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Can floating homes make coastal communities resilient to climate risks?
Can floating homes make coastal communities resilient to climate risks?
Building sustainable settlements on the water is a feasible option for climate adaptation, as long as people and ecosystems are protected.
Read my latest Nature commentary here.
Idowu Ajibade and Sameer H. Shah (2024)
Re-conceptualizing climate maladaptation: Complementing social-ecological interactions with relational socionatures
Re-conceptualizing climate maladaptation: Complementing social-ecological interactions with relational socionatures
Cases of climate maladaptation are increasingly documented. Its identification and redressal has become a priority for researchers and policymakers concerned with climate vulnerability... Read Open Access
Shah S., Harris L., Joy K.J., Birkenholtz T., Ajibade I (2024)
Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe
Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe
Coastal cities are at the frontlines of climate change impacts, resulting in an urgent need for substantial adaptation. To understand whether, and to what extent, cities are on track to prepare for climate... Read Open Access
Wannewitz M., Ajibade I, Mach K., Magnan A., Petzold J, Reckien D, Ulibarri N., Agopian A., Chalastani V, Hawxwell T., Huynh L., Kirchhoff C., Miller R., Musah-Surugu J., Alverio G., Nielsen M., Nunbogu A., Pentz B., Reimuth A., Scarpa G., Seeteram N., Canosa I., Zhou J., The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team & Garschagen M. (2024)
UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023 - Chapter 3: Global progress on adaptation implementation
UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023 - Chapter 3: Global progress on adaptation implementation
In 2023, temperature records toppled, while storms, floods, droughts and heatwaves caused devastation. UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared – Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves... Read Open Access
Leiter T, Ajibade I, Njuguna L, Garrett E, Neufeldt H (2023)
A global assessment of actors and their roles in climate change adaptation
A global assessment of actors and their roles in climate change adaptation
An assessment of the global progress in climate change adaptation is urgently needed. Despite a rising awareness that adaptation should involve diverse societal actors and a shared sense of responsibility, little is known about the types of actors... Read Open Access
Petzold J, Hawxwell T., Jantke K, Gresse E, Mirbach C, Ajibade I., Bhadwal S, Bowen K., Fischer P, Joe T, Kirchhoff C, Mach K, Reckien D, Segnon., A, Singh C, Ulibarri N…. Garschagen M.
The Resilience Fix to Climate Disasters: Recursive and Contested Relations with Equity and Justice-Based Transformations in the Global South.
The Resilience Fix to Climate Disasters: Recursive and Contested Relations with Equity and Justice-Based Transformations in the Global South.
This article engages with the taken-for-granted separation between resilience as stability and resilience as transformation after disasters. It examines strategies... Read Open Access Ajibade, I. (2022).
Edited Books
Edited Books
Ajibade, I. & Siders, A. R. (Eds) (2022). Global Views on Climate Relocation and Social Justice. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. pp 1-324 Find
Journal Special Issues
Journal Special Issues
1) Siders A.R, and Ajibade I. (Eds.) (2021). Introduction: Managed retreat and environmental justice in a changing climate. Special Issue. J Environ Stud Sci, Springer. 11(3), 287-293. Read Open Access
Journal Articles
Journal Articles
2024
2024
40) Dale L and Ajibade I (2024) Evaluating the Transformative Potential of Climate Resettlement: The Case of Rweru Model Green Village in Rwanda (accepted) Climate and Development.
