The role of colonial pasts in shaping climate futures: Adaptive capacity in Georgetown, Guyana
| dc.contributor.author | Robinson, Stacy-Ann | |
| dc.contributor.author | Douma, Allison | |
| dc.contributor.author | Poore, Tiffany | |
| dc.contributor.author | Singh, Kabir | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-20T08:57:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | Habitat International, 139, 102902, 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article examines how colonial histories continue to shape contemporary climate futures by influencing adaptive capacity in Georgetown, Guyana. Drawing on qualitative research, the authors analyse how colonial-era planning practices, infrastructural decisions and governance arrangements have produced enduring vulnerabilities that constrain present-day climate adaptation efforts. The paper argues that understanding climate adaptation requires attention to historical political–economic processes and their spatial manifestations, particularly in post-colonial urban contexts. | |
| dc.description.version | publishedVersion | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Robinson, S.-A., Douma, A., Poore, T., & Singh, K. (2023). The role of colonial pasts in shaping climate futures: Adaptive capacity in Georgetown, Guyana. Habitat International, 139, 102902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102902 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102902 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0197-3975 | |
| dc.identifier.pageNumber | 102902 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102902 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/3325 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Ltd. | |
| dc.rights | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en | |
| dc.subject | colonial legacies | |
| dc.subject | climate adaptation | |
| dc.subject | adaptive capacity | |
| dc.subject | urban vulnerability | |
| dc.subject | climate governance | |
| dc.subject | Global South | |
| dc.subject | Georgetown | |
| dc.subject | Guyana | |
| dc.title | The role of colonial pasts in shaping climate futures: Adaptive capacity in Georgetown, Guyana | |
| dc.type | Article |