Human Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of Three Historical Cases and Some General Perspectives
Environmental Science & Policy 8 (2005) 589-600
Posted: 12 Mar 2013
Date Written: September 29, 2005
Abstract
To study mitigation and adaptation to climate change, social scientists have drawn on different approaches, particularly sociological approaches to the future and comparative history of past societies. These two approaches frame the social and temporal boundaries of decision making collectivities in different ways. A consideration of the responses to climate variability in three historical cases, the Classic Maya of Mexico and Central America, the Viking settlements in Greenland, and the US Dust Bowl, shows the value of integrating these two approaches.
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Orlove, Ben, Human Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of Three Historical Cases and Some General Perspectives (September 29, 2005). Environmental Science & Policy 8 (2005) 589-600, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2231696
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