Coping with disaster: Rehabilitating coastal livelihoods and communities

Pomeroy, Robert S.; Ratner, Blake D.; Hall, Stephen J.; Pimoljinda, Jate; Vivekanandan, V.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2006.02.003

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“…Eriksen et al, 2005). The observed relation between income variation and diversification outside of fisheries confirms the theoretical prediction that diversifying is a useful strategy to reduce variability associated with natural resources (Ellis, 1998;Pomeroy et al, 2006) and strengthens the importance of this strategy in reducing vulnerability.…”

Section: Livelihood Diversification Results In Greater Income But Issupporting

confidence: 77%

“…These factors coincide with those commonly identified with generating vulnerability in coastal communities (Pomeroy et al, 2006). Although no significant differences were observed in income between villages, income inequality was observed inside villages.…”

Section: Differences In Key-components Of Sensitivity and Adaptive Casupporting

confidence: 84%

“…In such a context, options that require less adaptation, such as temporary closures of fishing sites and small changes in fishing tecnhiques may be more appropriate , than having large areas permanently closed to any ex-tractive activity, a policy which the poorest groups will find hard to comply with. Establishing clear and secure access rights can lead to uses that guarantee long-term conservation of resources (Pomeroy et al, 2006), while total prohibition of access and enforcement of strict rules usually leads to free access and competition among users, resulting in the use of unsustainable techniques and over exlploitation, with a negative result on the resilience of the system (Adger, 2000;Lana, 2003).…”

Section: Mpas Further Restrict the Options Of Those That Already Havementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In theory, livelihood diversification is a useful strategy to deal with variability both in the availability of resources and in sales of catches, therefore reducing risk (Ellis, 1998;Pomeroy et al, 2006). Livelihood diversification to reduce risk can be interpreted as one dimension of adaptive capacity, the ability to foresee disturbances, prepare for them, react to their arrival and adapt in the long-term (Brooks & Adger, 2005;Brown & Westaway, 2011).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Vulnerabilidade de pescadores no litoral sul do Brasil e sua relação com áreas marinhas protegidas em um cenário de declínio da pescaABSTRACT: Vulnerability of small-scale fishers in the north coast of Paraná State, Southern Brazil, has been increasing due to a decline in catches and general problems of access to and management of natural resources, associated with biodiversity conservation policies. The predicted effects of climate change will represent an additional source of disturbance on local livelihoods. This study aimed to describe vulnerability of fishers and their adaptation strategies to ongoing reductions in catches, considered an analogue of possible responses to expected effects of climate change, and to evaluate the influence of no-take protected areas on them. Interviews were applied to 213 households, in 9 villages from Guaraqueçaba, in the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex. Results show that vulnerability varies in different spatial levels, mainly due to differences in the reliance on fisheries as a source of income, and in distribution of physical and social capital. Protected areas, if not adequately managed, can have a double negative effect on more vulnerable households, by restricting their access to mangrove resources in the present, and by limiting the viability of their favoured adaptation strategy for the future. These results are potentially useful for the development of biodiversity conservation and fisheries management actions adequate to the local level, and that contribute to reduce inequality and build resilience of fishers and the coastal ecosystems they rely on, in a scenario of declining fisheries and climate change.

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Section: Livelihood Diversification Results In Greater Income But Issupporting

confidence: 77%

Section: Differences In Key-components Of Sensitivity and Adaptive Casupporting

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Section: Mpas Further Restrict the Options Of Those That Already Havementioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…If conducted in a proper way, coastal restoration projects may not only mitigate the risks of further coastal erosion and decline of livelihood resources; such projects may also play important social and educational functions, implanting resilience to future generations (cf. Pomeroy et al 2006). Considering ecosystem functions there are various valid reasons other than the tsunami per se that may justify investment in the rehabilitation and sustainable management of coastal resources.…”

Section: The Role Of Coastal Ecosystems Regarding Other Risk Mitigatimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Coping with disaster: Rehabilitating coastal livelihoods and communities

Cited by 157 publications

References 5 publications

Vulnerability Among Fishers in Southern Brazil and its Relation to Marine Protected Areas in a Scenario of Declining Fisheries

Vulnerability Among Fishers in Southern Brazil and its Relation to Marine Protected Areas in a Scenario of Declining Fisheries

The 2004 Tsunami in Aceh and Southern Thailand: Coastal Ecosystem Services, Damages and Resilience

Transforming Gendered Lives and Livelihoods in Post-disaster Settings in the Bangladesh Sundarbans Forest

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