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Type:
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Journal Article |
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Author:
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Pelling, Mark; Manuel-Navarrete, David |
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Journal:
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Ecology and Society |
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Volume:
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16 |
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Date:
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2011 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7591
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Sector:
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Urban Commons |
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Region:
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Central America & Caribbean |
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Subject(s):
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adaptive systems
climate change
resource management
power
resilience
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Abstract:
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"Climate change is but one expression of the internal contradictions of capitalism that include
also economic inequality and political alienation. Seen in this way analysis of human responses to climate
change must engage with social relations of power. We explore the potential for resilience theory to meet
this challenge by applying a framework that integrates the adaptive cycle heuristic and structuration theory
to place power at the heart of the analysis and question the transformational qualities of social systems
facing climate change. This theoretical frame is applied to Mahahual and Playa del Carmen, two rapidly
expanding towns on Mexicos Caribbean coast. The resilience lens is successful in highlighting internal
contradictions that maintain social relations of rigidity above flexibility in the existing governance regimes
and development pathway. This generates a set of reinforcing institutions and actions that support the status
quo while simultaneously undermining long-term flexibility, equitable and sustainable development. One
outcome is the placing of limits on scope for adaptation and mitigation to climate change which are
externalized from everyday life and development planning alike."
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