Robin Leichenko
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1474887 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Robin Leichenko |
| PRENOMES | Robin |
| SOBRENOME | Leichenko |
| ASSINATURA | LEICHENKO R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0607-5874 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 597 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Building resilient cities
As cities confront worsening climate stresses, they need decision-relevant information about climate risks and resiliency options. Urban climate change assessments, typically conducted through partnerships between researchers, city governments and community stakeholders, play a vital role in supporting the incorporation of climate risk information into city planning and policy. Yet assessments also face growing barriers, ranging from stakeholder …
Business as usual? Small business responses to compound disasters in coastal New York city and New Jersey
Small businesses serve critical functions in community disaster recovery, providing essential goods and services, employment, and gathering spaces during times of crisis. However, many small businesses face escalating threats to their continued operation as they confront compound disasters. These critical functions and growing risks are especially evident among food-related small businesses, which provide vital goods and services to local communi…
Understanding Government Agrarian Programs and Smallholder Perspectives on Forest Cover Dynamics in Mexico’s Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
Agrarian programs implemented since the 1990s in Mexico (for example, PROCAMPO, a cash transfer program to increase production) often promote agricultural intensification, permanent land use, and regulations for shifting agriculture, making broad claims that these practices improved livelihoods and supported forest conservation. Meanwhile, smallholders in Mexico's Mesoamerican Biological Corridor interpreted and implemented federal program goals …
Sowing the Seeds of Transformation in the Colombian Andes
The adoption of agroecological and related alternative farming practices is frequently cited as a viable strategy for fostering transformative change within agricultural and food systems. This study investigates the role of agroecology as a pathway of transformation of small-scale agriculture in the Colombian Andes. Drawing upon the "three spheres" model of transformation, which encompasses interactions between the personal, practical, and politi…
Promoting rural sustainability transformations
The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are both catalysts for societal transformations that are altering the way people live, work, and play. In response to these two crises, cycling is experiencing a new wave of popularity as it provides opportunities for safe, low-carbon transportation, exercise, and leisure. While the recent cycling boom is often associated with urban areas, rural communities are also expanding cycling opportunities via new …
Teaching the “how” of transformation
On Bicycles
The impacts of coastal erosion on Alaska’s North Slope communities
The impacts of coastal erosion on municipal infrastructure and property have been widely documented within coastal Alaska. Less is known, however, about erosion-related impacts on natural resource-based land uses that contribute to the well-being of Alaska’s Native residents. This study explores erosion impacts on resource-based land uses on Alaska’s North Slope. The study utilized a collaborative mapping workshop approach, in which research part…
Teaching climate change in the Anthropocene
Climate and Society
This bold and passionate textbook has become a go-to introduction to current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change, presenting key concepts and frameworks for understanding the multifaceted connections between climate and society. Using clear language and powerful examples, Robin Leichenko and Karen O'Brien explore the varied social drivers, impacts, and responses to climate change. They highlight the important roles th…
Toward an integrative discourse on climate change
Harriet Bulkeley’s article raises some of the persistent challenges of integrating social science perspectives into climate change research. In this commentary, we consider a broader and deeper approach to integration that introduces multiple entry points for engaging with climate change research, education, and training. We argue that an integrative discourse is already emerging and discuss the potential role and implications for human geography
Global Environmental Change
Research on the human dimensions of global environmental change (HDGEC) encompasses a broad array of social science research on processes and outcomes of human‐induced environmental changes. HDGEC includes research on: (i) social, economic, political, and cultural drivers of global environmental change; (ii) impacts of and vulnerability to these changes among different sectors, regions, communities, and social groups; and (iii) societal responses…
Celebrating geography’s place in an inclusive and collaborative Anthropo(s)cene
The widespread recognition that humans have become geological agents offers an opportune moment for reflection on how geographers are contributing to the rapidly growing and highly interdisciplinary field of Anthropocene research. In this commentary, we situate geographers and geographic concepts as playing pivotal roles in Anthropocene work both in the past and today. We highlight the inclusive, collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the …
Climate change and poverty
Poverty is widely understood to be a key factor that increases the propensity for individuals and households to be harmed by climatic shocks and stresses. This review explores recent literature at the nexus of climate change impacts, vulnerability, and poverty. Within this literature, poverty is increasingly recognized as a dynamic and multidimensional condition that is shaped by the interplay of social, economic, political, and environmental pro…
Climate change and urban resilience
Climate change adaptation strategies and disaster risk reduction in cities
Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis
