Social dimensions of climate change : equity and vulnerability in a warming world / Robin Mearns and Andrew Norton, editors. - Washington, DC : World Bank, c2010. - xxiii, 319 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. - New frontiers of social policy . - New frontiers of social policy. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Equity and vulnerability in a warming world : introduction and overview / Vulnerability does not fall from the sky : toward multiscale, pro-poor climate policy / Implications of climate change for armed conflict / Climate change and migration : emerging patterns in the developing world / The gender dimensions of poverty and climate change adaptation / The role of indigenous knowledge in crafting adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate change in Latin America / Local institutions and adaptation to climate change / Climate change for agrarian societies in drylands : implications and future pathways / Toward pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centers of low- and middle-income countries / Social policies for adaptation to climate change / Seeing people through the trees and the carbon : mitigating and adapting to climate change without undermining rights and livelihoods / Robin Mearns and Andrew Norton -- Jesse Ribot -- Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and Ole Magnus Theisen -- Clionadh Raleigh and Lisa Jordan -- Justina Demetriades and Emily Esplen -- Jakob Kronik and Dorte Verner -- Arun Agrawal -- Simon Anderson, John Morton, and Camilla Toulmin -- Caroline Moser and David Satterthwaite -- Rasmus Heltberg, Paul Bennett Siegel, and Steen Lau Jorgensen -- Andy White ... [et al.].

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Climatic changes--Social aspects.
Cambios climáticos
Social change.

QC 981.8 / S678 2010