Raka Sen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3708770 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raka Sen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raka |
| FAMILY NAME | Sen |
| SIGNATURE | SEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6197-5691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Adaptation dynamics
People living in climate hazard-prone regions have become regular, repeated targets of adaptation projects. These projects, modelled on development projects, make somewhat random interventions for local people: random in their objectives, timing, resources, and duration. This paper considers the question: what is the long-term reality of life in an adaptation-intensive region? Building on critical insights regarding adaptation projects’ shortcomi…
Persistent Myths
Climate change is making traditional pathways to upward mobility difficult in climate-vulnerable regions, but social understandings of these changes lag behind lived realities. Drawing on longitudinal ethnographic data from the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh, this paper examines families’ everyday adaptations: their short-, medium-, and long-term goals and strategies to thrive in spite of climate change. We argue that strategies that em…
A call for a sociology of adaptation
Interest in examining climate change adaptation has arisen in many disciplines in the past two decades; however to date, sociologists have given only sparse attention to the issue. This is both a missed opportunity for sociologists and a detriment to the study of adaptation. In this paper, we set out the following research agenda: bringing core concerns of sociology into the critically important conversation of how society will respond to climate…
Salt in the wound
The relationship between everyday lives and the climate changed present is layered, complex, and deeply embedded in social context. In the Sundarban region of India and Bangladesh, the entangled web of development, anthropogenic climate change, and so-called climate change adaptation projects (such as concrete embankments, the hardening of coastlines, and brackish aquaculture) have interrupted natural adaptation processes and caused environmental…
Securing Climate Justice Federally
How can the federal Justice40 policy framework tackle climate change and social inequalities at the same time and in the same places? We adopt a political economy approach. We situate environmental injustice in the context of long-standing racist patterns of public–private investments in the United States, especially in housing, through practices such as redlining, transportation, and industrial development. We argue that any policy approach aimi…
Everyday Adaptation
Everyday Adaptation
A call for a sociology of adaptation
Interest in examining climate change adaptation has arisen in many disciplines in the past two decades; however to date, sociologists have given only sparse attention to the issue. This is both a missed opportunity for sociologists and a detriment to the study of adaptation. In this paper, we set out the following research agenda: bringing core concerns of sociology into the critically important conversation of how society will respond to climate…
Salt in the wound
The relationship between everyday lives and the climate changed present is layered, complex, and deeply embedded in social context. In the Sundarban region of India and Bangladesh, the entangled web of development, anthropogenic climate change, and so-called climate change adaptation projects (such as concrete embankments, the hardening of coastlines, and brackish aquaculture) have interrupted natural adaptation processes and caused environmental…
Securing Climate Justice Federally
How can the federal Justice40 policy framework tackle climate change and social inequalities at the same time and in the same places? We adopt a political economy approach. We situate environmental injustice in the context of long-standing racist patterns of public–private investments in the United States, especially in housing, through practices such as redlining, transportation, and industrial development. We argue that any policy approach aimi…
Everyday Adaptation
Salt in the wound
The relationship between everyday lives and the climate changed present is layered, complex, and deeply embedded in social context. In the Sundarban region of India and Bangladesh, the entangled web of development, anthropogenic climate change, and so-called climate change adaptation projects (such as concrete embankments, the hardening of coastlines, and brackish aquaculture) have interrupted natural adaptation processes and caused environmental…
A call for a sociology of adaptation
Interest in examining climate change adaptation has arisen in many disciplines in the past two decades; however to date, sociologists have given only sparse attention to the issue. This is both a missed opportunity for sociologists and a detriment to the study of adaptation. In this paper, we set out the following research agenda: bringing core concerns of sociology into the critically important conversation of how society will respond to climate…
Adaptation dynamics
People living in climate hazard-prone regions have become regular, repeated targets of adaptation projects. These projects, modelled on development projects, make somewhat random interventions for local people: random in their objectives, timing, resources, and duration. This paper considers the question: what is the long-term reality of life in an adaptation-intensive region? Building on critical insights regarding adaptation projects’ shortcomi…
Persistent Myths
Climate change is making traditional pathways to upward mobility difficult in climate-vulnerable regions, but social understandings of these changes lag behind lived realities. Drawing on longitudinal ethnographic data from the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh, this paper examines families’ everyday adaptations: their short-, medium-, and long-term goals and strategies to thrive in spite of climate change. We argue that strategies that em…
Climate change (4 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 works) · Adaptation (eye (2 works) · Climate change adaptation (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental resource management (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Everyday life (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)