Despite widespread and growing public recognition of the linkages between environmental change and economic activities, geographic research efforts to date have paid only limited attention to the connections and interactions between climate change and globalization. As a consequence, critical linkages, feedbacks, and synergies between these two processes often go unnoticed. In this article, we draw on the framework of double exposure to motivate …
Environmental Change and Globalization
This book explores the connections between two of the most transformative processes of the 21st century, namely global environmental change and globalization. It presents a conceptual framework for analyzing the interactions between these two processes, and illustrates, through case studies, how these interactions create situations of “double exposure.” Drawing upon case studies largely related to climate change, the book shows how prominent rece…
Consumption, Inequity, and Environmental Justice
Suburban-style housing is becoming increasingly common in cities throughout the developing world. In this article, we describe processes that influence the formation of new suburban landscapes in these cities, and we consider the implications of these developments for questions of social and environmental equity. We show how suburban landscape construction may foster inequities in both exposure to environmental hazards and in access to environmen…
Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors
Historic Preservation and Neighbourhood Change
Historical designation has become an important tool in efforts to revitalise central-city neighbourhoods. Yet designation has also come under scrutiny because of its presumed association with gentrification and displacement of lower-income residents. Using Fort Worth, Texas, as a case study, the paper asks whether historical designation is associated with demographic change in neighbourhoods. It is found that historically designated areas started…
International Trade, Employment and Earnings
Leichenko R. and Silva J. (2004) International trade, employment, and earnings: evidence from US rural counties, Reg. Studies 38, 355–374. Rural manufacturers in advanced countries are considered highly vulnerable to competition from international imports. Yet only limited empirical attention has been paid to the effects of trade on rural economies. This paper investigates the effects of international trade on rural manufacturing economies in the…
Global Shift
Regional Income Inequality and International Trade
This study investigates the effects of trade on income inequality across regions in the United States. Using both structural and price-based measures of regional trade involvement, we evaluate the effects of trade on inequality within and across states, the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan portions of the states, and the major census regions. Across all states and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, we found that trade affects inequality prim…
Winners and Losers in the Context of Global Change
The idea that global change produces winners and losers is widely accepted. Yet there have been few systematic discussions of what is meant by “winner” or “loser,” and little attention has been given to the theoretical underpinnings behind identification of winners and losers. This is particularly true within global-change literature, where the phrase “winners and losers” is widely and rather loosely used. In this article, we explore the concept …
Double exposure
Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors
Climate change and urban resilience
Winners and Losers in the Context of Global Change
The idea that global change produces winners and losers is widely accepted. Yet there have been few systematic discussions of what is meant by “winner” or “loser,” and little attention has been given to the theoretical underpinnings behind identification of winners and losers. This is particularly true within global-change literature, where the phrase “winners and losers” is widely and rather loosely used. In this article, we explore the concept …
Teaching climate change in the Anthropocene
Climate change and poverty
Poverty is widely understood to be a key factor that increases the propensity for individuals and households to be harmed by climatic shocks and stresses. This review explores recent literature at the nexus of climate change impacts, vulnerability, and poverty. Within this literature, poverty is increasingly recognized as a dynamic and multidimensional condition that is shaped by the interplay of social, economic, political, and environmental pro…
Historic Preservation and Residential Property Values
Designation of historic districts is increasingly used as a tool to revive or halt the deterioration of central-city neighbourhoods. While historic designation is generally thought to have a positive impact on property values, evidence on this issue is mixed. One limitation of previous research is that it typically focuses on historic neighbourhoods in one city and thus bases its conclusions on a very limited sample. This study expands upon previ…
Climate change adaptation strategies and disaster risk reduction in cities
International Trade, Employment and Earnings
Leichenko R. and Silva J. (2004) International trade, employment, and earnings: evidence from US rural counties, Reg. Studies 38, 355–374. Rural manufacturers in advanced countries are considered highly vulnerable to competition from international imports. Yet only limited empirical attention has been paid to the effects of trade on rural economies. This paper investigates the effects of international trade on rural manufacturing economies in the…
Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis
Despite widespread and growing public recognition of the linkages between environmental change and economic activities, geographic research efforts to date have paid only limited attention to the connections and interactions between climate change and globalization. As a consequence, critical linkages, feedbacks, and synergies between these two processes often go unnoticed. In this article, we draw on the framework of double exposure to motivate …
Consumption, Inequity, and Environmental Justice
Suburban-style housing is becoming increasingly common in cities throughout the developing world. In this article, we describe processes that influence the formation of new suburban landscapes in these cities, and we consider the implications of these developments for questions of social and environmental equity. We show how suburban landscape construction may foster inequities in both exposure to environmental hazards and in access to environmen…
