Evan Fraser

Evan David Gaviller Fraser (* 1973 ) is a British - Canadian geographer at the University of Guelph .

Fraser studied anthropology (Bachelor 1996) at the University of Toronto and then a Master in Forest Science from the University of British Columbia. There he received his PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies in 2002 . Fraser was then Associate Professor and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Global Human Security in the Department of Geography at the University of Guelph, as well as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds .

Evan Fraser researches global mechanisms of adaptation to factors of so-called global change . The most important goal is food security against the influencing factors climate change, limited resources and changing economic situations.

Selected publications

• Fraser, Simelton, E. Termansen, M., Gossling, S., South, A .: Vulnerability Hotspots: Integrating socio-economic and hydrological models to identify where cereal production may decline in the future due to climate change induced drought. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology. Not yet published, but available online.
• Fraser (2011): Can economic, land use and climatic stresses lead to famine, disease, warfare and death? Using Europe's calamitous 14th century as a parable for the modern age. Ecological Economics. 70 (7): 1269-1279.
• Fraser, Termansen, M., Hubacek, K., Dougill, A., Quinn, C., Sendzimir, J. (2011): Assessing vulnerability, resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change in arid / semi-arid social ecological systems. Ecology and Society . 16 (3): 3

Books

• Fraser; Rimas, A. (2010): Empires of Food: Feast, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations. Free Press / Simon and Schuster (US) and Random Books / Random House (UK).
• Rimas, A .; Fraser, (2008): Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World. William Morrow / Harper Collins (US) and Mainstream (UK).

Web links

• Homepage at the University of Guelph