Climate change and human security : the challenge to local governance under rapid coastal urbanisation / Michael R. Redclift, David Manuel Navarrete and Mark Pelling
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.The dynamics of coastal urbanization -- 3.Nature and space in the ̀discovery' of the Mexican Caribbean -- 4.The development of mass tourism in Mexico -- 5.Human security and governance -- 6.Governance as process: the evolution of ̀power spheres' and climate change -- 7.Lived experiences on the coast: Holbox and Mahahual -- 8.Conclusion
Summary
This book documents the choices and risks of people who are powerless to change the economic development model which is itself forcing climate change. The book examines the Mexican Caribbean coast and explores the wider issues of managing climate change in vulnerable areas of the tropics