Resilience of the poorest: coping strategies and indigenous knowledge of living with the floods in Northern Namibia

Hooli, Lauri

doi:10.1007/s10113-015-0782-5

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“…It is noteworthy that-despite the 'adaptation' framing in most studies-many authors claim the reported strategies to be reactive and short-term rather than preventative and anticipatory, often due to various barriers (e.g. Tambo and Abdoulaye 2013, Opiyo et al 2015, Dumenu and Obeng 2016, Hooli 2016. Okpara et al (2016), for instance, indicate that many adaptive measures to environmental changes require the use, combination or substitution of assets in different ways.…”

Section: Coping Versus Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite existing evidence that households usually adopt various coping or adaptation strategies simultaneously (see e.g. Silvestri et al 2012, Mogotsi et al 2013, Hooli 2016, Tesfaye and Seifu 2016, only four of the reviewed studies explicitly investigate the interconnectedness and dynamic interactions of individual strategies, i.e. how they complement, substitute, reinforce or undermine each other (e.g.…”

Section: Strategy Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Especially the extensive wealth of information from local case studies (e.g. Hooli 2016, Ng'ang'a et al 2016 is potentially relevant for the strategic development of climate change adaptation measures and natural resource and migration management at the national and international level. However, due to the localised focus and context-specific framework conditions, results from individual case studies are rarely directly applicable to larger regions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Environmental change, adaptation strategies and the relevance of migration in Sub-Saharan drylands

Wiederkehr

Beckmann

Hermans

2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Understanding coping and adaptation behaviour of different population groups in the context of global environmental change has become increasingly important, especially in regions with high vulnerability such as Sub-Saharan drylands. In this regard, household strategies tend to be dependent on local and context-specific conditions. However, the strategic development of climate change adaptation measures, as well as natural resource and migration management on national and international level require transferable results and recommendations. In this paper, a first attempt is made to address the lack of meta-knowledge and to create a bigger trans-regional picture on the topic. It provides an exploratory and systematic synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data from 63 studies covering more than 9700 rural households from Sub-Saharan African drylands. Relevant household coping and adaptation strategies under different types of environmental change are assessed with a particular focus on the role and relative significance of migration. The results demonstrate that strategies related to crop, livestock, soil and water management are, by far, the most common. Yet, various forms of migration are reported as strategy by about 23% of the households. Corroborated by qualitative findings, this emphasises the importance of migration for responding to unfavourable environmental conditions at the household level. Based on the synthesised literature, future directions for research needed to support socially and ecologically sustainable coping and adaptation are provided.

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Section: Coping Versus Adaptationmentioning

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Environmental change, adaptation strategies and the relevance of migration in Sub-Saharan drylands

Wiederkehr

Beckmann

Hermans

2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…LK is context-based, embedded into practices, specific to communities and environments and varies between different localities in time and space; it therefore cannot be detached from its immediate social and political realities [25,26,58,72,73]. Its local character is what gives it agency, power and relevance [25].…”

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“…Despite common misconceptions, LK is anything but static; it is fluid and continuously evolving both as the needs and experiences of local people change, and through exposure to external knowledge systems [36,58,67,73,74]. This dynamic nature is exemplified in the concept of 'hybridisation' where LK is continuously negotiated, fed, co-produced and intertwined with 'Western', 'scientific' or 'external knowledge' [7,25,26,30,59,75]. As discussed by Mercer (2012) [35], communities are pragmatic and opportunistic in assessing what external knowledge is appropriate for local usage.…”

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Characterising Local Knowledge across the Flood Risk Management Cycle: A Case Study of Southern Malawi

et al. 2019

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People possess a creative set of strategies based on their local knowledge (LK) that allow them to stay in flood-prone areas. Stakeholders involved with local level flood risk management (FRM) often overlook and underutilise this LK. There is thus an increasing need for its identification, documentation and assessment. Based on qualitative research, this paper critically explores the notion of LK in Malawi. Data was collected through 15 focus group discussions, 36 interviews and field observation, and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings indicate that local communities have a complex knowledge system that cuts across different stages of the FRM cycle and forms a component of community resilience. LK is not homogenous within a community, and is highly dependent on the social and political contexts. Access to LK is not equally available to everyone, conditioned by the access to resources and underlying causes of vulnerability that are outside communities’ influence. There are also limits to LK; it is impacted by exogenous processes (e.g., environmental degradation, climate change) that are changing the nature of flooding at local levels, rendering LK, which is based on historical observations, less relevant. It is dynamic and informally triangulated with scientific knowledge brought about by development partners. This paper offers valuable insights for FRM stakeholders as to how to consider LK in their approaches.

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Indigenous Knowledge and Flood Resilience Strategies in African Coastal Cities: From Practice to Policy

Okunola

Balogun

Ojo

2023

Water and Environment for Sustainability

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Resilience of the poorest: coping strategies and indigenous knowledge of living with the floods in Northern Namibia

Cited by 55 publications

References 44 publications

Environmental change, adaptation strategies and the relevance of migration in Sub-Saharan drylands

Environmental change, adaptation strategies and the relevance of migration in Sub-Saharan drylands

Characterising Local Knowledge across the Flood Risk Management Cycle: A Case Study of Southern Malawi

Indigenous Knowledge and Flood Resilience Strategies in African Coastal Cities: From Practice to Policy

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