Bell, Sarah L. and Tabe, Tammy and Bell, Stephen (2019) Seeking a disability lens within climate change migration discourses, policies and practices. Disability & Society, NA . pp. 1-7. ISSN 0968-7599
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Abstract
Around 15% of the global population is estimated to live
with disability. With the Millennium Development Goals
failing to recognise disability issues, the Sustainable
Development Goals seek to promote a stronger focus on
the alleviation of poverty and inequality amongst disabled people. Since then, the vulnerability of disabled people has been highlighted within international climate change agreements. Yet a critical disability lens is largely lacking from broader aspects of climate change adaptation planning. Focusing primarily on examples from the Asia-Pacific region (a region including low-lying coastal areas and islands that are frequently highlighted as exemplars of communities on the front line of climate change), this article discusses the need to integrate critical insights from disability studies into current understandings of climate change adaptation and mobility if we are to facilitate more inclusive, democratic and equitable adaptation in the face of climate change.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Divisions: | Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD) |
| Depositing User: | Tammy Tabe |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Sep 2019 21:55 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Sep 2019 21:55 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/11759 |
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