Idowu Ajibade
Biographic Data
| ID | 258823 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Idowu Ajibade |
| GIVEN NAMES | Idowu |
| FAMILY NAME | Ajibade |
| SIGNATURE | AJIBADE I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Portland State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9767-0435 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 182 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Climate change articulations
With the fracturing of the global order, and as climate negotiations and agreements are increasingly weakened, ignored, or strategically undermined by powerful nations, corporations, and geopolitical actors, we are witnessing a renewed and troubling return to fossil fuel extractivism at the center of global discourse. In this moment of regression and uncertainty, there is an urgent need to rethink not only climate policy but also how climate chan…
Climate resettlement and livelihood transformation in Rwanda
This study investigates whether relocating rural communities from areas exposed to high climatic risks can be transformative and in what ways. Using the Rweru Model Green Village as a case study and drawing on regional political ecology and sustainable livelihoods framework, the study shows that climate-related resettlement as an act of transformation is mediated by development vision and policies, multi-scalar dynamics, and micro-politics. Our s…
Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations
Adaptation to climate change is often conceptualized as a dichotomy, with responses being either planned (formal and structured) or autonomous (organic and self-organized, often known as “everyday adaptation”). Recent literature on adaptation responses has highlighted the existence and importance of the interplay between autonomous and planned adaptation, but examination of this interaction has been limited to date. We use a global database of 16…
Who bears the burden? An assessment of vulnerability and resilience to consecutive disasters in the Portland metro region
Climate-related disasters threaten urban areas worldwide, yet gaps remain in understanding how multiple stressors interact to shape resilience. This study examines exposure, vulnerability, and resilience across three consecutive extreme events in the Portland metro area: the September 2020 wildfire-related air pollution, the February 2021 snowstorm, and the June 2021 heatwave. We used geographically weighted regression and Spearman rank correlati…
The state of planning, policy, and justice for human mobility in national adaptation plans
Climate change has been widely observed to shape various dimensions of human mobility. Policy responses associated with everything from the short-term management of displaced persons to the long-term resettlement of communities are recognized to represent challenges for policymakers and planners in the Global South and North. This article evaluates the extent to which aspects of human mobility have been formally incorporated into the National Ada…
Re-conceptualizing climate maladaptation
Climate maladaptation is often studied using an “interactional ontology.” • “Relational ontologies” deepen the nature, causes, and redressal of maladaptation. • Maladaptation is constituted through dynamic material and discursive relations. • A case from Maharashtra, India demonstrates the necessity of relational approaches. Cases of climate maladaptation are increasingly documented. Its identification and redressal has become a priority for rese…
A global assessment of actors and their roles in climate change adaptation
An assessment of the global progress in climate change adaptation is urgently needed. Despite a rising awareness that adaptation should involve diverse societal actors and a shared sense of responsibility, little is known about the types of actors, such as state and non-state, and their roles in different types of adaptation responses as well as in different regions. Based on a large n -structured analysis of case studies, we show that, although …
Relating social, ecological, and technological vulnerability to future flood exposure at two spatial scales in four U.S. cities
Climate change and coastal megacities
Climate change poses threats to individuals, communities, and cities globally. Global conversations and scholarly debates have explored ways people adapt to the impacts of climate change including through migration and relocation. This study uses Lagos, Nigeria as a case study to examine the relationship between flooding events, migration intentions as a preferred adaptation, and the destination choices for affected residents. The study draws on …
Flood risk perceptions and future migration intentions of Lagos residents
Coastal communities across the world face intense and frequent flooding due to the rise in extreme rainfall and storm surges associated with climate change. Adaptation is therefore crucial to manage the growing threat to coastal communities and cities. This case study focuses on Lagos, Nigeria, one of the world's largest urban centers where rapid urbanization, poor urban planning, degrading infrastructure, and inadequate preparedness compounds fl…
Are managed retreat programs successful and just? A global mapping of success typologies, justice dimensions, and trade-offs