Regional Income Inequality and International Trade
This study investigates the effects of trade on income inequality across regions in the United States. Using both structural and price-based measures of regional trade involvement, we evaluate the effects of trade on inequality within and across states, the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan portions of the states, and the major census regions. Across all states and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, we found that trade affects inequality prim…
Historic Preservation and Neighbourhood Change
Historical designation has become an important tool in efforts to revitalise central-city neighbourhoods. Yet designation has also come under scrutiny because of its presumed association with gentrification and displacement of lower-income residents. Using Fort Worth, Texas, as a case study, the paper asks whether historical designation is associated with demographic change in neighbourhoods. It is found that historically designated areas started…
Toward an integrative discourse on climate change
Harriet Bulkeley’s article raises some of the persistent challenges of integrating social science perspectives into climate change research. In this commentary, we consider a broader and deeper approach to integration that introduces multiple entry points for engaging with climate change research, education, and training. We argue that an integrative discourse is already emerging and discuss the potential role and implications for human geography
From Free Market Rhetoric to Free Market Reality
Exports, Employment, and Production
Rising foreign exports are generally perceived to be a driving force behind U.S. regional economic growth. Yet relatively little empirical attention has been paid to the question of causality between foreign exports and economic growth at the regional level. The belief that exports are an engine of economic growth stems from traditional export base theory. This theory indicates that multiplier effects and externalities associated with export expa…
Does Place Still Matter? Accounting for Income Variation Across American Indian Tribal Areas
Persistent poverty is frequently identified as a key problem on American Indian tribal lands in the United States. Yet the fact that tribal lands tend to be located in isolated, nonmetropolitan areas suggests that relatively lower levels of per capita income in tribal areas may be due largely to locational factors, such as the lack of access to markets, the absence of agglomeration economies, and an inadequate infrastructure. The study presented …
Celebrating geography’s place in an inclusive and collaborative Anthropo(s)cene
The widespread recognition that humans have become geological agents offers an opportune moment for reflection on how geographers are contributing to the rapidly growing and highly interdisciplinary field of Anthropocene research. In this commentary, we situate geographers and geographic concepts as playing pivotal roles in Anthropocene work both in the past and today. We highlight the inclusive, collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the …
Sowing the Seeds of Transformation in the Colombian Andes
The adoption of agroecological and related alternative farming practices is frequently cited as a viable strategy for fostering transformative change within agricultural and food systems. This study investigates the role of agroecology as a pathway of transformation of small-scale agriculture in the Colombian Andes. Drawing upon the "three spheres" model of transformation, which encompasses interactions between the personal, practical, and politi…
Promoting rural sustainability transformations
The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are both catalysts for societal transformations that are altering the way people live, work, and play. In response to these two crises, cycling is experiencing a new wave of popularity as it provides opportunities for safe, low-carbon transportation, exercise, and leisure. While the recent cycling boom is often associated with urban areas, rural communities are also expanding cycling opportunities via new …
From Free Market Rhetoric to Free Market Reality
Exports, Employment, and Production
Rising foreign exports are generally perceived to be a driving force behind U.S. regional economic growth. Yet relatively little empirical attention has been paid to the question of causality between foreign exports and economic growth at the regional level. The belief that exports are an engine of economic growth stems from traditional export base theory. This theory indicates that multiplier effects and externalities associated with export expa…
Double exposure
Historic Preservation and Residential Property Values
Designation of historic districts is increasingly used as a tool to revive or halt the deterioration of central-city neighbourhoods. While historic designation is generally thought to have a positive impact on property values, evidence on this issue is mixed. One limitation of previous research is that it typically focuses on historic neighbourhoods in one city and thus bases its conclusions on a very limited sample. This study expands upon previ…
The Dynamics of Rural Vulnerability to Global Change
Winners and Losers in the Context of Global Change
The idea that global change produces winners and losers is widely accepted. Yet there have been few systematic discussions of what is meant by “winner” or “loser,” and little attention has been given to the theoretical underpinnings behind identification of winners and losers. This is particularly true within global-change literature, where the phrase “winners and losers” is widely and rather loosely used. In this article, we explore the concept …
Does Place Still Matter? Accounting for Income Variation Across American Indian Tribal Areas
Persistent poverty is frequently identified as a key problem on American Indian tribal lands in the United States. Yet the fact that tribal lands tend to be located in isolated, nonmetropolitan areas suggests that relatively lower levels of per capita income in tribal areas may be due largely to locational factors, such as the lack of access to markets, the absence of agglomeration economies, and an inadequate infrastructure. The study presented …
Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors
Historic Preservation and Neighbourhood Change
