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Author Fitzpatrick, Tony, 1966- author.

Title Climate change and poverty : a new agenda for developed nations / Tony Fitzpatrick.

Publication Info. Bristol : Policy Press, 2014.
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Summary Climate change and poverty 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.
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Language English.
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Contents 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
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
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
Subject 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.
Climat -- Changements -- Aspect social -- Pays industrialisés.
Climat -- Changements -- Aspect économique -- Pays industrialisés.
Climat -- Changements -- Pays industrialisés.
Température atmosphérique -- Modification à l'échelle planétaire -- Aspect social -- Pays industrialisés.
Température atmosphérique -- Modification à l'échelle planétaire -- Aspect économique -- Pays industrialisés.
Pauvreté -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Pays industrialisés.
Développement économique -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Pays industrialisés.
Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Pays industrialisés.
Social impact of environmental issues.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
Poverty -- Environmental aspects
Global temperature changes -- Economic aspects
Environmental policy
Economic development -- Environmental aspects
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
Climatic changes -- Social aspects
Climatic changes
Developed countries
Indexed Term Political Science
Other Form: Print version: Fitzpatrick, Tony, 1966- Climate change and poverty. 9781447300878 1447300874
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