An activity theoretic analysis of the mediating role of information systems in tackling climate change adaptation

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Hasan ◽  
Stephen Smith ◽  
Patrick Finnegan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Theoretic Analysis ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Role Of Information

scholarly journals The role of information infrastructure for climate change adaptation in the socio-ecological system of the Central Himalaya: availability, utility, and gaps

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveen Kumar ◽  
Rajiv Pandey ◽  
Christine Fürst ◽  
P. K. Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Information Infrastructure ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Central Himalaya ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Role Of Information

AbstractThe present study intends to understand and disclose the role of information infrastructure in climate change adaptation and its underlying barriers in the communities of socio-ecological system (SES) in the Central Himalaya. The study makes use of primary data in its research methodology which comprises the use of questionnaires, oral interviews, and review of relevant literature. The data were collected using a questionnaire-based survey from 85 households in 11 villages. The study results show that road accessibility and irrigation facilities remarkably influence the educational, professional, and economic conditions of the communities. The research reveals how the flow of information through television, newspapers, village elders, and mobile phones influences perceptions of climate change in a different order. Information infrastructure availability is higher with the communities having access to the road network and irrigation facilities. The study concludes that in SES a good information infrastructure is highly relevant for reducing the current and future vulnerability of SESs to climate change. The study also provides recommendations for the dissemination of information on climate adaptation that suit the needs and demands of the Himalayan SESs and thus could help to close existing information gaps and barriers.

Development as Self-Interest

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Blodgett Bermeo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

This chapter introduces the role of development as a self-interested policy pursued by industrialized states in an increasingly connected world. As such, it is differentiated from traditional geopolitical accounts of interactions between industrialized and developing states as well as from assertions that the increased focus on development stems from altruistic motivations. The concept of targeted development—pursuing development abroad when and where it serves the interests of the policymaking states—is introduced and defined. The issue areas covered in the book—foreign aid, trade agreements between industrialized and developing countries, and finance for climate change adaptation and mitigation—are introduced. The preference for bilateral, rather than multilateral, action is discussed.

scholarly journals Farmers’ perceptions and role of institutional arrangements in climate change adaptation: Insights from rainfed Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 100288
Author(s):  
Nasir Mahmood ◽  
Muhammad Arshad ◽  
Yasir Mehmood ◽  
Muhammad Faisal Shahzad ◽  
Harald Kächele
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Institutional Arrangements
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