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

• Autore: Fitzpatrick Tony <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 363.738/74
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Climate change and poverty
• ISBN: 1-4473-5475-3; 1-4473-0086-6; 1-4473-1174-4; 1-4473-0088-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910321054403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II