The Equity Dimension of Climate Change

Perspectives From the Global North and South

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22018226
AutoresMark Seasons (0000-0001-7858-6492, University of Waterloo, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen6
Número4
Páginas283-286
Fecha de publicación2021-12-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
EditorialCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v6i4.4998
OpenAlexW4200297269
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas7

The articles in this thematic issue represent a variety of perspectives on the challenges for equity that are attributable to climate change. Contributions explore an emerging and important issue for communities in the Global North and Global South: the implications for urban social equity associated with the impacts caused by climate change. While much is known about the technical, policy, and financial tools and strategies that can be applied to mitigate or adapt to climate change in communities, we are only now thinking about who is affected by climate change, and how. Is it too little, too late? Or better now than never? The articles in this thematic issue demonstrate that the local impacts of climate change are experienced differently by socio-economic groups in communities. This is especially the case for the disadvantaged and marginalized—i.e., the poor, the very young, the aged, the disabled, and women. Ideally, climate action planning interventions should enhance quality of life, health and well-being, and sustainability, rather than exacerbate existing problems experienced by the disadvantaged. This is the challenge for planners and anyone working to adapt to climate change in our communities

Climate change · Development economics · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Global warming · Political economy of climate change · Political science · Psychological intervention · Sustainability · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Psychology · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Ecology