Editorial: Economic development and climate change, a spatial perspective for Latin America
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Editorial, cambio climáticoAbstract
The year 2020 has undoubtedly become more complex as a result of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19, presenting catastrophic scenarios for most countries in the world. Although it is true that society is preparing to face economic and social crises, perhaps never before experienced; however, we cannot forget that during the last years we have been immersed in progressive crises that could have even greater consequences for all of us who inhabit planet Earth.
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Castells-Quintana, D., Lopez-Uribe, and McDermott T. (2017). Geography, institutions and development: A review of the long-run impacts of climate change. Climate and Development 9(5): 452-70.
Castells-Quintana, D., Lopez-Uribe, and McDermott T. (2018). Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review Through a Development Economics Lens, World Development, 104: 183–196.
Castells-Quintana, D. and Herrera-Idárraga, P. (2019). Cities in the 21st century: A view from the developing world, Region 6(2): 942-944.
Castells-Quintana, D. and Wenban-Smith H. (2019). Population Dynamics, Urbanisation Without Growth and the Rise of Megacities, Journal of Development Studies (forthcoming).
Cattaneo, C., Beine, M., Fröhlich, C., Kniveton, D., Martínez-Zarzoso, I., Mastrorillo, M., Millock, K., Piguet, E., Schraven, B. (2019). Human Migration in the Era of Climate Change, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (forthcoming).
Cattaneo, C. and Peri, G. (2016). The Migration Response to Increasing Temperatures, Journal of Development Economics, 122: 127-146.
Cobbinah, P.B., Erdiaw-Kwasie, M.O. and Amoateng P. (2015). Africa’s Urbanisation: Implications for Sustainable Development, Cities, 47: 62-72.
Dell, M., Jones, B. and Olken, B. (2014). What do we learn from the weather? The new climate-economy literature, forthcoming Journal of Economic Literature.
Fay, M. and Opal, C. (2000). Urbanization without Growth: A Not-So-Uncommon Phenomenon. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2412.
Frick, S. and Rodriguez-Posé, A. (2018). Big or Small Cities? On City Size and Economic Growth, Growth and Change, 49: 4-32.
Glaeser, E.L. (2014). A World of Cities: The Causes and Consequences of Urbanization in Poorer Countries. Journal of the European Economic Association, 12: 1154-1199.
Gollin, D., Kirchberger, M., Lagakos, D. (2017). In Search of a Spatial Equilibrium in the Developing World. NBER Working Paper 23916.
Hallegatte, S., M. Bangalore, L. Bonzanigo, M. Fay, T. Kane, U. Narloch, J. Rozenberg, D. Treguer, A. Vogt-Schilb (2016). “Shock Waves: Managing the impacts of climate change on poverty,” World Bank, Washington DC.
Harris, I., Jones, P.D. (2014). Updated High-Resolution Grids of Monthly Climatic Observations – the CRU TS3.10 Dataset, International Journal of Climatology, 34: 623-624.
Henderson, J.V. (2003). The Urbanization Process and Economic Growth: The So-What Question, Journal of Economic Growth, 8: 47-71.
Henderson, J.V., Storeygard, A. and Deichmann, U. (2017). Has Climate Change Driven Urbanization in Africa? Journal of Development Economics, 124: 60-82.
Hendrix, C.S. and Salehyan I. (2012). Climate Change, Rainfall, and Social Conflict in Africa, Journal of Peace Research, 49: 35-49.
Jedwab, R. and Vollrath, D. (2019). The Urban Mortality Transition and Poor Country Urbanization, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 11: 223-275.
Jedwab, R., Kerby, E. and Moradi, A. (2017). History, Path Dependence and Development: Evidence from Colonial Railways, Settlers and Cities in Kenya, The Economic Journal, 127: 1467-1494.
Kojima, R. (1996). Introduction: Population Migration and Urbanization in Developing Countries, The Developing Economies, 34: 349-369.
Laczko, F. and Aghazarm, C. (2009). Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence. Geneva: International Organization for Migration.
Neumann, K., Sietzt, D., Hilderink, H., Janssen, P., Kok, M., van Dijk, H. (2015), Environmental Drivers of Human Migration in Drylands – A Spatial Picture, Applied Geography, 56: 116-126.
Oppenheimer, M., M. Campos, R. Warren, J. Birkmann, G. Luber, B. O’Neill, and K. Takahashi. (2014). Emergent risks and key vulnerabilities. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Peri, G. and Sasahara, A. (2019). Impact of Global Warming on Rural-Urban Migrations: Evidence from Global Big Data, NBER Working Paper No. 25728.
Raleigh, C., Jordan, L. and Salehyan, I. (2008). Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Migration and Conflict, Washington D.C: World Bank Group.
Saldaña-Zorrilla, S. and Sandberg, K. (2009): Spatial Econometric Model of Natural Disaster Impacts on Human Migration in Vulnerable Regions of Mexico, Disasters, 33: 591-607.
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2020-07-08
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Castells-Quintana, D. (2020). Editorial: Economic development and climate change, a spatial perspective for Latin America. Economy and Politics Journal, (32), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.25097/rep.n32.2020.00
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