Environmental Change and Globalization [electronic resource] : Double Exposures
Leichenko, Robin M.
O'Brien, Karen L.
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2008.
This work explores the connections between two of the most transformative processes of the 21st century, global environmental change and globalization. It presents a conceptual framework for analyzing the interactions between these two processes.
Description based upon print version of record.
Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Global Change Discourses; 3. Double Exposure: A Conceptual Framework; 4. Pathways of Double Exposure; 5. Uneven Outcomes and Growing Inequalities; 6. Changing Contexts and Emerging Vulnerabilities; 7. Dynamic Feedbacks and Accelerating Changes; 8. Human Security in an Era of Global Change; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
This work explores the connections between two of the most transformative processes of the 21st century, global environmental change and globalization. It presents a conceptual framework for analyzing the interactions between these two processes.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Global environmental change.
Globalization.