Socio-economic and institutional drivers of vulnerability to climate change in urban slums: the case of Accra, Ghana

Owusu, Mensah; Nursey‐Bray, Melissa

doi:10.1080/17565529.2018.1532870

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“…32,33,36,40,41,43,45,46,48 Involving different stakeholders at different levels allows for a diverse understanding of vulnerability from multiple perspectives, and the subjectivity inherent in this approach is minimised. 14 Other assessment tools use a mixed-methods approach 34 or provide the option to integrate qualitative and quantitative data. 37,42,47 Napier's barefoot manual (unpublished) is conceptualised as a tool to provide local, context-specific information on vulnerability and to identify networks that are capable of building social capacity during unstable situations.…”

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“…Within each theme, the papers were grouped according to overall assessment methods, since the overarching goal of this scoping review was to review tools for application in on-the-ground assessments. Most of the assessments were conducted in Africa,14,21,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] followed by North America,[35][36][37] Asia,[38][39][40][41][42] and Europe 43. The remaining papers were how-to manuals that were not bound to a specific country [44][45][46][47][48][49].…”

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Vulnerability and One Health assessment approaches for infectious threats from a social science perspective: a systematic scoping review

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Lehner

Giles‐Vernick

et al. 2022

The Lancet Planetary Health

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Vulnerability and One Health assessment approaches for infectious threats from a social science perspective: a systematic scoping review

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Lehner

Giles‐Vernick

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The Lancet Planetary Health

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“…The expected negative impact includes waste disposal, biophysical environment, biodiversity, pollution, global warming, Ozone layer depletion, acid rain etc. The slum dwellers are economically vulnerable; to that effect, they are compelled to engage in diverse unregulated activities and jobs (Owusu and Nursey-Bray, 2019;Roberts and Okanya, 2020). In this study, slum dwellers who exhibit ERB are defined as the ones who take action to mitigate a negative environmental impact at home, work, or the environment where they inhabit.…”

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“…There seems to be very limited knowledge on the SOA and their environmental behavior, thus creating a knowledge gap in the slum health studies literature. In addition, this article responds to calls for studies to advance socio-economic activities and environmental management discourse (see: Takyi et al, 2020;Owusu and Nursey-Bray, 2019). Takyi et al (2020), for example, have emphasized the need for more studies to understand health-related matters or environmental management in slums.…”

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Slum dwellers' occupational activities and health implications

Preko

Agyabeng

Mensah

2021

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PurposeThe literature has acknowledged that good health is a crucial component of well-being. This study explores the country-specific understanding of slum dwellers' occupational activities and their environmental behavior.Design/methodology/approachUsing the environmentally responsible behavior model, the study utilized exploratory qualitative approach to purposely sample 35 respondents, who responded to health-related behaviors through in-depth interviews.FindingsFindings show that respondents are engaged in diverse socio-economic occupational activities such as selling of cooked and uncooked food in polythene bags, selling of sachet water and burning the waste generated from these activities in the slum environment. In addition, the study found specific occupational activities of masons, carpenters, tilers, salon beauticians, scrap dealers and unhygienic waste disposal in the slums. Finally, this study uncovered divided opinions in terms of respondents' environmental responsibility and awareness of environmental ramifications. Therefore, issues such as health hazards, unhealthy environment and soil deterioration are common at the slum dwellings.Research limitations/implicationsThe study findings and the conclusion drawn cannot be generalized to represent the entire population of slum dwellers in Ghana due to the qualitative methodology employed.Practical implicationsThis study revealed a country-specific understanding of the environmentally responsible behavior of slum dwellers based on their occupational activities, which can inform health policies.Originality/valueThe outcome of this study advanced contextual culturally specific understanding, concerning health-related behavior of slum dwellers, which is important to policymakers and practitioners in contexts.

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“…Vulnerability assessment and adaptation to climate change have inculcated cogitation among the scientific community (Tian & Lemos, 2018). Successively, various case studies were carried out to examine the vulnerability to natural hazards (Bohle, Downing, & Watts, 1994;Dumenu & Obeng, 2016;Fischer, Shah, Tubiello, & Van Velhuizen, 2005;Owusu & Nursey-Bray, 2019). Abid, Schilling, Scheffran, and Zulfiqar (2016) examined the farmlevel vulnerability to changing climate and extreme weather events using vulnerability components and farmers' affirmation.…”

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Assessing socio-economic vulnerability to climate change-induced disasters: evidence from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India

Sahana

Rehman

Paul

et al. 2019

Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes

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Indian Sundarban Biosphere Reserve (SBR), a fragile ecosystem, is susceptible to frequent cyclones, floods, and storm surge. The study impeccably analyzed the socioeconomic vulnerability in SBR using pragmatic approach. Average storm surge height, slope amount, flood inundation, drainage proximity, and drainage density were used for assessing exposure while sensitivity and adaptation were examined from the data derived through a comprehensive field survey of 570 households in SBR. The revelation of the study manifested very high vulnerability in Basanti, Gosaba, Kultali, Namkhana, and Patharpratima blocks and high vulnerability in Kakdwip, Sagar, and Hingalganj blocks of SBR. Constant exposure to cyclones and storm surges, frivolous infrastructural setup, impoverish social structure, and lamentation of losses are major barriers to overall socioeconomic upliftment of communities. Consolidated infrastructural setup, proper early warning system, disaster monitoring centres, better transport connectivity within remote islands, better livelihood opportunities, education, and awareness may help in improving the socioeconomic conditions of the communities. Pragmatic approach assisted in the cogent understanding of climate change impacts and indicated adaptive and mitigation measures to improve coastal society in SBR. Thus, the approach has proven to be effective for analyzing the impact of climate change-induced hazards on socioeconomic condition on the communities in coastal areas.

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Socio-economic and institutional drivers of vulnerability to climate change in urban slums: the case of Accra, Ghana

Cited by 23 publications

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Vulnerability and One Health assessment approaches for infectious threats from a social science perspective: a systematic scoping review

Vulnerability and One Health assessment approaches for infectious threats from a social science perspective: a systematic scoping review

Slum dwellers' occupational activities and health implications

Assessing socio-economic vulnerability to climate change-induced disasters: evidence from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India

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