or mean: Is biofuel production undermining food security? / Rob Vos.
It is difficult to formulate and implement sustainable policy without first understanding the dynamic relationships between nature, society, economics and technology, and research plays a pivotal role in this regard. This book deals with these isues in the context of climate change and the changing global context of development.
