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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.

Idowu Ajibade and Sameer H. Shah

Re-conceptualizing climate maladaptation: Complementing social-ecological interactions with relational socionatures

Cases of climate maladaptation are increasingly documented. Its identification …

Shah S., Ajibade I., et al

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. …

Wannewitz M., Ajibade I, et al

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….

Leiter T, Ajibade I, et al

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 …

Petzold J, Ajibade I., et al

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 …

Ajibade I

Journal Article

Evaluating the Transformative Potential of Climate Resettlement: The Case of Rweru Model Green Village in Rwanda (accepted) Climate and Development.

Dale L and Ajibade I

The Meteorology and Impacts of the September 2020 Extreme Weather Event Over the Western United States,Weather and Climate Extremes. 100647.

Russell, E, Ajibade I,, et al

A global assessment of actors and their roles in climate change adaptation (2023). Nature Climate Change.

Petzold J, Ajibade I, et al

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).

Sauer, J., Ajibade I, et al

Social media analysis reveals environmental injustices in Philadelphia urban parks. Sci Rep 13, 12571.

Walter, M., Ajibade I,, et al

Urban Sustainability Implementation and Indicators in the United States: A Systematic Review. City and Environment Interactions. Vol 19. 100108.

Pallathadka A, Ajibade I, et al

Water Struggles and Contested Use: A Capabilities Approach to Water Security Assessment. Journal of Environmental Management. 341, 118047.

Egge M and Ajibade I

Climate Change and Coastal Megacities: Adapting through Mobility. Global Environmental Change, 80, 102666.

Ekoh S, Lemir T, Ajibade I

Natural / Disaster Differential Media Portrayals of Wildfire Displacement and Homelessness in Portland, Oregon", Cultural Studies↔ Critical Methodologies, 15327086221130317.

Cowal J, Ajibade I, et al

Are managed retreat programs successful and just? A global mapping of success typologies, justice dimensions, and trade-offs. Global Environmental Change. 76, 102576.

Ajibade I, Sullivan M, et al

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

Ajibade I

Flood Risk Perceptions and Future Migration Intentions of Lagos Residents. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 83, 103399

Ekoh S, Ajibade I, et al

Tradeoffs and Synergies Across Global Climate Change Adaptation in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Earth’s Future. e2021EF002201.

Ajibade I, Torhan S., et al

Future impacts of climate-induced compound disasters on volcano hazard assessment. Bulletin of Volcanology, 84(5), 1-5.

Fink J and Ajibade I

A global assessment of policy tools to support Climate adaptation. Climate Policy, 22:1, 77-96

Ulibarri, N., Ajibade I, et al

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

Ajibade I and Boateng G

The transformative potential of retreat as climate adaptation in coastal areas. Current Opinion on Environmental. Sustainability. 50, 272-280

Siders A.R, Ajibade I & Casagrande, D

Equity in human adaptation-related responses: A systematic global review. One Earth, 4(10), 1454-1467.

Araos, M., Ajibade I, et al

A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change. Nature Clim. Change. 11., 989-100

Ajibade I, Berrang-Ford L., et al

A Community of Fear: Emotion and the Hydro-Social Cycle in East Porterville. Journal of Political Ecology. 28 (1) 266-285

Egge M and Ajibade I

Global evidence of constraints and limits to human adaptation. Reg Environ Change 21, 85

Adelle T, Ajibade I, et al

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.

Ajibade I, Scheelbeek P., et al

Climate change adaptation in conflict-affected countries: A systematic assessment of the evidence. Discover Sustainability. 2:42

Sitato A, Ajibade I, et al

Representation justice as a research agenda for socio-hydrology and water management. Hydrological Sciences Journal. Journal, 66:11, 1611-1624

Haeffner M, Ajibade I, et al

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

Pallathadka A, Ajibade I, et al

Why Climate migration is not managed retreat: six justifications. Global Environmental Change.65, 102187.

Ajibade I, Sullivan M, and Haeffner M

Planned retreat in Global South megacities: disentangling policy, practices, and environmental justice. Climatic change 157: 299-317

Ajibade Idowu

Planning principles and assessment of transformational adaptation: towards a refined ethical approach. Climate and Development, 11:10, 850-862

Ajibade I and Adams E

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.

Ajibade I, Egge M, et al

‘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.

Adams, E. A., Juran, L., & Ajibade, I

Africa’s Urban Adaptation Transition Under 1.5 Degree Climate. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Vol 31:10-15

Pelling M, Ajibade I, et al

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

Ajibade, Idowu

Sustainability transitions: Exploring risk management and the future of adaptation in Lagos. Journal of Extreme Events 3 (3), 1-25.

Adams, E. A., Pelling M, et al

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

Ajibade, Idowu.

Self-reported experiences of climate change in Nigeria: the role of personal and socio-environmental factors. Climate. 3, 16-41

Ajibade, I., Ajibade. I, et al

Does previous experience of floods stimulates the adoption of coping strategies? Evidence from cross-sectional surveys in Tanzania and Nigeria. Environments, 2, 565-585

Boamah S, Ajibade. I, et al

Assessing the biopsychosocial correlates of flood impact in coastal areas of Lagos, Nigeria. Environmental Planning and Management. 58 (3) 445-463

Ajibade, Armah F, et al

Climate extremes and housing rights: a political ecology of impacts, early warning and adaptation constraints in Lagos slum communities. Geoforum, 55: 76-86

Ajibade, I, & McBean, G.

Urban flooding in Lagos, Nigeria: Patterns of vulnerability and resilience among women. Global Environ Change. 23 (6): 1714-1725

McBean., G, Ajibade. I, et al

Climate change, related hazards and human settlements. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 1(2): 179-186.

McBean, G., & Ajibade, I.

Edited Books And Journal Special Issues

Global Views on Climate Relocation and Social Justice. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. pp 1-324

Ajibade, I. & Siders, A. R. (Eds)

Introduction: Managed retreat and environmental justice in a changing climate. Special Issue. J Environ Stud Sci, Springer. 11(3), 287-293.

Siders A.R, and Ajibade I. (Eds.)

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

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.

Ajibade, I and Egge M.

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

Ajibade, I and Olawuyi D

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.

Ajibade, Idowu

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.

Ajibade, Idowu

Featured/Recent Articles

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.

Leiter T, Ajibade I, et al

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

Berrang-Ford L, Ajibade, I, et al

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.

Ajibade I and Lower C. Salas S, and Galindo B

Other Publications and Reports

Redlining and Climate-Related Heat. Oregon Encyclopedia.

Ajibade I, Burchuk S, and Day Melgar H

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

Hanst L, Pallathadka A, and Ajibade I

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).

Ajibade, Idowu

A Synopsis: Rights, Responsibilities, and Roles of Human Rights NGOs under International Law. Available at Social Science Research Network.

Ajibade Idowu

The Challenge of Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria: A Case for strengthening the Media. African Regional Youth Initiative Development Analysis, Vol. 1

Ajibade, Idowu

Promoting Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Critical Step to Achieving Human Security in Nigeria. Available at Social Science Research Network

Ajibade, Idowu

Research Publications

Featured/Recent Articles

Journal Article

Evaluating the Transformative Potential of Climate Resettlement: The Case of Rweru Model Green Village in Rwanda (accepted) Climate and Development.

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

Edited Books And Journal Special Issues

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

Featured/Recent Articles

Other Publications and Reports

The Challenge of Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria: A Case for strengthening the Media. African Regional Youth Initiative Development Analysis, Vol. 1

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