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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828361903321

Autore

Kelly Elaine

Titolo

Dwelling in the age of climate change : the ethics of adaptation / / Elaine Kelly [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-4744-2298-5

1-4744-2297-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 210 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

CC 7200

Disciplina

304.2/5

Soggetti

Human beings - Effect of climate on

Climatic changes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 May 2021).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The adaptation agenda -- Rethinking adaptation : an ethos of dwelling -- The mobility agenda -- In and out of place : the case of Bangladesh -- In and out of place : the case of the Torres Strait Islands, Australia -- Hitting the global north : from crisis to recovery to rebuilding? -- Conclusion : a future, otherwise than this.

Sommario/riassunto

Currently, adaptation policy for climate change prioritises economic and technological dimensions of governance and action. Now, Elaine Kelly brings continental theory into the conversation to explore the ethical dilemmas stemming from emerging global political crises of migration, displacement and communal relocation related to climate change.