39) Russell, E, Loikith P, Ajibade I, Done. J, Lower C. (2024) The Meteorology and Impacts of the September 2020 Extreme Weather Event Over the Western United States,Weather and Climate Extremes. 100647. Read open Access
2023
2023
38) Petzold J, Hawxwell T., Jantke K, Gresse E, Mirbach C, Ajibade I., Bhadwal S, Bowen K., Fischer P, Joe T, Kirchhoff C, Mach K, Reckien D, Segnon., A, Singh C, Ulibarri N…. Garschagen M. A global assessment of actors and their roles in climate change adaptation (2023). Nature Climate Change. Read Open Access
37) Sauer, J., Pallathadka, A., Ajibade, I., Berbes, M., Chang, H., Cook, E., Grimm, N., Iwaniec, D. Lloyd, R., Post., G. (2023). Relating social, ecological, and technological vulnerability to future flood exposure at two spatial scales in four U.S cities. Sustainable Cities and Society. Vol 99 (104880). Read Open Access
36) Walter, M., Bagozzi, B.E., Ajibade, I. Mondal P., (2023). Social media analysis reveals environmental injustices in Philadelphia urban parks. Sci Rep 13, 12571. Read Open Access
35) Pallathadka A, Chang H and Ajibade I (2023) Urban Sustainability Implementation and Indicators in the United States: A Systematic Review. City and Environment Interactions. Vol 19. 100108. Read Open Access
34) Egge M and Ajibade I (2023) Water Struggles and Contested Use: A Capabilities Approach to Water Security Assessment. Journal of Environmental Management. 341, 118047. Find
33) Ekoh S, Lemir T, Ajibade I (2023) Climate Change and Coastal Megacities: Adapting through Mobility. Global Environmental Change, 80, 102666. Read Open Access
32) Cowal J, Leickly, E, Ajibade, I Hines, M; Knowlton, S; Petteni, M (2023)"Natural / Disaster Differential Media Portrayals of Wildfire Displacement and Homelessness in Portland, Oregon", Cultural Studies↔ Critical Methodologies, 15327086221130317. Find
2022
2022
31) Ajibade I, Sullivan M, Lower C., Yarina L., Reilly L (2022) Are managed retreat programs successful and just? A global mapping of success typologies, justice dimensions, and trade-offs. Global Environmental Change. 76, 102576. Read Open Access
30) Ajibade Idowu (2022) The Resilience Fix to Climate Disasters: Recursive and Contested Relations with Equity and Justice-Based Transformations in the Global South. Annals of American Geographer. 112 (8) 2230-2247 Read Open Access
29) Ekoh S, Lemir T, Ajibade I, and Kristiansen S (2022) Flood Risk Perceptions and Future Migration Intentions of Lagos Residents. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 83, 103399 Read Open Access
28) Torhan S., Grady C., Ajibade. I., Galappaththi E., Hernandez, R, Musah-Surugu. I, Nunbogu A, Segnon A., Shang Y., Ulibarri N, Campbell D., Joe E, Penuelas .J., Jardans.J., (2022). Tradeoffs and Synergies Across Global Climate Change Adaptation in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Earth’s Future. e2021EF002201.Read Open Access
27) Fink J and Ajibade I (2022) Future impacts of climate-induced compound disasters on volcano hazard assessment. Bulletin of Volcanology, 84(5), 1-5. Read Open Access
2021
2021
26) Ulibarri, N., Ajibade, I., Galappaththi, E. K., Joe, E. T., Lesnikowski, A., Mach, K. J., ... & Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team. (2021). A global assessment of policy tools to support Climate adaptation. Climate Policy, 22:1, 77-96 Read Open Access
25) Ajibade I and Boateng G (2021) Predicting why people engage in pro-sustainable behavior in Portland Oregon: the role of environmental self-identity, personal norm, and socio-demographics. Journal of Environmental Management. 289, 112538
24) Siders A.R, Ajibade I & Casagrande, D (2021) The transformative potential of retreat as climate adaptation in coastal areas. Current Opinion on Environmental. Sustainability. 50, 272-280 Read Open Access
23) Araos, M., Jagannathan, K., Shukla, R., Ajibade, I., de Perez, E. C., Davis, K., ... & GAMI Team. (2021). Equity in human adaptation-related responses: A systematic global review. One Earth, 4(10), 1454-1467. Read Open Access
22) Berrang-Ford L., Siders A.R, Lesnikowski A, Fischer P., Mach K…. Ajibade I., Sitati I et.al, (2021) A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change. Nature Clim. Change. 11., 989-100 Read Open Access
21) Egge M and Ajibade I (2021) A Community of Fear: Emotion and the Hydro-Social Cycle in East Porterville. Journal of Political Ecology. 28 (1) 266-285 Read Open Access
