Objectif The present times are haunted by a sense of vulnerability in the face of major environmental disasters and global climate change. Whatever course and speed the current changes may accrue, their effects on the human world are already manifest. People suffer from a loss of habitual natural resources, from fear of an increasingly unpredictable nature, and from social disruptions as natural habitats are destroyed. Water is the most vital natural resource; it is the sine qua non of human life, and the idea of the present project is to study local, social responses to environmental disasters related to water. They are the melting of ice in the Arctic and in other glacier areas, the rising of seas that flood islands and coastal communities, and the drying of lands accelerating desertification in large parts of Africa and elsewhere. The ambition is to contribute to a renewed theory of social resilience that builds on the actualities of social life in distinct localities, and on human agency as the basis for people s quest for certainty. The proposed research is groundbreaking empirically as well as theoretically. Empirically it contributes a substantial ethnographic supplement to the sweeping diagnoses of the global malaises captured in notions like global warming . Theoretically, the project will allow for a new, general understanding of the effects of environmental disaster on social life, and of the responsibility that people take locally to ensure the survival of their community. New concepts will be developed to facilitate interdisciplinary research and worldwide dialogue. The larger vision is to rethink the human implications of climate change in the wider world, including Europe, by way of an explication of what is and what can be done on the ground. Technologies are useful, but the human and social potential is vital in long-term adaptation to new environmental realities. Frontier research as proposed here will show how. Champ scientifique natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Mots‑clés Agency Global warming Local strategies of adaptation Risk adversity Social resilience Vulnerability Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Thème(s) ERC-AG-SH2 - ERC Advanced Grant - Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour Appel à propositions ERC-2008-AdG Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Institution d’accueil KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Contribution de l’UE € 2 979 882,00 Adresse NORREGADE 10 1165 Kobenhavn Danemark Voir sur la carte Région Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Chercheur principal Kirsten Hastrup (Prof.) Contact administratif Poul Petersen (Mr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Bénéficiaires (1) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Danemark Contribution de l’UE € 2 979 882,00 Adresse NORREGADE 10 1165 Kobenhavn Voir sur la carte Région Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Chercheur principal Kirsten Hastrup (Prof.) Contact administratif Poul Petersen (Mr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée