Social indicators of vulnerability for fishing communities in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico: Implications for climate change

Morzaria‐Luna, Hem Nalini; Turk-Boyer, Peggy; Moreno-Báez, Marcia

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2013.10.013

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“…Antwi-Agyei et al 2012;Harvey et al 2008;Morzaria-Luna et al 2014) present the social vulnerability perspective. This research stream analyses the relationship between agricultural performance and climatic hazards by incorporating indicators of adaptive capacity.…”

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Assessing agricultural systems vulnerability to climate change to inform adaptation planning: an application in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Aleksandrova

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Giupponi

2015

Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change

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Agriculture is one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change. The current vulnerability assessments through traditional fragmented sectoral methods are insufficient to capture the effects on complex agricultural systems. Therefore, the traditional methods need to be replaced by integrated approaches. The objective of this study is to propose a holistic vulnerability assessment method for agricultural systems. By aggregating both agro-ecological and socio-economic information, we develop an agricultural systems vulnerability index (ASVI) which allows for: (i) a classification of geographical units according to their vulnerability level; (ii) an identification of key determinants of vulnerability for each unit; (iii) an assessment of adaptation policy scenarios considering their effects on the sustainability of the analysed systems. The proposed method is applied in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan -a representative irrigated agricultural region in the Lower Amu Darya river basin. A decision support tool is used to facilitate multi-criteria decision analysis, including the computation of the index and performing sensitivity analysis of the results. The assessment for Khorezm reveals significant spatial differences of vulnerability levels due to a variation of contributing factors, e.g. natural resources, water productivity, rural-urban ratio. It reveals also that feasible land and water management policies could reduce the vulnerability in Khorezm, particularly in the districts with the poorest agro-ecological conditions. Overall, the proposed method could support national and local authorities in the identification of sustainable adaptation policies for the agriculture sector.

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Assessing agricultural systems vulnerability to climate change to inform adaptation planning: an application in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Aleksandrova

Gain

Giupponi

2015

Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change

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“…In other parts of the Gulf and Pacific coast, scholars have investigated adaptation strategies and vulnerability of fishing communities to climate change (e.g., McGuire and Greenberg 1993, Vásquez-León 1994, McCay et al 2011, Morzaria-Luna et al 2014). Vulnerability is often described in the climate change literature as a function of the exposure and sensitivity to a stressor and adaptive capacity, or the ability to respond (e.g., Smit and Wandel 2006).…”

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How do small-scale fishers adapt to environmental variability? Lessons from Baja California, Sur, Mexico

Sievanen

2014

Maritime Studies

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Many fisheries stocks and the livelihoods of those who make their living from fishing are in decline, and these declines are exacerbated by uncertainties associated with increased climate variability and change. Social scientists have long documented the importance of mobility and diversification in reducing the risk and uncertainty associated with climate variability, particularly in the context of small-scale fishing. However, it is unclear how these traditional mechanisms are buffering fishers against the varied stressors they currently face, including those associated with environmental variability. This paper examines how fishers on the southern gulf coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur perceive and respond to stressors associated with normal environmental variability, how their ability to adapt is spatially distributed, and what threats they perceive to their continued ability to adapt. Understanding the adaptation strategies and everyday vulnerabilities that fishers face can elucidate problems associated with current fisheries management and the underlying factors that cause vulnerability, and also help decision makers, including fishers themselves, develop more effective adaptation strategies in the face of climate change.

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“…This article is based on the results of qualitative research methods [8][9][10]. The study is located in Keban 1 village, Musi Banyuasin district, South Sumatra, Indonesia.…”

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Social Vulnerability of Oil Miners in Rural Areas

Sununianti¹

2018

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Social and Political Sciences (ICSPS 2017)

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-This article discusses the social vulnerability of informal workers in rural areas as the implications of global economic capitalism. Globalization is abstract, but its effects are felt by traditional oil miners, whose livelihood changes due to globalization. Musi Banyuasin area, in South Sumatra, has one of the largest areas for oil and gas producers in Indonesia. However, Keban 1 village has not enjoyed the revenue of it. This article is based on qualitative research methods using data collection techniques which consists of interviews, observations, and document studies. The interview is structured and conducted on village officials, religious leaders, community leaders, traditional oil miners, and adolescents. Research validity uses data triangulation and peers de-briefing. Its findings show the social vulnerability of informal workers happens in the workers' exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity which is seen from the social, economic, and environmental dimensions. Increasing economic difficulty rises along with other increasing social vulnerabilities. This paper covers vulnerability on traditional miners with high workloads and low safety precautions. The form of social vulnerability is reduced bonds of solidarity, increasing circulation of drugs and nightlife, as well as vulnerabilities towards vertical and horizontal social conflicts in mining areas. Physical environments also degradated.. For this reason, the improvement of human resources is required for the importance of education as a social elevator, assistance in training and community empowerment, as well as the strengthening of the institutional village society.

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Social indicators of vulnerability for fishing communities in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico: Implications for climate change

Cited by 85 publications

References 49 publications

Assessing agricultural systems vulnerability to climate change to inform adaptation planning: an application in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

Assessing agricultural systems vulnerability to climate change to inform adaptation planning: an application in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

How do small-scale fishers adapt to environmental variability? Lessons from Baja California, Sur, Mexico

Social Vulnerability of Oil Miners in Rural Areas

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