1st Edition

Climate Change and Adaptive Innovation A Model for Social Work Practice

By Sunil D. Santha Copyright 2020
200 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The world is witnessing climate change. As responsible citizens of planet earth, we can actively participate in the co-creation of actionable knowledge and solutions. There may not be a single and linear pathway to adaptation anymore. This book explores multiple and iterative pathways of adapting to climate change and its impacts. Climate Change and Adaptive Innovation introduces an adaptive... Read more

List of figures

Stories from the Field

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Locating Climate Change Adaptation

Chapter 3. The Landscape of Adaptive Innovation

Chapter 4. Ethical Adaptation to Climate Change

Chapter 5. Adaptive Innovation Phases

Chapter 6. Methods of Inquiry and Practice

Chapter 7. Actor Interface Analysis and Reflective Practice

Chapter 8. Concluding Reflections

Glossary

Index

Biography

Sunil D. Santha is presently working at the Centre for Livelihoods and Social Innovation, School of Social Work, TISS, India. He has associated with natural resource dependent communities for several years. As an expert in Environmental Social Work, supplemented by his interests in Sociology of Knowledge and Systems Thinking, he has keen interests in the field of environmental risks, climate justice and sustainable development. He believes in action research and reflective practice as creative pathways to design participatory models of social innovation and emergent livelihoods.