Donald Nelson
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia
Department of Anthropology
University of Georgia
Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602
USA
Titles
- Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia
Education
- PhD, Anthropology, University of Arizona, 2005
- MA, Anthropology, University of Arizona, 2000
- BA, Anthropology, University of Nebraska, 1995
Expertise
Journal Articles
2018
Delany, A., T. Evans, J. McGreevy, J. Blekking, T. Schlachter, K. Korhonen-Kurki, P. A. Tamas, T. A. Crane, H. Eakin, W. Forch, L. Jones, D. R. Nelson, C. Oberlack, M. Purdon and S. Rist. 2018. Governance of food systems across scales in times of social-ecological change: a review of indicators. Food Security 10:287-310. DOI: 10.1007/s12571-018-0770-y. (link )
2016
Lemos, M. C., Y. Lo, D. R. Nelson, H. Eakin and A. Bedran-Martins. 2016. Linking development to climate adaptation: Leveraging generic and specific capacities to reduce vulnerability to drought in NE Brazil. Global Environmental Change 39(Jul):170-179. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.05.001. (link )
Nelson, D. R., M. C. Lemos, H. Eakin and Y. Lo. 2016. The limits of poverty reduction in support of climate change adaptation. Environmental Research Letters 11(9):094011. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094011. (link )
2014
Eakin, H., M. C. Lemos and D. R. Nelson. 2014. Differentiating capacities as a means to sustainable climate change adaptation. Global Environmental Change 27:1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.013. (link )
2010
Miller, F., H. Osbahr, E. Boyd, F. Thomalla, S. Bharwani, G. Ziervogel, B. H. Walker, J. Birkmann, S. van der Leeuw, J. Rockstrom, J. Hinkel, T. Downing, C. Folke and D. Nelson. 2010. Resilience and vulnerability: Complementary or conflicting concepts?. Ecology and Society 15(3):Art. 11. (link )
Book Chapters
2013
Lemos, M. C., A. Agrawal, H. Eakin, D. R. Nelson, N. Engle and O. Johns. 2013. Building adaptive capacity to climate change in less developed countries. Pp. 437-457 In: Asrar, G. R. and J. W. Hurrell eds., Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Modeling and Prediction Priorities. Springer. ISBN: 978-9400766914.
Presentations
2013
Eakin, H., D. R. Nelson and M. C. Lemos. 2013. Pathways to sustainable adaptive development in an era of climate change. Presentation at the Transformation in a Changing Climate International Conference, June 19-21, 2013, Oslo, Norway.