Social science perspectives on climate change and development

University of Copenhagen

Xaquín S. Pérez-Sindín López

Year: 2014

  • Diversity and cultural edginess-based social and physical disorder #ferrol #galiza #spain

    Curiously, not far from the Ferrol Vello physical disorder I described in the previous post “Social and Physical Disorder in the Urban Metropolis #ferrol #galiza #spain“, lies another example. But this time, the neighbourhoods disorder shows up in a rather different way. It’s Barrio de Canido, also located in the Galician city of Ferrol (Spain). As well as…

  • What does social inequality mean? Here is a simple and clear explanation

    Easy, simple and very clear, this explanation of social inequality from this article “Growing inequalities in science“. One of the most common misconceptions regarding inequality consists of thinking that an unequal distribution of resources is the result of an unequal effort to achieve them. Although this might be the case in certain situations, when it…

  • Growth and home size trends

    Homes are getting bigger and bigger. Interesting analysis of American homes size trends between 1975 and 2013, as well as interesting reflections on the consequences in terms of social inequality: America’s bloated house size is a two-sided problem. For one, it’s yet another indicator of the nation’s deepening economic divide. The wealthy are pouring more and more…

  • Reflexiones sobre lo que daña las relaciones humanas

    Me ha gustado esta entrevista a la veterana doctora en sexología Shirley Zussman. En ella expone las lecciones que ella misma ha aprendido en la vida sobre el sexo, las relaciones de pareja y el amor. Todas ellas me parecen dignas de mención, pero tal vez una, la relativa a las nuevas tecnologías, haya capturado más mi…

  • Do mega sports events have a legacy? What about entrepreneurships related ones?

    I find this article on mega sport events very interesting . Liz Such, the author, writes on the legacy of London Olympic games and whether it has had an impact on physical activity of young people. I like most her final reflection: It seems the ‘inspire’ slogan was successful as a social marketing message in the sense…

  • World Bank App for development-related data on mobile platforms

    The “Spatial Agent” Mobile App has been developed to take advantage of new capabilities to visualize this growing range of spatial and temporal development-related data on mobile platforms. The App demonstrates a simple but extremely powerful approach to visualize a range of public-domain spatial datasets through interactive maps and charts to allow for data visualization…

  • Urban symbolic violence

    “Street harassment”. I like the term used in this article. It also includes the above video on gender harassment in the street. They did a kind of social experiment with a hidden camera to show how many times in a day a woman can get harassed. The video makes me think on street harassment in a…

  • Dimensiones del capital social y algunas reflexiones sobre emprendedores y democracia

    Lo cierto es que he leído bastante sobre el concepto de capital social. Desde los clásicos hasta autores más recientes. Una de las conclusiones a las que creo que llegaría cualquiera después de haber leído abundante literatura sobre el tema es que se trata de un concepto, a todas luces, complejo y difícil de operacionalizar para…

  • How to engage students in class? Easy! Risk your life!