Karen O'Brien
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Karen O'Brien
Climate and Society
This bold and passionate textbook has become a go-to introduction to current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change, presenting key concepts and frameworks for understanding the multifaceted connections between climate and society.
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Colleen Vogel
Karen O'Brien
Coping with Climate Variability
This title was first published in 2003. Recent food shortages in Southern Africa, induced by rainfall variability but compounded by problems of governance and rising food prices, have resulted in massive relief efforts.
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Johanna Wolf
Linda Sygna
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Karen O'Brien
A Changing Environment for Human Security
Environmental change presents a new context and new opportunities for transformational change. This timely book will inspire new ways of understanding the relationship between environmental change and human security.
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Karen O'Brien
Sacrificing The Forest
The Selva Lacandona of Chiapas, Mexico has received a tremendous amount of attention since the Zapatista uprising began in 1994. Concerns have focused on both the rapid rate of deforestation in Mexico's largest tropical rain forest and the social marginalization of its inhabitants, which is considered to be a root cause of the uprising.
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Karen O'Brien
Tor Håkon Inderberg
Siri Eriksen
Linda Sygna
Climate Change Adaptation and Development
Climate change poses multiple challenges to development. It affects lives and livelihoods, infrastructure and institutions, as well as beliefs, cultures and identities.
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