کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1055078 946874 2008 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Structure, agency and environment: Toward an integrated perspective on vulnerability
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم محیط زیست علوم زیست محیطی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Structure, agency and environment: Toward an integrated perspective on vulnerability
چکیده انگلیسی

We review five perspectives on human vulnerability to environmental change—biophysical, human ecological, political economy, constructivist and political ecology—and assess their respective strengths and weaknesses. While each of these perspectives offers important insights, and some theoretical convergence is evident, the field remains divided along a number theoretical fracture lines. Two deeply rooted metatheoretical assumptions—essentialism and nominalism—are hindering the construction of a more integrated perspective on vulnerability, one capable of addressing the interrelated dynamics of social structure, human agency and the environment. We conclude by suggesting that an evolutionary perspective on social change, grounded in a critical realist epistemology, provides the best prospect for avoiding the above pitfalls and advancing our understanding of vulnerability.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Global Environmental Change - Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2008, Pages 99–111
نویسندگان
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