Rents, experiments, and the perpetual presence of concessionary weather insurance
L Johnson - Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Geographers have interpreted the rise of weather insurance for small agricultural producers
as emblematic of financialization's inexorable march to capitalize the countryside. Yet this …
as emblematic of financialization's inexorable march to capitalize the countryside. Yet this …
Paying ex gratia: Parametric insurance after calculative devices fail
L Johnson - Geoforum, 2021 - Elsevier
The past decade has seen the dramatic proliferation of geospatial tools to remotely monitor,
measure, and transfer weather and climate risk, particularly in the Global South. These …
measure, and transfer weather and climate risk, particularly in the Global South. These …
Mediating and map** climate risk: micro-insurance and earth observation
R Aitken - Journal of Cultural Economy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The recent trajectory of micro-insurance in Africa lies at the intersection of two trends that
have been percolating unevenly over the past decades:(1) the incorporation of micro …
have been percolating unevenly over the past decades:(1) the incorporation of micro …
“Performing Developability:” Generating threat and value in private land conservation
K Kay - Geoforum, 2022 - Elsevier
The majority of private conservation in the United States today is financed by the state and
federal tax systems (Kay, 2016), with conservation organizations and private landowners …
federal tax systems (Kay, 2016), with conservation organizations and private landowners …
Critical financial geography
In this chapter, we argue for a co-constitutive understanding of spatial, temporal, and
financial relations, and demonstrate the importance of geographically informed critical …
financial relations, and demonstrate the importance of geographically informed critical …
Monetizing Nature: From Resource-Making to Financialization
K Kay - Doing Political Ecology, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter argues that understanding twenty-first-century approaches to generating profit
from nature requires both the centering of economic theories of value production and a close …
from nature requires both the centering of economic theories of value production and a close …
Governing Climate Change Adaptation Through Insurance: Complexity, Risk and Justice Concerns?
V Lueck - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Climate adaptation has not kept pace with climate impacts which has formed an adaptation
gap. Increasingly insurance is viewed as a solution to close this gap. However, the efficacy …
gap. Increasingly insurance is viewed as a solution to close this gap. However, the efficacy …