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Climate change and social inequality : the health and social costs of global warming / Merrill Singer.

Author/creator Singer, Merrill author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Copyright Notice ©2019
Descriptionvi, 247 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Routledge advances in climate change research
Routledge advances in climate change research. ^A1171773
Contents Introduction -- The physical and social dimensions of climate change -- The rise and role of social inequality in the production of climate change -- Maintaining inequality : the ideology of denial and the creation of climate change uncertainty -- The polluting elite and the political economy of climate change denial -- Anthropological lens on climate change -- Changing world of the indigenous Alaskan Yupik and Iñupiat peoples -- Water vulnerability and social equity in Ecuador -- On the bottom rung of a low-lying nation : social ranking and climate change in Bangladesh -- Haiti : a legacy of colonialism, a future of climate change -- Mali : climate change, desertification, and food insecurity -- The consequential intersection of social inequality and climate change : health, coping, and community organizing.
General note"Earthscan from Routledge."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2018018597
ISBN9781138102903 hardcover
ISBN1138102903 hardcover
ISBN9781138102910 paperback
ISBN1138102911 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
Standard identifier# 40028523772

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