Inequality and Climate Change : Perspectives from the South.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents /Sommaire -- List of Figures, Tables and Map -- Contributors / Les auteurs -- Introduction -- 1. The Socioeconomic Implications of Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Trajectories in South Africa -- Introduction -- Electricity Generation Options in South Africa -- Measuring Economy-wide Impacts -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2. Les migrants climatiques en quête d'adaptation : les éleveurs Mbororo émmigrent en Rd Congo -- Introduction -- Recadrage du discours sur la migration environnementale -- Migrations pastorales, épreuves locales et contraintes juridiques -- Détérioration des relations entre Mbororo et communautés locales -- Violences, nomadisme et citoyenneté -- Pour une solution régionalement intégrée -- Notes -- Références -- 3. Changements climatiques, genre, et inégalités sociales : les praticiennes de la médecine et de la pharmacopée traditionnelle en milieu urbain au Burkina Faso -- Introduction -- Ouagadougou : brève histoire sociale -- Structure sociale et exclusion de la femme du marché des soins -- Émergence d'une niche professionnelle informelle pour les femmes -- Changements Climatiques et crise de la biodiversité au Burkina Faso -- Crise de la biodiversité et menaces des opportunités informelles des femmes -- Conclusion -- Références -- 4. Saint-Louis du Sénégal, les « aventuriers » de la terre -- Introduction -- Saint-Louis du Sénégal, un processus urbain lié à la dynamique des zones humides -- Un accueil de populations sur les espaces exondés -- Les aventuriers de la terre : le processus de production du territoire d'un site sous contraintes -- Conclusion -- Bibliographie -- 5. A New Cartography of International Cooperation: Emerging Powers in Sub-Saharan Africa - The Case of Biofuels Promotion by Brazil in Senegal -- Introduction.

Emerging Powers and South-South Cooperation -- Contemporary Liquid Biofuel Developments in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Why the Sugarcane Tastes so Good: Analysing the Presence of Brazilian Biofuel-related Actors in Senegal -- Concluding Remarks: Limits and Shortcomings of the Brazilian Model of Liquid Biofuel Expansion through International Cooperation -- Notes -- References -- 6. Climate Change and the Urban Political Ecology of Water -- Introduction -- Regarding Urban Metabolism and Urban Political Ecology -- Urban Metabolism and the Political Ecology of Water: The Case of Mexico City and its Metropolitan Area -- Water-Energy Nexus: A Climate Change Challenge -- Final Remarks: A Focus on New Paradigms -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 7. Indigenous People and Climate Change: Causes of Flooding in the Bolivian Amazon and Consequences for the Indigenous Population -- Introduction -- Climate Change and the Indigenous People -- The Indigenous People and their Vulnerability -- The Amazon, Home to Indigenous Groups -- Beni and the Amazon -- Ranchers and Deforestation -- Historic Flooding in the Bolivian Amazon: Live it to Tell it -- Causes of the Flood -- Consequences and Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 8. Gender-wise Rural-to-Urban Migration in Orissa, India: An Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change -- Introduction -- Theoretical Issues and Related Literature -- Study Area Profile and Natural Calamities -- Data and Methodology -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 9. Effects of Climate Change and Heat Waves on Low Income Urban Workers: Evidence from India -- Introduction -- Heat Waves and Urban Labour Market -- Heat Stress and Labour Supply -- Sampling and Survey -- Results -- Cost of Adaptation -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Back cover.

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