The natural environment as a primary stakeholder: the case of climate change

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 347-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nardia Haigh ◽  
Andrew Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Environment

Understanding the decay of stone-built cultural heritage

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.J. Smith ◽  
M. Gomez-Heras ◽  
S. McCabe
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Building Stone ◽  
Stone Decay ◽  
Building Stones ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Common Misconceptions

The problem of the decay and conservation of stone-built heritage is a complex one, requiring input across many disciplines to identify appropriate remedial steps and management strategies. Over the past few decades, earth scientists have brought a unique perspective to this challenging area, drawing on traditions and knowledge obtained from research into landscape development and the natural environment. This paper reviews the crucial themes that have arisen particularly, although not exclusively, from the work of physical geographers — themes that have sought to correct common misconceptions held by the public, as well as those directly engaged in construction and conservation, regarding the nature, causes and controls of building stone decay. It also looks to the future, suggesting how the behaviour of building stones (and hence the work of stone decay scientists) might alter in response to the looming challenge of climate change.

Climate Change and Profit Loss

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Huynh Viet Khai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Saltwater Intrusion ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Salinity Intrusion ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
The Difference

The chapter aims to evaluate the profit loss of rice farmers due to salinity intrusion by collecting the information of rice production in three regions with the same natural environment conditions, social characteristics (e.g., the same social and farming culture, ethnicity, type of soil), and only differed with respect to the level of salinity in Soc Trang province, one of the most salinity-affected areas in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. The study estimated the profit loss in rice production due to saltwater intrusion by the difference in rice profit between the non-salinity and salinity regions and showed this loss was about VND 9.3-15.1 million per ha-1 a year.

14. Green criminology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avi Brisman ◽  
Nigel South
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Green Criminology ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Criminological Perspective ◽  
Wildlife Trafficking ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
And Control

Criminology must maintain relevance in a changing world and engage with new challenges. Perhaps pre-eminent among those facing the planet today are threats to the natural environment and, by extension, to human health and rights and to other species. A green criminology has emerged as a (now well established) criminological perspective that addresses a wide range of harms, offences, and crimes related to the environment and environmental victims. This chapter provides a review of green criminological work on climate change, consumption and waste, state-corporate and organized crimes, animal abuse, and wildlife trafficking. It also considers the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches to regulation and control.

scholarly journals Are we ignoring a black elephant in the Anthropocene? Climate change and global pandemic as the crisis in health and equality

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichiro Asayama ◽  
Seita Emori ◽  
Masahiro Sugiyama ◽  
Fumiko Kasuga ◽  
Chiho Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Sustainability Research ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Climate change and coronavirus pandemic are the twin crises in the Anthropocene, the era in which unsustainable growth of human activities has led to a significant change in the global environment. The two crises have also exposed a chronic social illness of our time—a deep, widespread inequality in society. Whilst the circumstances are unfortunate, the pandemic can provide an opportunity for sustainability scientists to focus more on human society and its inequalities, rather than a sole focus on the natural environment. It opens the way for a new normative commitment of science in a time of crises. We suggest three agendas for future climate and sustainability research after the pandemic: (1) focus on health and well-being, (2) moral engagement through empathy, and (3) science of loss for managing grief.

Sprinter and Sprummer

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Entwisle
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Carnivorous Plants ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
The World

Since 1788, Australia has carried the yoke of four European seasons that make no sense in most parts of the country. We may like them for historical or cultural reasons, or because they are the same throughout the world, but they tell us nothing of our natural environment. It's time to reject those seasons and to adopt a system that brings us more in tune with our plants and animals – a system that helps us to notice and respond to climate change. Using examples from his 25 years working in botanic gardens, author Timothy Entwisle illustrates how our natural world really responds to seasonal changes in temperature, rainfall and daylight, and why it would be better to divide up the year based on what Australian plants do rather than ancient rites of the Northern Hemisphere. Sprinter and Sprummer opens with the origins and theory of the traditional seasonal system, and goes on to review the Aboriginal seasonal classifications used across Australia. Entwisle then proposes a new five-season approach, explaining the characteristics of each season, along with the biological changes that define them. The book uses seasons to describe the fascinating triggers in the life of a plant (and plant-like creatures), using charismatic flora such as carnivorous plants, the Wollemi Pine and orchids, as well as often overlooked organisms such as fungi. The final chapter considers climate change and how the seasons are shifting whether we like it or not.

