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Record Nr.

UNINA9910321054403321

Autore

Fitzpatrick Tony <1966->

Titolo

Climate change and poverty : a new agenda for developed nations / / Tony Fitzpatrick [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-4473-5475-3

1-4473-0086-6

1-4473-1174-4

1-4473-0088-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

363.738/74

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Social aspects - Developed countries

Climatic changes - Economic aspects - Developed countries

Climatic changes - Developed countries

Global temperature changes - Social aspects - Developed countries

Global temperature changes - Economic aspects - Developed countries

Poverty - Environmental aspects - Developed countries

Economic development - Environmental aspects - Developed countries

Environmental policy - Developed countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Mar 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CLIMATE CHANGE AND POVERTY; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Climate change and poverty: an ecosocial agenda; Social and natural interdependencies; Mapping injustice; Defining poverty; Three points; A further note about terminology; Synopsis; RETHINKING POVERTY:CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES; 1. Capabilities; Philosophy; Social policy; Environmentalism; Conclusion; 2. Resources; Assets; Ecological modernisation3; Beyond ecological modernisation?; Towards an ecosocial understanding of poverty; Poverty as an ecosocial category

8. Land: housing and urban densitiesHousing and poverty; Housing and the natural environment; Rent-seeking; Positional racing; Land value taxation; Conclusion; 9. Land: transport, flooding, waste; Transport,



poverty and social exclusion; Transport and climate change; Flooding; Flood risk and insurance; Waste; Positional racing revisited; Conclusion; 10. Air and water; Introduction; Pollutants and health; Climate change; Knotted complexities; Air pollution and poverty; Solutions?; Water poverty; The atmospheric commons; Conclusion; Conclusion; References; Index

Conclusion3. Spaces; Social policy; Environmental sociology; Ecosocial poverty revisited; Conclusion; 4. Times; Social policy; Sociology; Environmentalism; Ecosocial poverty revisited; Ecotemporal deprivation; Conclusion; 5. Summary; ECOSOCIAL POLICIES; 6. Energy and fuel poverty; Basic facts; Political solutions and prospects; From trade-offs to synergies?; An ecosocial consensus?; Conclusion; 7. Food and food poverty; Recent developments and prospects; Food policy and poverty; Natural environments and food11; Ecological public health; Two critical reflections; Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

<i>Climate Change and Poverty</i> offers a timely new perspective on the 'ecosocial' understanding of the causes, symptoms and solutions to poverty, and applies this to recent developments across a number of areas, including fuel poverty, food poverty, housing, transport and air pollution. This book is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.