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Title Climate justice and community renewal : resistance and grassroots solutions / edited by Brian Tokar and Tamra Gilbertson
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 251 pages) illustrations, maps
Series Routledge advances in climate change research
Routledge advances in climate change research.
Contents The climate abuse of climate inaction / Nnimmo Bassey -- Grassroots megadam resistance at Muskrat Falls, Labrador / Alexis Lathem -- Petroleum and eucalyptus monoculture in Brazil : the vicious cycle of climate change / Marcelo Calazans -- Moving away from state and capital : climate change, hegemony and resistance in Indian forests / Soumitra Ghosh -- Sea level rise, Marshall Islands, and environmental justice / Christina Gerhardt -- Resistance is fertile : direct action vs. fossil fuels across North America / Scott Parkin -- Resistance to REDD : lessons from the ground / Winnie Overbeek -- African climate justice : articulations and activism / Mithika Mwenda and Patrick Bond -- Hurricane María, agroecology, and climate change resiliency / Nelson Álvarez Febles and Georges F. Félix -- Small is beautiful : new geographies of cooperation to face water scarcity in Cochabamba, Bolivia / Stefano Archidiacono and Marcela Olivera -- The unsettling of Detroit / Shea Howell and Thomas Stephens -- Indigenous just transition : reflections from the field / Tom Goldtooth -- An ecofeminist analysis of grassroots activism for a just transition from capitalism to commons / Terran Giacomini -- "Green city" initiatives in Europe / Karl-Ludwig Schibel -- Energy democracy in the Northeastern U.S. : case studies from New York State / Kelly Roache -- Conclusion: Connecting climate change resistance, disruption and survival / Tamra L. Gilbertson
Summary "This book brings together the voices of people from five continents who live, work and research on the front lines of climate resistance and renewal. The many contributors to this volume explore the impacts of extreme weather events in Africa, the Caribbean and on Pacific islands, experiences of life-long defenders of the land and forests in Brazil, India, Indonesia and eastern Canada, and efforts to halt the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure from North America to South Africa. They offer various perspectives on how a just transition toward a fossil-free economy can take shape, as they share efforts to protect water resources, better feed their communities and implement new approaches to urban policy and energy democracy. Climate Justice and Community Renewal uniquely highlights the accounts of people who are directly engaged in local climate struggles and community renewal efforts, including on-the-ground land defenders, community organizers, leaders of international campaigns, agroecologists, activist-scholars and many others. It will appeal to students, researchers, activists, and all who appreciate the need for a truly justice-centered response to escalating climate disruptions"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Brian Tokar is a Lecturer in Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont, USA, and the author and editor of six previous books on environmental issues and movements. Tamra Gilbertson is an activist, researcher, writer, and scholar. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Tennessee in the Department of Sociology, as well as the Climate Change and Forest Policy Advisor for the Indigenous Environmental Network
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 04, 2020)
Subject Environmental justice -- Case studies
Community development -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies
Energy policy -- Citizen participation -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights
Community development -- Environmental aspects
Energy policy -- Citizen participation
Environmental justice
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Tokar, Brian, editor.
Gilbertson, Tamra (Tamra L.), editor.
LC no. 2019054839
ISBN 9780429277146
0429277148
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