Climate Change and Adaptive Innovation

The world is witnessing climate change. As responsible citizens of planet earth, we can actively participate in the co-creation of actionable knowledge and solutions. There may not be a single and linear pathway to adaptation anymore. This book explores multiple and iterative pathways of adapting to climate change and its impacts.

Autorentext

Sunil D. Santha is presently working at the Centre for Livelihoods and Social Innovation, School of Social Work, TISS, India. He has associated with natural resource dependent communities for several years. As an expert in Environmental Social Work, supplemented by his interests in Sociology of Knowledge and Systems Thinking, he has keen interests in the field of environmental risks, climate justice and sustainable development. He believes in action research and reflective practice as creative pathways to design participatory models of social innovation and emergent livelihoods.

Inhalt

List of figures. Stories from the Field. Acknowledgements. List of abbreviations. 1. Introduction. 2. Locating Climate Change Adaptation. 3. The Landscape of Adaptive Innovation. 4. Ethical Adaptation to Climate Change. 5. Adaptive Innovation Phases. 6. Methods of Inquiry and Practice. 7. Actor Interface Analysis and Reflective Practice. 8. Concluding Reflections. Glossary. Index.