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Ruwani Walawege - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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sub saharan african urbanisation and Global Environmental Change
Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions, 2011Co-Authors: Susan Parnell, Ruwani WalawegeAbstract:Scientific evidence for Global Environmental Change in Africa presents a prima facia case for increased human migration and displacement. Closer scrutiny of the evidence on demographic Change, however, suggests that migration and displacement are less important variables in explaining the human dimensions of Global Environmental Change on the continent than is commonly projected. Natural population growth in cities is a more important dynamic in the evolving system of human settlement in Africa and this significant shift in where people live, both now and in the future is overlooked by the emphasis on the potential impact of Environmentally induced migration. Even without any movement from the countryside, cities represent the fastest growing sector of the sub-Saharan African population. The existing vulnerability of African cities, with their fast growing populations and weak management means any Environmental Change is likely to have significant consequences for cities. Taking the sub-Saharan African demographic evidence seriously means that the scholarly and policy emphasis currently directed to GEC migration and displacement might be more effectively redirected to questions of the interface between Global Environmental Change and urban areas.
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Sub-Saharan African urbanisation and Global Environmental Change ☆
Global Environmental Change, 2011Co-Authors: Susan Parnell, Ruwani WalawegeAbstract:Scientific evidence for Global Environmental Change in Africa presents a prima facia case for increased human migration and displacement. Closer scrutiny of the evidence on demographic Change, however, suggests that migration and displacement are less important variables in explaining the human dimensions of Global Environmental Change on the continent than is commonly projected. Natural population growth in cities is a more important dynamic in the evolving system of human settlement in Africa and this significant shift in where people live, both now and in the future is overlooked by the emphasis on the potential impact of Environmentally induced migration. Even without any movement from the countryside, cities represent the fastest growing sector of the sub-Saharan African population. The existing vulnerability of African cities, with their fast growing populations and weak management means any Environmental Change is likely to have significant consequences for cities. Taking the sub-Saharan African demographic evidence seriously means that the scholarly and policy emphasis currently directed to GEC migration and displacement might be more effectively redirected to questions of the interface between Global Environmental Change and urban areas.
Michael Redclift - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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DEVELOPMENT AND Global Environmental Change
Journal of International Development, 1997Co-Authors: Michael RedcliftAbstract:This paper examines some of the broader dimensions of the environment–development discourse post-Rio, and the international politics of Global Environmental Change. Differences in perspectives of the North and South are outlined, and in addition it is noted that there are also important differences within the South between different countries. Equity considerations are critical both in intra-generational and inter-generational terms, and between and within countries. A Southern agenda necessarily privileges policies which bring about poverty reduction, though this is seemingly at odds with some aspects of the GEC debate, and with the policies and actions of many multi-lateral agents, TNCs and other international institutions. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Global Environmental Change: the contribution of social science research to policy in the UK
The Environmentalist, 1995Co-Authors: Michael RedcliftAbstract:Research into Global Environmental Change in the United Kingdom, has sought to influence public policy. It has also served to refashion the social sciences themselves, forcing them to consider sustainability as a dimension of all social and economic behaviour. This paper describes the way in which the principle of enhanced sustainability might become a point of reference in social science research. It discusses, some of the lessons that have been learned from the Global Environmental Change Programme and then considers the relationship between this work and research on the environment undertaken within the natural sciences.
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At work in the greenhouse: ESRC's Global Environmental Change programme
Global Environmental Change, 1992Co-Authors: Michael RedcliftAbstract:Abstract We are faced by many challenges today, but none is more important than that of Global Environmental Change. Every journey we make, the technology we routinely employ at work, and the way we spend our recreational time all carry serious implications for the Global environment. Our ability to anticipate the consequences of Global Changes, and to prevent or mitigate their effects will, ultimately, determine our ability to survive on this planet. The Global Environmental Change Programme of the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which began in 1991, will address the human dimensions for these Changes, providing a decade of funding (£19 million) for social science research into some of the most urgent problems we face. It will also assure a central contribution from the social sciences, in collaboration with the natural sciences. A few examples serve to show how.
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Sustainable development and Global Environmental Change: Implications of a changing agenda
Global Environmental Change, 1992Co-Authors: Michael RedcliftAbstract:Abstract Much of the discussion of Global Environmental Change has ignored the potential of human agency, which is essential to sustainable development. Environmental policy has been slow to recognize that until a new sense of urgency is injected into the policy agenda the developed world is unlikely to pay serious attention to renewable sources of energy. Human behaviour affects Global Environmental Change in a variety of ways. Social institutions, including those of the economy, mediate between the natural environment and social and economic outcomes. It follows that we need to be prepared, now, to enlist people in alternative, more sustainable development agendas and to use their knowledge. The tortuous road to greater Global responsibility for Environmental Change will not, ultimately, be built on the uncertain predictions of natural scientists. Rather, it is likely to be built on the daily lives of human subjects, and the recognition that these lives involve choices of Global proportions.
