Document Type : Review Paper
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assistant professor
Abstract
Climate change is the biggest ecological and social challenge of the current century, which is worth sociological investigation. The purpose of this article was to provide a general perspectives and highlights in relation to sociological theories related to climate change.
In this research, investigated social strategies based on adaptation with a perspectives of sociological research on the drivers of climate change and its consequences and the results were categorized into three scales, the form of sociological approaches: macro, medium, and micro.
The results showed that vulnerability caused by climate change is rooted in social and institutional conditions and reducing vulnerability also requires social and institutional actions. Basically, the low income people and vulnerable groups are more vulnerable than others due to their limited capacity to prepare to deal with pressure or stress, considering the social aspects of vulnerability.
In addition, measures related to adaptation to climate change to reduce present and future vulnerabilities are under three elements; Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity.
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