Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment

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.

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Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, and Sustainable Tourism

Environmental and Agricultural Informatics ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch077 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1669-1687

Author(s):

Kijpokin Kasemsap

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Environmental Science ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Well Being ◽

Local Communities ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

The World ◽

Global Tourism

This chapter reveals the overview of sustainability; the overview of environmental sustainability; environmental sustainability and climate change; environmental sustainability, water resources, and energy consumption; and the overview of sustainable tourism. Sustainability is the important issue that attempts to bridge social science with civic engineering and environmental science with the technology of the future. Environmental sustainability is important because it ensures people have water and resources, and adopting its practices protects the environment and human health. Sustainable tourism is a growing segment of the global tourism industry that makes the positive contributions to the environmental, socio-cultural, and economic well-being of destinations and local communities around the world. Sustainability, environmental sustainability, and sustainable tourism are rooted in three issues that are considerably linked to fossil fuel depletion, climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions, and the increasing costs of energy and water.

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Repenser sur l'environnement: Une étude écocritique dans Gouverneurs de la rosée de Jacques Roumain, Moi, Tituba sorcière… noire de Salem de Maryse Condé et L'Exil selon Julia de Gisèle Pineau

International Journal of Francophone Studies ◽

10.1386/ijfs_00006_1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 299-310

Author(s):

Evaristus Nkemdilim Ugwu ◽

Vincent Nnaemeka Obidiegwu

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

West Indian ◽

Well Being ◽

The West ◽

Environmental Challenges ◽

Gisele Pineau ◽

The Future ◽

Jacques Roumain ◽

Stockholm Conference ◽

Full Swing

Abstract From the Stockholm conference in Sweden in 1972 to the Chile conference that will take place from 2 to 14 December 2019, the environmental debate provoked by environmental challenges such as climate change continues to be in full swing in all these international meetings. It is obvious that it is an attempt to meet the millennial demands represented by the consequences of climate change such as drought, flood and hurricane among others that ravage not just the West Indian world but humanity in general. It is also true that for some time now, environmental affairs are no longer those of just environmentalists or geographers, writers and literary critics have also stepped up to the scene in protection of the environment. Therefore, this article aims to analyse through ecocritical theory the place of the environment in Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rosée, Maryse Condé's Moi, Tituba sorciere... noire de Salem and Gisèle Pineau's L'Exil selon Julia. To what extent these writers care for the well-being of the environment? In what way? What are the perspectives of the future advocated by these writers?

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Urban Land and Development Management in a Challenged Developing World: An Overview of New Reflections

Land ◽

10.3390/land11010129 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 129

Author(s):

Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah ◽

Raymond T. Abdulai

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Built Environment ◽

Population Growth ◽

Urban Development ◽

Affordable Housing ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Developing World ◽

Technological Development ◽

Environmental Challenges ◽

Development And Management

The urban development and management challenges of the developing world are well documented in the literature. However, the global built environment landscape is undergoing rapid changes. These changes are steeped in three fundamental imperatives, which have serious implications for the developing world. These imperatives are population growth and rising urbanisation; environmental challenges, particularly climate change and the quest to embrace sustainability as a panacea; and advances in technological development. This paper discusses these three imperatives with the view to teasing out their implications for urban development and management in the developing world. Consistent with the literature, the paper establishes that most of the population growth and rising urbanisation are occurring in the developing world, particularly Africa and Asia, and although these phenomena have the tendency to increase economic density and promote both private and public investment in urban development, especially construction/housing and related infrastructure activities, there are and will be several problems with them. These include land tenure insecurity, lack of access to decent affordable housing and the threat of destruction to heritage sites. Furthermore, environmental challenges such as poor waste management, and climate change are and will remain pressing issues requiring the adoption of sustainability credentials because of legislative requirements, moral suasion, and value addition. Despite the potential disruptive nature of technology with respect to some aspects of the built environment, it is recognised that advances in technology are essential to the achievement of optimal urban development and management outcomes in the developing world. The paper, therefore, recommends better understanding of the socio-economic, cultural, and political forces underlying urban growth in the developing world, factoring in technology and sustainability in urban development and management, and collaboration among relevant actors, particularly government and the private sector, for optimal outcomes.

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Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, and Sustainable Tourism

Business Infrastructure for Sustainability in Developing Economies - Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2041-2.ch001 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kijpokin Kasemsap

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Environmental Science ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Well Being ◽

Local Communities ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

The World ◽

Global Tourism

This chapter reveals the overview of sustainability; the overview of environmental sustainability; environmental sustainability and climate change; environmental sustainability, water resources, and energy consumption; and the overview of sustainable tourism. Sustainability is the important issue that attempts to bridge social science with civic engineering and environmental science with the technology of the future. Environmental sustainability is important because it ensures people have water and resources, and adopting its practices protects the environment and human health. Sustainable tourism is a growing segment of the global tourism industry that makes the positive contributions to the environmental, socio-cultural, and economic well-being of destinations and local communities around the world. Sustainability, environmental sustainability, and sustainable tourism are rooted in three issues that are considerably linked to fossil fuel depletion, climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions, and the increasing costs of energy and water.