Historical designation has become an important tool in efforts to revitalise central-city neighbourhoods. Yet designation has also come under scrutiny because of its presumed association with gentrification and displacement of lower-income residents. Using Fort Worth, Texas, as a case study, the paper asks whether historical designation is associated with demographic change in neighbourhoods. It is found that historically designated areas started…
International Trade, Employment and Earnings
Leichenko R. and Silva J. (2004) International trade, employment, and earnings: evidence from US rural counties, Reg. Studies 38, 355–374. Rural manufacturers in advanced countries are considered highly vulnerable to competition from international imports. Yet only limited empirical attention has been paid to the effects of trade on rural economies. This paper investigates the effects of international trade on rural manufacturing economies in the…
Global Shift
Regional Income Inequality and International Trade
This study investigates the effects of trade on income inequality across regions in the United States. Using both structural and price-based measures of regional trade involvement, we evaluate the effects of trade on inequality within and across states, the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan portions of the states, and the major census regions. Across all states and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, we found that trade affects inequality prim…
Environmental Change and Globalization
This book explores the connections between two of the most transformative processes of the 21st century, namely global environmental change and globalization. It presents a conceptual framework for analyzing the interactions between these two processes, and illustrates, through case studies, how these interactions create situations of “double exposure.” Drawing upon case studies largely related to climate change, the book shows how prominent rece…
Consumption, Inequity, and Environmental Justice
Suburban-style housing is becoming increasingly common in cities throughout the developing world. In this article, we describe processes that influence the formation of new suburban landscapes in these cities, and we consider the implications of these developments for questions of social and environmental equity. We show how suburban landscape construction may foster inequities in both exposure to environmental hazards and in access to environmen…
Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis
Despite widespread and growing public recognition of the linkages between environmental change and economic activities, geographic research efforts to date have paid only limited attention to the connections and interactions between climate change and globalization. As a consequence, critical linkages, feedbacks, and synergies between these two processes often go unnoticed. In this article, we draw on the framework of double exposure to motivate …
Climate change and urban resilience
Climate change adaptation strategies and disaster risk reduction in cities
Climate change and poverty
Poverty is widely understood to be a key factor that increases the propensity for individuals and households to be harmed by climatic shocks and stresses. This review explores recent literature at the nexus of climate change impacts, vulnerability, and poverty. Within this literature, poverty is increasingly recognized as a dynamic and multidimensional condition that is shaped by the interplay of social, economic, political, and environmental pro…
Celebrating geography’s place in an inclusive and collaborative Anthropo(s)cene
The widespread recognition that humans have become geological agents offers an opportune moment for reflection on how geographers are contributing to the rapidly growing and highly interdisciplinary field of Anthropocene research. In this commentary, we situate geographers and geographic concepts as playing pivotal roles in Anthropocene work both in the past and today. We highlight the inclusive, collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the …
Global Environmental Change
Research on the human dimensions of global environmental change (HDGEC) encompasses a broad array of social science research on processes and outcomes of human‐induced environmental changes. HDGEC includes research on: (i) social, economic, political, and cultural drivers of global environmental change; (ii) impacts of and vulnerability to these changes among different sectors, regions, communities, and social groups; and (iii) societal responses…
Climate and Society
This bold and passionate textbook has become a go-to introduction to current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change, presenting key concepts and frameworks for understanding the multifaceted connections between climate and society. Using clear language and powerful examples, Robin Leichenko and Karen O'Brien explore the varied social drivers, impacts, and responses to climate change. They highlight the important roles th…
Toward an integrative discourse on climate change
Harriet Bulkeley’s article raises some of the persistent challenges of integrating social science perspectives into climate change research. In this commentary, we consider a broader and deeper approach to integration that introduces multiple entry points for engaging with climate change research, education, and training. We argue that an integrative discourse is already emerging and discuss the potential role and implications for human geography
The impacts of coastal erosion on Alaska’s North Slope communities
The impacts of coastal erosion on municipal infrastructure and property have been widely documented within coastal Alaska. Less is known, however, about erosion-related impacts on natural resource-based land uses that contribute to the well-being of Alaska’s Native residents. This study explores erosion impacts on resource-based land uses on Alaska’s North Slope. The study utilized a collaborative mapping workshop approach, in which research part…
Teaching climate change in the Anthropocene
Teaching the “how” of transformation
Geography (20 obras) · Political science (18 obras) · Climate change (14 obras) · Economics (14 obras) · Ecology (12 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Environmental resource management (8 obras) · Economic geography (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Biology (6 obras)