scholarly journals Does Climate Change Influence Guest Loyalty at Alpine Winter Destinations?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bausch ◽  
Humpe ◽  
Gössling
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Choice Model ◽  
Destination Choice ◽  
Dynamic Feedback ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Winter Tourism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Guest Loyalty

: Research has dealt extensively with different aspects of climate change and winter tourism such as the impact on ski resorts and ski lift operators, adaptation strategies, governance at destinations and reactions of winter sports guests to changing snow conditions. This paper goes deeper into the question of destination choice and examines the role of climate change among the many factors affecting guest loyalty at Alpine winter destinations. The study uses an established destination choice model with choice sets, destination image and dynamic feedback loop. A qualitative online forum identifies factors influencing winter destination choice, followed by a quantitative survey which compares Alpine winter holidaymakers categorised as “loyal”, “disloyal” and “undecided”. The results demonstrate that climate change clearly influences destination choice, but snow sports are not the only affected attractors. Enjoyment of the natural environment and value for money are just as high on the list of guest motivators. This indicates that climate change adaptation measures such as snowmaking can be counterproductive to guest loyalty because they spoil the natural scenery and raise prices. The paper concludes with a recommendation for winter destinations to prioritize conservation of the natural environment and integrate more environmental protection measures into their management strategies.

scholarly journals Gernot Böhmes atmosfæreæstetik og vejrfænomenologi

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Sune Frølund
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Bodily Sensations ◽  
Mode Of Being

The paper explores Gernot Böhme’s interpretation of the concept of atmosphere as an aesthetical concept of the natural environment, especially of the weather. Böhme takes over the concept of atmosphere from Hermann Schmitz’ body phenomenology in which human feelings are considered to be spatial atmospheres. Böhme integrates atmospheres into his phenomenology of nature by showing that they are bodily sensations of human’s mode of being in their environment. Based on this framework he sketches out a phenomenology of the weather, i.e. a theory of the connection of climate and our mode of being. The perspective of the paper is to employ Böhme’s work with atmospheres in environmental education in general, and, specifi cally, in education concerning climate change.

scholarly journals Una propuesta pedagógica para el aprendizaje de la transformación climática de Chile en el contexto del cambio global

2018 ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Osvaldo Sepúlveda Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías

En este artículo se presenta una propuesta pedagógica para los niveles de 5° y 6° básico, con el objetivo de rediseñar las actividades en la sala de clases sobre las implicancias del cambio climático en la configuración de los climas de Chile. Para ello se utiliza la nueva cartografía climatológica de Chile, siguiendo la metodología de Köppen–Geiger. Se postula, además, la necesidad de adoptar estas sugerencias no solo en la enseñanza de la asignatura de Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales, sino también en aquellas actividades relacionadas con el Plan de Formación Ciudadana. Esta propuesta se fundamenta en la idea de que la aproximación en el aula al estudio del cambio climático debe ser considerada una oportunidad para que los docentes contextualicen el currículo escolar en la interacción con el entorno natural e incluyan otras formas de aprendizaje incorporando nuevas tecnologías y cartografías.AbstractThis article presents a pedagogical proposal for 5th and 6th grade levels aimed at redesigning classroom activities related to the implications of climate change in the configuration of Chilean climates. For this, the new Chilean climatological cartography is used following the Köppen-Geiger methodology. It also postulates the need to adopt these suggestions not only in the teaching of History, Geography and Social Sciences, but also in those activities related to the Citizenship Forming Plan. This proposal is based on the idea that the study of climate change in the classroom should be considered as an opportunity for teachers to contextualize the school curriculum in interaction with the natural environment and include other forms of learning with new technologies and cartographies.Keywords: climate change, Chilean climates, geography, classroom activities.ResumoNeste artigo apresenta-se uma proposta pedagógica para os níveis de 5° e 6° ano do ensino fundamental com o objetivo de redesenhar as atividades na sala de aula sobre as implicações da mudança climática na configuração dos climas do Chile. Para aquilo, utiliza-se a metodologia de Köppen–Geiger. Propõe-se, também, a necessidade de adotar estas sugestões não só no ensino da disciplina de História, Geografia e Ciências Sociais, mas também naquelas atividades relacionadas com o Plano de Formação Cidadã. Esta proposta fundamenta-se na ideia de que a aproximação ao estudo da mudança climática na sala de aula deve ser considerada uma oportunidade para que os professores contextualizem o currículo escolar na interação com o entorno natural e incluam outras formas de aprendizagem incorporando novas tecnologias e cartografias.Palavras-chave: Mudança climática, climas do Chile, geografia, atividadesna sala de aula.

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