Susan Parnell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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sub saharan african urbanisation and Global Environmental Change
Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions, 2011Co-Authors: Susan Parnell, Ruwani WalawegeAbstract:Scientific evidence for Global Environmental Change in Africa presents a prima facia case for increased human migration and displacement. Closer scrutiny of the evidence on demographic Change, however, suggests that migration and displacement are less important variables in explaining the human dimensions of Global Environmental Change on the continent than is commonly projected. Natural population growth in cities is a more important dynamic in the evolving system of human settlement in Africa and this significant shift in where people live, both now and in the future is overlooked by the emphasis on the potential impact of Environmentally induced migration. Even without any movement from the countryside, cities represent the fastest growing sector of the sub-Saharan African population. The existing vulnerability of African cities, with their fast growing populations and weak management means any Environmental Change is likely to have significant consequences for cities. Taking the sub-Saharan African demographic evidence seriously means that the scholarly and policy emphasis currently directed to GEC migration and displacement might be more effectively redirected to questions of the interface between Global Environmental Change and urban areas.
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Sub-Saharan African urbanisation and Global Environmental Change ☆
Global Environmental Change, 2011Co-Authors: Susan Parnell, Ruwani WalawegeAbstract:Scientific evidence for Global Environmental Change in Africa presents a prima facia case for increased human migration and displacement. Closer scrutiny of the evidence on demographic Change, however, suggests that migration and displacement are less important variables in explaining the human dimensions of Global Environmental Change on the continent than is commonly projected. Natural population growth in cities is a more important dynamic in the evolving system of human settlement in Africa and this significant shift in where people live, both now and in the future is overlooked by the emphasis on the potential impact of Environmentally induced migration. Even without any movement from the countryside, cities represent the fastest growing sector of the sub-Saharan African population. The existing vulnerability of African cities, with their fast growing populations and weak management means any Environmental Change is likely to have significant consequences for cities. Taking the sub-Saharan African demographic evidence seriously means that the scholarly and policy emphasis currently directed to GEC migration and displacement might be more effectively redirected to questions of the interface between Global Environmental Change and urban areas.
Jon Barnett - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Global Environmental Change: Taking stock at a time of transition
Global Environmental Change, 2014Co-Authors: Declan Conway, Jon Barnett, Michele M. Betsill, Louis Lebel, Karen C. SetoAbstract:Next year Global Environmental Change will have been in existence for 25 years. This year sees a major Change in the journal's editors, as Neil Adger and Kate Brown depart after a decade of leadership. As of January, four individuals have joined Declan Conway (London School of Economics, UK) as the new editorial team: Jon Barnett (University of Melbourne, Australia), Michele Betsill (Colorado State University, US), Louis Lebel (Chiang Mai University, Thailand) and Karen Seto (Yale University, US). This Change does not signal a major shift in the journal's directions and scope. It does, however, provide an opportunity to reflect on the past and identify emerging frontiers in research on Global Environmental Change, at least as reflected in the pages of this journal. We will use Global Environmental Change's anniversary next year to lay out our vision and plans for the future of the journal; here we reflect on some of the key contributions to understanding processes of Global Environmental Change.
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Global Environmental Change and Human Security
Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2013Co-Authors: Karen O'brien, Jon BarnettAbstract:This article reviews research on Global Environmental Change and human security, providing retrospective and tentative prospective views of this field. It explains the roles that the concept of human security has played in research on Environmental Change, as well as the knowledge that it has contributed. It then discusses the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) project as an example of how this research has encouraged a more politicized understanding of the problem of Global Environmental Change, drawing attention to the roles of power, agency, and knowledge. Finally, the article considers new research frontiers that have emerged from this field, including research on social transformations as a means of promoting, sustaining, and enhancing human security in response to complex Global Environmental challenges. The potential contributions of human security approaches to the next generation of Global Change research are discussed.
Steve Rayner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions
Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 1992Co-Authors: Steve RaynerAbstract:(1992). Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 25-28.
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Risk management for Global Environmental Change
Global Environmental Change, 1991Co-Authors: Timothy O'riordan, Steve RaynerAbstract:Abstract Global Environmental Change is both a concept and a process that Changes in meaning with scientific discovery, public concern, and political responsiveness. The relationship between the problems, as perceived, and the various institutions that help shape and adapt to such problems, defines Global Environmental Change. Holistic risk analysis, because of its capacity to recognize this relationship in many spheres of problem identification, can contribute to the political debate. Such analysis will suggest institutional redesign of the relationship between scientific research, public entry, and experimental readjustments to consensus formation and international action. The authors examine the changing nature of the Global Change issue; look at how the disciplines of risk analysis and management are trying to respond to the new challenges offered by Global Environmental Change; suggest ways in which Global risks can be classified; and recommend different approaches to science and policy evaluation.