Edward R. Carr

Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2002, Geography
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2001, Anthropology

Department of Geography
Callcott, Room 229
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: (803) 777-1854   Fax: (803) 777-4972
email: carr@sc.edu
Personal Web Page

Dr. Carr will be on leave for the 2010-2011 academic year

Areas of Interest
Development
Globalization
Human Dimensions of Global Change
Ethnographic and Archaeological Methodologies
Africa

Selected Recent Publications

Carr, Edward R. and Nathan P. Kettle. (In Press) “The Precautionary Principle and the Challenge of Quantifying Vulnerability to Drought” Accepted by Regional Environmental Change, 30 December 2008.

Carr, Edward R. (in press). “The Place of Stories in Development: Creating Spaces for Participation Through Narrative Analysis” Accepted by Development in Practice, 15 July 2008.

Carr, Edward R., 2008. "Between Structure and Agency: Livelihoods and Adaptation in Ghana's Central Region" Global Environmental Change 18(4) 689-699.

Carr, Edward R., 2008. “Rethinking poverty alleviation: a 'poverties' approach” Development in Practice 18(6) 726-734.

Carr, Edward R., 2008. “The Millennium Village Project and African Development: Problems and Potentials” Progress in Development Studies 8(4) 333-344.

Carr, Edward R., 2008. “Men’s Crops and Women’s Crops: The Importance of Gender to the Understanding of Agricultural and Development Outcomes in Ghana’s Central Region” World Development 36(5) 900-915.

Carr, Edward R., 2007. Carr, Edward R., Philip M. Wingard, Sara C. Yorty, Mary C. Thompson, Natalie K. Jensen, and Justin Roberson. “Applying DPSIR to Sustainable Development”. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14 (6) 543-555.

Gitay, Habiba, Bradnee Chambers, Ivar Baste, Edward Carr, Claudia ten Have, Anna Stabrawa, Nalini Sharma, Munyaradzi Chenje, Thierry De Oliveira, Clarice Wilson, 2007.“Chapter 8: Interlinkages: Governance for Sustainability” in Fourth Global Environment Outlook. United Nations Environment Programme: Valletta, Malta. 361-394.

McCusker, Brent and Carr, Edward R., 2006. “The co-Production of Livelihoods and Land Use Change: Case studies from South Africa and Ghana.” Geoforum 37(5):790-804

Carr, Edward R., 2006. “Postmodern Conceptualizations, Modernist Applications: Rethinking the Role of Society in Food Security.” Food Policy 31(1):14-29.

Cork, Steven, Garry Peterson, Gerhard Petschel-Held, Joe Alcamo, Jacqueline Alder, Elena Bennett, Edward Carr, Danielle Deane, Gerald Nelson, Teresa Ribeiro, 2006. “Chapter 8: Four Scenarios” in Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Scenarios, Vol. 2. Washington, DC: Island Press. (ISBN 1-55963-391-3). 223-294.

Carr, Edward R., 2005.“Development and the Household: Missing the Point?” Geojournal 62(1): 71-83.

Dow, Kirsten, Edward Carr, with Annelieka Douma, Gouyi Han, and Karl Hallding, 2005. Linking Water Scarcity to Population Movements: From global models to local experiences. SEI Poverty and Vulnerability Programme Report, Stockholm, Sweden. (ISBN: 91 975237 9 8)

Carr, Edward R., 2005. “Placing the Environment in Migration: Environment, Economy and Power in Ghana’s Central Region.” Environment and Planning A 37(5):925-946.

Teaching
GEOG 121: World Regional Geography
GEOG 210: Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG 228: Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
GEOG 701: History of Geographic Thought
GEOG 721: Nature, Development and Globalization
GEOG 721: Geographies of Development and Anti-Development
GEOG 810: Readings in Contemporary Human Geography