The streetlight effect in climate change research on Africa

• Published in: Global environmental change Vol. 43; pp. 137 - 147
• Main Author: Hendrix, Cullen S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2017; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Africa; Attention; Change agents; Civil liberties; Climate change; Climate change research; Climate effects; Environmental risk; Great Britain; Light; Political factors; Roads & highways; Scientific inquiry; Scientific papers; Search engines; Africa; Scientific inquiry; Climate change; Great Britain; Civil liberties; Africa

•Investigates uneven coverage of African cases in climate change literature.•Proposes need-based and convenience/capacity-based explanations for case coverage.•Demonstrates bias toward coverage of former British colonies.•Demonstrates bias toward more open political systems.•Discusses implications f...