As managed retreat programs expand across the globe, there is an urgent need to assess whether these programs are reducing exposure to climatic hazards, enhancing adaptive capacity, and improving the living conditions of communities in a just and equitable manner or are they exacerbating existing risks and vulnerabilities? Strictly speaking, are retreat programs successful? Using an expansive intersectional justice approach to examine 138 post-re…
Natural / Disaster
The devastating 2020 wildfires in Oregon provide an opportunity to revisit the “discursive creation of homelessness” first identified by Céline Pascale in this journal in 2005. Drawing on physical observation of the unfolding event and discursive analysis of media reporting (print, radio, and television), we find radically different media coverage of people unhoused by wildfires and those previously unhoused but also affected by the fires. Journa…
The Resilience Fix to Climate Disasters
This article engages with the taken-for-granted separation between resilience as stability and resilience as transformation after disasters. It examines whether strategies adopted after climate disasters are transforming cities in ways that foster egalitarian urbanism or reinforce capitalist urbanization. To address this question, I develop the notion of a resilience fix, returning to Harvey's influential thesis on spatial fix that captures how c…
Global Views on Climate Relocation and Social Justice
A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change
Equity in human adaptation-related responses
Introduction
In response to global climate change, managed retreat has emerged as a controversial adaptation strategy. The purposeful movement of people and communities away from hazardous places raises numerous social and environmental justice concerns that will become even more pressing as retreat occurs more frequently and at larger scales. This special issue contributes to an emerging body of literature on managed retreat by providing a range of perspecti…
Transformative potential of managed retreat as climate adaptation
A community of fear
Broader governance challenges driving water insecurity globally are well documented inthe literature, however the power-laden relationships and emotions that shape water access at the household and community levels are yet to be fully investigated, especially in the context of water consolidation projects. In this article, we examine the role of emotions in mediating access to water and in the production of resource struggles among marginalized c…
Why climate migration is not managed retreat
Spaces of Exclusion’ in community water governance
Can a future city enhance urban resilience and sustainability? A political ecology analysis of Eko Atlantic city, Nigeria
Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate
For cities in sub-Saharan Africa a 1.5 °C increase in global temperature will bring forward the urgency of meeting basic needs in sanitation, drinking water and land-tenure, and underlying governance weaknesses. The challenges of climate sensitive management are exacerbated by rapid population growth, deep and persistent poverty, a trend for resolving risk through relocation (often forced), and emerging new risks, often multi-hazard, for example …
Sustainability Transitions
Lagos, a coastal megacity with more than 11 million inhabitants faces serious development challenges in addition to climatic risks and extreme weather events. There are uncertainties about future disaster risk trends and about how to manage and adapt to existing threats in ways that ensure a just and sustainable development trajectory. In this paper, we explore the changes that have occurred in risk management in Lagos over the last 20 years, as …
Climate extremes and housing rights
Urban flooding in Lagos, Nigeria
Climate extremes and housing rights
Spaces of Exclusion’ in community water governance
Why climate migration is not managed retreat
The Resilience Fix to Climate Disasters
This article engages with the taken-for-granted separation between resilience as stability and resilience as transformation after disasters. It examines whether strategies adopted after climate disasters are transforming cities in ways that foster egalitarian urbanism or reinforce capitalist urbanization. To address this question, I develop the notion of a resilience fix, returning to Harvey's influential thesis on spatial fix that captures how c…
Are managed retreat programs successful and just? A global mapping of success typologies, justice dimensions, and trade-offs
As managed retreat programs expand across the globe, there is an urgent need to assess whether these programs are reducing exposure to climatic hazards, enhancing adaptive capacity, and improving the living conditions of communities in a just and equitable manner or are they exacerbating existing risks and vulnerabilities? Strictly speaking, are retreat programs successful? Using an expansive intersectional justice approach to examine 138 post-re…
Climate change, related hazards and human settlements
Climate change and coastal megacities
Climate change poses threats to individuals, communities, and cities globally. Global conversations and scholarly debates have explored ways people adapt to the impacts of climate change including through migration and relocation. This study uses Lagos, Nigeria as a case study to examine the relationship between flooding events, migration intentions as a preferred adaptation, and the destination choices for affected residents. The study draws on …
