532fba82-67e9-496f-bf67-d59e49e52f00 8ae26013-56bc-4b78-a4f7-a53e0472cfce eguavoen@uni-bonn.de 2017-12-29T10:43:04 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Political Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation: Conceptual Reflections and African Examples 2015-01-01 978-3-642-38669-5 This chapter supports the argument that social science research should focus on adaptation to climate change as a social and political process, by analyzing the politics and interest of actors in climate change adaptation arenas and by acknowledging the active role of those people who are expected to adapt. Most conventional climate research depoliticizes vulnerability and adaptation by removing dominant global economic and policy conditions from the discussion. Social science disciplines, if given appropriate wight in multidisciplinary projects, contribute important analyses by relying on established concepts from political science, human geography, and social anthropology. This chapter explains relevant disciplinary concepts (climate change adaptation arenas, governance, politics, perception, metal models, culture, weather discourses, risk, blame, traveling ideas) and relates them to each other to facilitate the use of a common terminology and conceptual framework for research in a developmental context. Chapter of the Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. Written with: Karsten Schulz, Sara de Wit, Florian Weisser, Detlef Müller-Mahn Irit Eguavoen Center for Development Research, Department: Political and Cultural Change, University of Bonn Senior Researcher +49-228-73-4912 Walter-Flex-Straße 3 Bonn 53113 Germany eguavoen@uni-bonn.de https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=532fba82-67e9-496f-bf67-d59e49e52f00&fname=type_scientific_publication.png large_thumbnail png social science politics culture (society) risk GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4 2010-01-13 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet climate change adaptation arena governance perception mental models weather discourse blame traveling ideas discourse development Africa Region 2006-09-22 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions Citation: Eguavoen, I. (2015): Political Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation: Conceptual Reflections and African Examples. In: Filho, W. L. (Ed.): Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38670-1_82 society -27.421871941911103 55.54687804654 -43.83452787891894 38.54816422414226 PDF Springer Berlin Heidelberg https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/file.disclaimer?uuid=532fba82-67e9-496f-bf67-d59e49e52f00&fname=WSC_soc_climate-change-adaptation_africa_2015.pdf&access=private WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download WSC_soc_climate-change-adaptation_africa_2015.pdf File to download