Double Exposure presents a new framework for exploring the interactions between global environmental change and globalization. Drawing upon a range of case studies, the book reveals how these interactions may increase inequalities, exacerbate vulnerabilities, and undermine efforts to achieve sustainability. The double exposure framework also reveals positive openings for responding to change.
Environmental Change and Globalization: Double Exposures presents a new framework for exploring the interactions between global environmental change and globalization. Drawing upon a range of case studies, the book reveals how these interactions may increase inequalities, exacerbate vulnerabilities, and undermine efforts to achieve sustainability. The double exposure framework also reveals positive openings for responding to change.
Every now and then, a book appears that bridges solitudes. Environmental Change and Globalization is such a book, bridging the thinking on two dominant processes of our time, globalization (greater economic, political and cultural integration across nations) and global environmental change (such as climate change). The result is a balanced and insightful analysis with some surprising conclusions.