Transformative potential of managed retreat as climate adaptation
Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate
For cities in sub-Saharan Africa a 1.5 °C increase in global temperature will bring forward the urgency of meeting basic needs in sanitation, drinking water and land-tenure, and underlying governance weaknesses. The challenges of climate sensitive management are exacerbated by rapid population growth, deep and persistent poverty, a trend for resolving risk through relocation (often forced), and emerging new risks, often multi-hazard, for example …
Introduction
In response to global climate change, managed retreat has emerged as a controversial adaptation strategy. The purposeful movement of people and communities away from hazardous places raises numerous social and environmental justice concerns that will become even more pressing as retreat occurs more frequently and at larger scales. This special issue contributes to an emerging body of literature on managed retreat by providing a range of perspecti…
Natural / Disaster
The devastating 2020 wildfires in Oregon provide an opportunity to revisit the “discursive creation of homelessness” first identified by Céline Pascale in this journal in 2005. Drawing on physical observation of the unfolding event and discursive analysis of media reporting (print, radio, and television), we find radically different media coverage of people unhoused by wildfires and those previously unhoused but also affected by the fires. Journa…
Sustainability Transitions
Lagos, a coastal megacity with more than 11 million inhabitants faces serious development challenges in addition to climatic risks and extreme weather events. There are uncertainties about future disaster risk trends and about how to manage and adapt to existing threats in ways that ensure a just and sustainable development trajectory. In this paper, we explore the changes that have occurred in risk management in Lagos over the last 20 years, as …
A community of fear
Broader governance challenges driving water insecurity globally are well documented inthe literature, however the power-laden relationships and emotions that shape water access at the household and community levels are yet to be fully investigated, especially in the context of water consolidation projects. In this article, we examine the role of emotions in mediating access to water and in the production of resource struggles among marginalized c…
Climate change, related hazards and human settlements
Urban flooding in Lagos, Nigeria
Climate extremes and housing rights
Sustainability Transitions
Lagos, a coastal megacity with more than 11 million inhabitants faces serious development challenges in addition to climatic risks and extreme weather events. There are uncertainties about future disaster risk trends and about how to manage and adapt to existing threats in ways that ensure a just and sustainable development trajectory. In this paper, we explore the changes that have occurred in risk management in Lagos over the last 20 years, as …
Can a future city enhance urban resilience and sustainability? A political ecology analysis of Eko Atlantic city, Nigeria
Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate
For cities in sub-Saharan Africa a 1.5 °C increase in global temperature will bring forward the urgency of meeting basic needs in sanitation, drinking water and land-tenure, and underlying governance weaknesses. The challenges of climate sensitive management are exacerbated by rapid population growth, deep and persistent poverty, a trend for resolving risk through relocation (often forced), and emerging new risks, often multi-hazard, for example …
Spaces of Exclusion’ in community water governance
Why climate migration is not managed retreat
Global Views on Climate Relocation and Social Justice
A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change
Equity in human adaptation-related responses
Introduction
In response to global climate change, managed retreat has emerged as a controversial adaptation strategy. The purposeful movement of people and communities away from hazardous places raises numerous social and environmental justice concerns that will become even more pressing as retreat occurs more frequently and at larger scales. This special issue contributes to an emerging body of literature on managed retreat by providing a range of perspecti…
Transformative potential of managed retreat as climate adaptation
A community of fear
Broader governance challenges driving water insecurity globally are well documented inthe literature, however the power-laden relationships and emotions that shape water access at the household and community levels are yet to be fully investigated, especially in the context of water consolidation projects. In this article, we examine the role of emotions in mediating access to water and in the production of resource struggles among marginalized c…
Flood risk perceptions and future migration intentions of Lagos residents