20) Adelle T, Lesnikowski A, Jagannathan, K, Sitati I., Mach K., Chalastani V…Ajibade. I., et al. (2021) Global evidence of constraints and limits to human adaptation. Reg Environ Change 21, 85 Read Open Access
19) Scheelbeek P., Dangour, A., Jarmul., S.…. Ajibade I., Austin., S., Ensor, T., Ford. J., Musah-Surugu, Siña, M., Templeman, S; Xu, J; Zavaleta-Cortijo, C., Berrang-Ford L. (2021) Health effects of climate change adaptation options and responses: a systematic review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries. Environmental Research Letters. 16 (7), 073001. Read Open Access
18) Sitato A, Coughlan de Perez. E., Mach K., Nagle Alverio G, Gilmore., E., Ajibade. I... et al. (2021) Climate change adaptation in conflict-affected countries: A systematic assessment of the evidence. Discover Sustainability. 2:42 Read Open Access
17) Haeffner M, Hellman D, Cantor A, Ajibade I, Vinka C, Kelly M, Schifman L, Weasel L. (2021) Representation justice as a research agenda for socio-hydrology and water management. Hydrological Sciences Journal. Journal, 66:11, 1611-1624 Read Open Access
16) Pallathadka A, Chang H and Ajibade I (2021) The Spatial Patterns of Pluvial Flood Risk, Blue-Green Infrastructure, and Social Vulnerability: A Case Study from Two Alaskan Cities, International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research. Vol 8:3(2).1-27 Read Open Access
2020
2020
15) Ajibade I, Sullivan M, and Haeffner M (2020) Why Climate migration is not managed retreat: six justifications. Global Environmental Change.65, 102187. Read Open Access
2019
2019
14) Ajibade Idowu (2019) Planned retreat in Global South megacities: disentangling policy, practices, and environmental justice. Climatic change 157: 299-317 Read Open Access
13) Ajibade I and Adams E (2019) Planning principles and assessment of transformational adaptation: towards a refined ethical approach. Climate and Development, 11:10, 850-862 Read Open Access
12) Ajibade I, Egge M, Pallathadka A (2019) Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals on Food Security: Barriers and Opportunities for Progressive Realization in Qatar and Nigeria. The Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy. Volume 10 (2)158-183. Read Open Access
2018
2018
11) Adams, E. A., Juran, L., & Ajibade, I. (2018). ‘Spaces of Exclusion’ in community water governance: A Feminist Political Ecology of gender and participation in Malawi’s Urban Water User Associations. Geoforum, 95, 133-142. Read Open Access
10) Pelling M, Leck H, Pasquini L, Ajibade I, Osuteye E, et …al (2018) Africa’s Urban Adaptation Transition Under 1.5 Degree Climate. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Vol 31:10-15 Read Open Access
2017
2017
9) Ajibade, Idowu (2017) Can a future city enhance urban resilience and sustainability? A political ecology analysis of Eko Atlantic City. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Vol 26: 85-92 Read Open Access
8) Ajibade, I., Pelling M, Agboola, J and Garschagen M (2017) Sustainability transitions: Exploring risk management and the future of adaptation in Lagos. Journal of Extreme Events 3 (3), 1-25. Read Open Access
2016
2016
7) Ajibade, Idowu. (2016) Distributive justice and human rights in climate policy: The long road to Paris. The Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy. 7 (2), 66-80 Read Open Access
2015
2015
6) Ajibade, I., Armah, F.A., Zubedaar, V., Luginaah, I., & McBean, G. (2015) Self-reported experiences of climate change in Nigeria: the role of personal and socio-environmental factors. Climate. 3, 16-41 Read Open Access
5) Boamah S, Armah. F, Kuuire, V, Ajibade. I, Isaac Luginaah I, McBean G (2015) Does previous experience of floods stimulates the adoption of coping strategies? Evidence from cross-sectional surveys in Tanzania and Nigeria. Environments, 2, 565-585 Read Open Access
2014
2014
4) Ajibade, I., Armah F, Zubedaar V, Luginaah I, McBean G, & Tenkorang E. (2014) Assessing the biopsychosocial correlates of flood impact in coastal areas of Lagos, Nigeria. Environmental Planning and Management. 58 (3) 445-463 Read Open Access
3) Ajibade, I, & McBean, G. (2014) Climate extremes and housing rights: a political ecology of impacts, early warning and adaptation constraints in Lagos slum communities. Geoforum, 55: 76-86 Read Open Access
2013
2013
2) Ajibade, I, McBean., G, & Bezner-Kerr R. (2013) Urban flooding in Lagos, Nigeria: Patterns of vulnerability and resilience among women. Global Environ Change. 23 (6): 1714-1725 Read Open Access
