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Author Redclift, M. R.

Title Climate change and human security : the challenge to local governance under rapid coastal urbanisation / Michael R. Redclift, David Manuel Navarrete and Mark Pelling
Published Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, [2011]
©2011

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Description viii, 176 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 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
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Climatic changes -- Forecasting.
Climatic changes -- Social aspects.
Climatic changes -- Caribbean Area.
Climatic changes -- Central America.
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Mexico.
Climatic changes -- Mexico -- Atlantic Coast.
Climatic changes -- Mexico.
Human security -- Mexico -- Atlantic Coast.
SUBJECT Caribbean Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020279 -- Climate. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007747
Central America http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021871 -- Climate. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007747
Mexico http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81013960 -- Climate. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007747
Author Manuel-Navarrete, David.
Pelling, Mark, 1967-
LC no. 2011924164
ISBN 1848443722 (hbk.)
9781848443723 (hbk.)