Climate Change and Displacement

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Few edited collections draw together scholarly contributions from different disciplines and manage to achieve a consistently well-integrated thematic narrative. This is one reason why Climate Change and Displacement... is such an impressive volume. Michelle Carnegie Geographical Research 50(4) ...the collection constitutes a concise reader of well-researched concerns and approaches that populate the broader literature. It also makes a novel contribution, in consecutive chapters by McMichael et al. and Loughry, by introducing health as an associated topic of concern to the central focus. The collection ... has value in that it is one of the very few on the topic, and thus constitutes a useful 'one stop shop' for anyone wanting to familiarize themselves with the tendencies of the literature on this increasingly prominent...area. Calum T. Nicholson Journal of Refugee Studies Volume 25, No.4, December 2012 McAdam succeeds in the long-overdue endeavour to bring together all disciplines relevant to climate-induced displacement that so far have only been analysed and published separately. While reading the compilation of essays, the reader understands the 'full picture' and develops true understanding of the overall topic when he reads about an issue raised in one essay within a specific discipline that he can relate to another issue raised within another discipline... This paves the way for the necessary next step highlighted by McAdam: to interrelate the different perspectives and conduct true interdisciplinary research. Carolin Beverungen Leiden Journal of International Law Volume 25, 2012 The book's multidisciplinary approach to analysing climate-caused displacement provides the reader [with] a broad foundational understanding of the central challenges in this area. McAdam brings together a diverse group of scholars on the subject in order to give the reader a dynamic view and understanding of climate-induced migration. Her approach spans not only the breadth of the topic concerning climate-induced migration but also its depth. ...this book highlights the need for immediate action in this area. By approaching environmentally-induced migration from a multidisciplinary perspective, McAdam has greatly advanced the understanding of the intersection between climate change and displacement. Bradford C. Mank Human Rights Quarterly Volume 34, 2012 ...an ambitious and uniquely comprehensive perspective on climate-induced displacement, incorporating diverse fields such as geography, sociology, law, political economics, moral philosophy, public health, medical anthropology, epidemiology, international relations, and psychology... McAdam's multidisciplinary compilation is a much-needed contribution to the study of climate change adaptation. ...a uniquely rich and comprehensive resource for informing international policy and laws. Stephanie Pinnington Osgoode Hall Law Journal Volume 49, 2011 ... the book's main strength is its contextualisation and historicisation of migration and environmental change in the pacific islands. The diversity of perspectives and the disagreements between contributors help to ensure that the book does fulfil its aim of providing 'considered, well-informed research' that does not 'oversimplify the cases of movement' (p. 4). Given the multi-disciplinary nature of this book it will be of relevance to a wide audience of students and scholars of politics, geography, development studies, anthropology, law, psychology and public health. It will also be compelling reading for policy-makers, non-governmental organisations and activists who are seeking to understand the impact of climate change on people. Nina Hall Environmental Politics April 2011 Climate Change and Displacement...brings together a wide assortment of disciplinary perspectives on climate-induced displacement...the splendid breadth of ethical, political, legal, economic and scientific perspectives offered is unusual for a law publication. Climate Change and Displacement generally succeeds because of the freshness and ambition of the contributors' approach, the clarity of their ideas, and their stimulation of informed thinking about this increasingly important subject. Although it is a relatively short book, at just 258 pages, it is dense it detail. It is also exceptionally well edited and referenced, and reads easily. As with many books in the Hart Publishing stable, this one should appeal to a wide array of readers, including seasoned scholars, students, policy-makers and others who are interested in the plight of people displaced by climate change. Benjamin J Richardson Transnational Legal Theory Volume 1, Issue 4