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The Environment as a Driver of Social Change
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Environmental shifts and disasters drive social change by disrupting existing institutions and populations, forcing new patterns of settlement, resource use, and policy response.
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A region's shift toward more frequent extreme weather forces new building codes, insurance markets, and settlement patterns to develop in response.
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The environment drives change through gradual shifts or sudden disasters alike; both count, not only the dramatic case.