Coastal communities across the world face intense and frequent flooding due to the rise in extreme rainfall and storm surges associated with climate change. Adaptation is therefore crucial to manage the growing threat to coastal communities and cities. This case study focuses on Lagos, Nigeria, one of the world's largest urban centers where rapid urbanization, poor urban planning, degrading infrastructure, and inadequate preparedness compounds fl…
Are managed retreat programs successful and just? A global mapping of success typologies, justice dimensions, and trade-offs
As managed retreat programs expand across the globe, there is an urgent need to assess whether these programs are reducing exposure to climatic hazards, enhancing adaptive capacity, and improving the living conditions of communities in a just and equitable manner or are they exacerbating existing risks and vulnerabilities? Strictly speaking, are retreat programs successful? Using an expansive intersectional justice approach to examine 138 post-re…
Natural / Disaster
The devastating 2020 wildfires in Oregon provide an opportunity to revisit the “discursive creation of homelessness” first identified by Céline Pascale in this journal in 2005. Drawing on physical observation of the unfolding event and discursive analysis of media reporting (print, radio, and television), we find radically different media coverage of people unhoused by wildfires and those previously unhoused but also affected by the fires. Journa…
The Resilience Fix to Climate Disasters
This article engages with the taken-for-granted separation between resilience as stability and resilience as transformation after disasters. It examines whether strategies adopted after climate disasters are transforming cities in ways that foster egalitarian urbanism or reinforce capitalist urbanization. To address this question, I develop the notion of a resilience fix, returning to Harvey's influential thesis on spatial fix that captures how c…
A global assessment of actors and their roles in climate change adaptation
An assessment of the global progress in climate change adaptation is urgently needed. Despite a rising awareness that adaptation should involve diverse societal actors and a shared sense of responsibility, little is known about the types of actors, such as state and non-state, and their roles in different types of adaptation responses as well as in different regions. Based on a large n -structured analysis of case studies, we show that, although …
Relating social, ecological, and technological vulnerability to future flood exposure at two spatial scales in four U.S. cities
Climate change and coastal megacities
Climate change poses threats to individuals, communities, and cities globally. Global conversations and scholarly debates have explored ways people adapt to the impacts of climate change including through migration and relocation. This study uses Lagos, Nigeria as a case study to examine the relationship between flooding events, migration intentions as a preferred adaptation, and the destination choices for affected residents. The study draws on …
Re-conceptualizing climate maladaptation
Climate maladaptation is often studied using an “interactional ontology.” • “Relational ontologies” deepen the nature, causes, and redressal of maladaptation. • Maladaptation is constituted through dynamic material and discursive relations. • A case from Maharashtra, India demonstrates the necessity of relational approaches. Cases of climate maladaptation are increasingly documented. Its identification and redressal has become a priority for rese…
Climate resettlement and livelihood transformation in Rwanda
This study investigates whether relocating rural communities from areas exposed to high climatic risks can be transformative and in what ways. Using the Rweru Model Green Village as a case study and drawing on regional political ecology and sustainable livelihoods framework, the study shows that climate-related resettlement as an act of transformation is mediated by development vision and policies, multi-scalar dynamics, and micro-politics. Our s…
Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations
Adaptation to climate change is often conceptualized as a dichotomy, with responses being either planned (formal and structured) or autonomous (organic and self-organized, often known as “everyday adaptation”). Recent literature on adaptation responses has highlighted the existence and importance of the interplay between autonomous and planned adaptation, but examination of this interaction has been limited to date. We use a global database of 16…
Who bears the burden? An assessment of vulnerability and resilience to consecutive disasters in the Portland metro region
Climate-related disasters threaten urban areas worldwide, yet gaps remain in understanding how multiple stressors interact to shape resilience. This study examines exposure, vulnerability, and resilience across three consecutive extreme events in the Portland metro area: the September 2020 wildfire-related air pollution, the February 2021 snowstorm, and the June 2021 heatwave. We used geographically weighted regression and Spearman rank correlati…
Geography (19 works) · Political science (19 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (17 works) · Ecology (14 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (13 works) · Environmental resource management (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Climate change (12 works) · Economics (11 works)