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Kirstin M. Dow
Researcher at Clark University
Publications - 3
Citations - 612
Kirstin M. Dow is an academic researcher from Clark University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological resilience & Environmental change. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 577 citations.
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Exploring differences in our common future(s): the meaning of vulnerability to global environmental change
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between dimensions of vulnerability (exposure, resistance, the ability to resist harm, and resilience, the capacity to recover from impacts) and the emergence of vulnerability as a characteristic of relationships across social scales is discussed.
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Two types of global environmental change: Definitional and spatial-scale issues in their human dimensions
Billie Turner,Roger E. Kasperson,William B. Meyer,Kirstin M. Dow,Dominic Golding,Jeanne X. Kasperson,Jeanne X. Kasperson,Robert Cameron Mitchell,Samuel J. Ratick +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the human dimensions of global environmental change through research that integrates findings from spatial scales ranging from the global to the local and a regional or meso-scale focus represents a particularly promising avenue of approach.
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Developmental and Geographical Equity in Global Environmental Change: A Framework for Analysis
TL;DR: The authors examines the major equity prob lems arising from the interaction of geographical discontinuities, uncertainty, and international development, and concludes that some of these changes will exacerbate existing social and economic inequities and threaten sustainable development.