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Climate change and human security : the challenge to local governance under rapid coastal urbanization /

"The book examines the Mexican Caribbean coast and explores the wider issues of managing climate change in vulnerable areas of the tropics. It also points to the inability to integrate development thinking into climate change adaptation. The authors suggest that failures in local governance - t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Redclift, M. R.
Other Authors: Manuel-Navarrete, David, Pelling, Mark, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2011.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Risk management > Mexico.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > Mexico.
Climatic changes > Caribbean Area.
Climatic changes > Central America.
Mexico > Climate.
Climatic changes > History.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Communication in science.
Human beings > Effect of climate on.
Human rights.
Human security.
Natural history.
Social Science.
Environmental Studies.
Science.
Physics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"The book examines the Mexican Caribbean coast and explores the wider issues of managing climate change in vulnerable areas of the tropics. It also points to the inability to integrate development thinking into climate change adaptation. The authors suggest that failures in local governance - the transparency of state actions and the local populations lack of effective power - represents a greater threat to adaptation than the absence of technical capacity in vulnerable areas"--provided by publisher.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 176 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857933096 (electronic bk.)
0857933094 (electronic bk.)