This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the vietnamese situation, identifying the factors shaping social vulnerability and resilience to environmental change and considering prospects for. Mick curatore, ninh nguyen huu curatore edito da routledge a giugno 2001 ean 9780415217224. Probably the most important challenge from a human geography perspective to naturalsciencesled conceptualisations of resilience has come from neil adger e. Dec 06, 2012 taking a multidisciplinary perspective, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the vietnamese situation, identifying the factors shaping social vulnerability and resilience to environmental change and considering prospects for sustainable development. It is a way of looking at why some systems collapse when they encounter shock, and some dont. Neil adger is professor in the school of environmental sciences at the university of east anglia, norwich, uk. The problem is that, because of limited time and other constraints, you only get to pick two of those. Ecological and social perspectives, in a companion to. Eric greitens in his book resilience explains his experience as well as the experiences of many other great individuals, philosophers, teachers, novels, stories, etc. This article by neil adger defines social resilience as the ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses and disturbances as a result of social, political and environmental.
Robert mcleman 2010, impacts of population change on vulnerability and the capacity to adapt to climate change and variability. Norgaard, david schlosberg oup oxford, aug 18, 2011 political science 727 pages. Resilience as commonly applied in climate change policy is not used to promote radical change. The letters serve a guidebook for his friend, zach walker a pseudonym, and draw on greitens personal. Fairness in adaptation to climate change the mit press w. Neil adger is available at in several formats for your ereader.
Living with environmental change social vulnerability, adaptation. In western societies scant attention has been paid to exploring how and why. Recently i blogged about neil adger, whos currently leading an intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc chapter that will examine decidedly nonscientific issues such. City resilience 1st edition michael burayidi routledge book.
Antecedent traditions include theories of vulnerability as entitlement failure and theories of hazard. The resiliencetransitiontransformation framework is supported by three. Professor neil adger is a lecturer and researcher at university of east anglia. A risk management approach tom mitchell and katie harris.
Neil is a member of the resilience alliance link in the original. Every veteran of every war should read this invaluable book. Individuals, communities, and states are faced with challenges associated with the impacts of climate change and the policy imperatives to decarbonize all activities. Vietnam and the neighbouring countries of southeast asia. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. City leaders are searching for solutions to the massive economic, infrastructure, and health challenges arising from climate change. Neil adger is a professor in environmental sciences at the university of east anglia and a member of the resilience alliance neil briefly explains social resilience in a video here. Community resilience and adaptation learning for sustainability. Resilience is filled with solutions, passion and compassion. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership. Neil adger the human resilience to climate change and disasters working group.
Mobility endowment and entitlements mediate resilience in rural livelihood. Email your librarian or administrator to recommend adding this book. Popular resilience books meet your next favorite book. The vulnerability and resilience of society and environments. The book is so well written it commands a certain quiet, calm reverence as you read it. Emotion, psychology, culture, and political economy. The oxford handbook of climate change and society john s. He is a researcher and teacher who specialises in social vulnerability, resilience and adaptation to environmental change. Admiral mike mullen, 17th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff i love this book. He is a member of the resilience alliance, and is involved in a range of climate. Neil adger and others published socialecological resilience to coastal disasters find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Social vulnerability, adaptation and resilience in vietnam global environmental change hardcover w.
Hardwon wisdom for living a better life 2015 is a book written by eric greitens, a former navy seal and naval officer, that consists of a series of letters written to a friend struggling with life after military service. Fairness in adaptation to climate change the mit press. Jan 30, 2009 vulnerability and resilience to environmental change. This work explores resilience, one of the most important and intriguing characteristics affecting human wellbeing. The project will examine human resilience to climate change and weatherrelated disasters. Living with environmental change social vulnerability. Facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy by sheryl sandberg, rising strong by. Limits to resilience from livelihood diversification and social capital in lake socialecological systems. This definition highlights social resilience in relation to the concept of ecological resilience which is a characteristic of ecosystems to. Exploring adaptability through learning layers and learning loops. In addition to giving us wisdom on how to cultivate our resilience, this book.
This article outlines the key elements of resilience ideas, or a resilience theory, as they have emerged from ecology and other disciplines. Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, this book provides a. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. He is a researcher and teacher who specialises in social vulnerability, resilience and. Individuals, communities, and states are faced with challenges associated with the impacts of climate change and the policy. He leads the research program on adaptation in the tyndall centre for climate change research and is a member of the resilience alliance. Pdf building resilience to climate change through adaptive. Led by neil adger principles for building resilience.
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Email your librarian or administrator to recommend adding this book to your organisations collection. Vulnerability and resilience to environmental change. May 31, 2012 the hauntingthelibrary blog has since noticed that adgers official academic bio over at exeter tells us that. He is a researcher and teacher who specialises in social vulnerability, resilience and adaptation to environmental. He leads the research program on adaptation in the tyndall centre for. Adger as the ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses or disturbances as a result of social. Social vulnerability and resilience in vietnam global environmental change w. Table of contents for urban studies, 57, 7, may 01, 2020. Socialecological resilience to coastal disasters request pdf. This chapter focuses on social resilience which has been defined by w. Amory building, university of exeter, rennes drive, exeter, ex4 4rj, uk office hours. Resilience, adaptability and transformability in socialecological systems brian walker, c. Rob hopkins founder of the transition movement has a long interview with neil adger on resilience, peak oil, and climate adaptation on transition culture.
Initiated by a group of ra young scholars in 2011, the principles for. Social vulnerability, adaptation and resilience in vietnam ebook. This article by neil adger defines social resilience as the ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses and disturbances as a result of social, political and environmental change. In western societies scant attention has been paid to exploring how and why some people and some communities are better able to cope with adversity and risk than others. The concept of resilience emerged from within the ecological sciences, through the work of pioneers such as c. Neil adger, university of east anglia, irene lorenzoni. Mick kelly, tran viet lien, hoang minh hien, nguyen huu ninh and w. Neil adger is the author of governing sustainability 4.