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Green Infrastructures and Grand Environmental Challenges: A Review of Research Trends by Keyword

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy11040782 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 782

Author(s):

José Luis Caparrós-Martínez ◽

Juan Milán-García ◽

Rosa María Martínez-Vázquez ◽

Jaime de Pablo Valenciano

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Green Infrastructure ◽

Urban Pollution ◽

Well Being ◽

Research Trends ◽

Environmental Challenges ◽

Social Challenges ◽

Global Environmental Problems ◽

Strategic Factor ◽

Global Environmental

This article aims to analyze research trends on the role played by green infrastructures as a tool seeking to address current environmental challenges, such as climate change, that put human well-being at risk. For this purpose, a bibliometric analysis was used on documents obtained from the WoS database, and selecting the combination of words “green infrastructures”, “ecosystem services”, and “climate change”. The results of this study point to the potential for Green Infrastructures to become a major strategic factor in addressing the global environmental and social challenges facing cities. The findings obtained are relevant to researchers, professionals, and others working on green infrastructure research as tools to address current global environmental problems, such as climate change, urban pollution, loss of biodiversity, or the risk of emergence of new epidemics or diseases.

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Climate Change Adaptation Options for Coastal Communities and Local Governments

Climate ◽

10.3390/cli8010007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 7 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Laura Sinay ◽

R. W. (Bill) Carter

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Financial Incentives ◽

Local Governments ◽

Management Practices ◽

Local Population ◽

Well Being ◽

Local Communities ◽

Coastal Communities ◽

Extreme Weather Events ◽

Adaptation Options

Extreme weather events and failure to adapt to the likely impacts of climate change are two of the most significant threats to humanity. Therefore, many local communities are preparing adaptation plans. Even so, much of what was done has not been published in the peer-reviewed literature. This means that consideration of adaptation options for local communities is limited. With the objective of assisting in the development of adaptation plans, we present 80 adaptation options suitable for coastal communities that can be applied by local governments. They are a catena of options from defend to co-exist and finally, retreat that progresses as impacts become less manageable. Options are organized according to their capacity to protect local properties and infrastructure, natural systems, food production, availability of fresh and drinking water and well-being of the local population, as these are likely to be affected by climate change. To respond to multiple threats, ‘soft’ options, such as awareness raising, planning, political articulation and financial incentives, insurance and professional skills enhancement, can be encouraged immediately at relatively low cost and are reversible. For specific threats, options emphasize change in management practices as pre-emptive measures. Key audiences for this work are communities and local governments starting to consider priority actions to respond to climate change impacts.

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The Green Building Approach: Recent Initiatives in the Evolving Italian Scenario

Future City - Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-71819-0_20 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 359-375

Author(s):

Fabrizio Tucci

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Urban Development ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Sustainable Design ◽

Green Building ◽

Well Being ◽

Green Economy ◽

Change Scenario ◽

Sectoral Approach ◽

City Network

AbstractSeveral analyses and reports on sustainable design are pointing worldwide in the direction of what is known as the ‘Green Building’ approach: an integrated, multi-sectoral approach to the implementation of improvements that aim to increase levels of well-being, social inclusion and long-lasting development in cities, on the basis of most urgent aspects of environmental quality, efficiency and circularity of resources, in a climate change scenario. In Italy, in 2017, the ‘Future City Manifesto’ was launched as part of the initiatives of the Italian General States of the Green Economy in Architecture, aiming at mainstreaming the Green Building approach within the international Green City Network. The objective of this chapter is to present and discuss recent initiatives in the field of sustainable architecture and green economy in Italy, pointing at innovative processes, strategies, methods and tools in a Green Building approach, suitable to activate policy actions and foster significant results as regards future green growth and urban development.

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CURRENT SITUATION OF MANAGEMENT OF LIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND PREVENTION OF DISASTER FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE ETHNIC MINORITIES BOARDING HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE NORTHWESTERN AREA AND ISSUES HAS BEEN POSED

Tạp chí Nghiên cứu dân tộc ◽

10.25073/0866-773x/333 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Vu Thi Thu Trang

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

High Schools ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Ethnic Minorities ◽

Life Skills ◽

Local Communities ◽

Disaster Prevention ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Northwestern Region

Through survey results on the status of management of life skills education activities to cope with climate change and disaster prevention for the sustainable development of local communities in the ethnic minority boarding high schools in the Northwestern region from 2013 to 2018, the author deeply analyzed and assessed the strengths, weaknesses, causes of strengths and weaknesses of the management of education activities on life skills to cope with climate change and disaster prevention for the sustainable development of local communities for ethnic minority students at boarding high schools for ethnic minorities in the Northwestern region in the present period and the issues raised.

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An analysis of major environmental threats to human security in Nepal

Contemporary Research: An Interdisciplinary Academic Journal ◽

10.3126/craiaj.v4i1.32755 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 129-139

Author(s):

Naresh Bhakta Adhikari

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Human Security ◽

Well Being ◽

Environmental Security ◽

Government Action ◽

Environmental Threats ◽

Environmental Threat ◽

Analytical Research ◽

The Government

The paper mainly analyses the environmental threats focusing on climate change to human security in Nepal. Major aspects of human security are interlinked and interconnected in our context. Among them, human security offers much to the vibrant field of environmental security in Nepal. Environmental threats are linked to the overall impact on human survival, well-being, and productivity. A great deal of human security is tied to peoples’ access to natural resources and vulnerabilities to environmental change. The major environmental threats in our context is the climate change which have widespread implications for Nepal, causing impacts to water availability, agricultural production, forestry, among many other detrimental effects. The critical threat of environmental security needs to be taken into serious consideration to save our succeeding generation. This article primarily interpreted the government action towards emerging environmental threat based on realist approach. For the study of theme of this article, descriptive and analytical research has been used to draw present major environmental threats in Nepal. With consideration to factors, this article attempted to identify the major environmentally vulnerable areas that are likely to hamper the overall status of human security in Nepal. This paper also tried to suggest the measures to enhance the environmental security considering prospects and policy focusing on Nepalese diverse aspects.

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