2) Ajibade, I, McBean., G, & Bezner-Kerr R. (2013) Urban flooding in Lagos, Nigeria: Patterns of vulnerability and resilience among women. Global Environ Change. 23 (6): 1714-1725 Read Open Access
2009
2009
1) McBean, G., & Ajibade, I. (2009) Climate change, related hazards and human settlements. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 1(2): 179-186. Find
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
4) Ajibade, I and Egge M. (2019) SDGs and climate change adaptation in Asia megacities: Synergies and opportunities for transformation. In Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Global Governance Challenges, (eds). Simon Dalby, Susan Horton, Rianne Mahon, and Diana Thomaz. London: Routledge, pp 100-116. Read Open Access
3) Ajibade, I and Olawuyi D (2014) Climate change impacts on housing and property rights in Panama and Nigeria: Toward a rights-based approach to adaptation and mitigation, In Elena Lopez-Gunn and Dominic Stucker (Eds.) Adaptation to Climate Change through Water Resources Management: Capacity, Equity, and Sustainability. Routledge, New York. pp. 264-284
2) Ajibade, Idowu (2012) Climate security and vulnerable populations in Canada: Making a case for ambitious Policies. In the Security of Canada and Canadians: Implications of Climate Change. Lawrence National Center for Policy and Management: London, ON. pp. 1-26. Read Open Access
1) Ajibade, Idowu (2008). Mainstreaming human rights into anti-corruption: A strategy for protecting vulnerable groups from double jeopardy, in. Radha Kalyani (ed.) Double Jeopardy: Emerging Issues. Amicus Books. The Icfai University Press. Hyderabad India. pp 125-153. Read Open Access
Peer-Reviewed Scientific Reports
Peer-Reviewed Scientific Reports
3) Leiter T, Ajibade I, Njuguna L, Garrett E, Neufeldt H (2023) Global progress on adaptation implementation. Chapter 3. In Adaptation Gap Report 2023 Underfinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves the world exposed. Nairobi. Read Open Access
2) Berrang-Ford L, Bhadwal S, Buhaug H, Delavane Diaz D., Frieler K, Garschagen M., Magnan A, Midgley G., Mirzabaev A., Thomas A Rachel Warren R, Ajibade I., Antwi-Agyei P, Betts R, Rachel Bezner Kerr R, Birkmann J…. et al. (2022) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report. Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: The Working Group II. Chapter 16: Key Risks Across Sectors and Regions. pp 2766-2938 Read Open Access
1) Ajibade I and Lower C. Salas S, and Galindo B (2021) Social System. In Fifth Oregon Climate Assessment: Dalton, M., and E. Fleishman (eds). Corvallis, Oregon Climate Change Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Pp 171-183. Read Open Access
Other Publications and Reports
Other Publications and Reports
9)Ajibade I, Burchuk S, and Day Melgar H (2024) Redlining and Climate-Related Heat. Oregon Encyclopedia. Read Open Access
8) Hanst L, Pallathadka A, and Ajibade I (2023) Oregon’s Fuel Tank Seismic Stability Program: Environmental Justice, Laws, Policies, and Risk Minimization Best Practices. A report prepared for the Institute for Sustainable Solutions and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. pp1-97 Read Open Access
7) Ajibade Idowu (2022) Building Back Better from Cascading Climate-Covid Disasters: An Intersectional Lens Matters for Equitable Resilience. MIT’s Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU). Read Open Access
6) Ajibade Idowu (2021) Centering justice as a benchmark of success in managed retreat, Science. Read Open Access
5) Ajibade I and Arla Fontamillas (2019). Crisell Beltran, Unsung Hero, Manila Standard. Read Open Access
4) Ajibade Idowu (2010) The Cancun Accord: A Manufacturing of Disaster. Sahara reporters, Read Open Access
3) Ajibade, Idowu (2007). A Synopsis: Rights, Responsibilities, and Roles of Human Rights NGOs under International Law. Available at Social Science Research Network. Read Open Access
2) Ajibade, Idowu (2007). The Challenge of Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria: A Case for strengthening the Media. African Regional Youth Initiative Development Analysis, Vol. 1
1) Ajibade, Idowu (2006). Promoting Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Critical Step to Achieving Human Security in Nigeria. Available at Social Science Research Network Read Open Access
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