Drivers of Climate Change in Urban India

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This study transcends the homogenizing (inter-)national level of argumentation (‘rich’ versus ‘poor’ countries), and instead looks at a sub-national level in two respects: (1) geographically it focuses on the rapidly growing megacity of Hyderabad; (2) in socio-economic terms the urban population is disaggregated by taking a lifestyle typology approach. For the first time, the lifestyle concept – traditionally being used in affluent consumer societies – is applied to a dynamically transforming and socially heterogeneous urban society. Methodically, the author includes India-specific value orientations as well as social practices as markers of social structural differentiation. The study identifies differentials of lifestyle-induced GHG emissions (carbon footprints) and underlines the ambiguity of a purely income based differentiation with regard to the levels of contribution to the climate problem.
Presents the first lifestyle typology in the Indian context
Provides a lifestyle-specific analysis of individual level carbon footprints applied to the Global South

Offers a new methodology on segmenting lifestyles based on Indian specific value orientations and social practices

Comprehensively analyzes a representative survey on personal level carbon footprints in urban India

Presents the first lifestyle typology in the Indian context Provides a lifestyle-specific analysis of individual level carbon footprints applied to the Global South Offers a new methodology on segmenting lifestyles based on Indian specific value orientations and social practices Comprehensively analyzes a representative survey on personal level carbon footprints in urban India

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Lutz Meyer-Ohlendorf

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Personal Carbon Footprinting lifestyle-based carbon footprint Sustainable consumption Social structure analysis Global South per capita greenhouse gas emissions Lifestyle patterns of Hyderabad Urban lifestyle dynamics Megacity Project Hyderabad climate change impacts

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“Drivers of Climate Change in Urban India appears most useful for social scientists studying climate change, or climate scientists interested in social and cultural impacts on emissions, especially those looking to apply a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research tools in specific urban settings.” (Christine Ro, E&U Enviroment & Urbanization, environmentandurbanization.org, May 06, 2019)


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