Transformation of rural communities: lessons from a local self-initiative for building resilience in the Solomon Islands

Ha’apio, Michael Otoara; Wairiu, Morgan; Gonzalez, Ricardo E.; Morrison, Keith

doi:10.1080/13549839.2017.1420640

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“…Central and South America and Small Islands emerge as regions where there is strong evidence of both soft and hard limits, particularly for adaptation responses taken by small-scale farmers (Harvey et al 2014;Warner 2016;Acevedo-Osorio et al 2017;Gerlicz et al 2019;Jezeer et al 2019). Adaptation in Small Islands in particular face limits resulting from interactions between numerous constraints potentially affecting multiple sectors, due to the crosssectoral nature of adaptation in these regions (Robinson 2018;Otoara Ha'apio et al 2018;Thomas et al 2019).…”

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Global evidence of constraints and limits to human adaptation

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Constraints and limits to adaptation are critical to understanding the extent to which human and natural systems can successfully adapt to climate change. We conduct a systematic review of 1,682 academic studies on human adaptation responses to identify patterns in constraints and limits to adaptation for different regions, sectors, hazards, adaptation response types, and actors. Using definitions of constraints and limits provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we find that most literature identifies constraints to adaptation but that there is limited literature focused on limits to adaptation. Central and South America and Small Islands generally report greater constraints and both hard and soft limits to adaptation. Technological, infrastructural, and ecosystem-based adaptation suggest more evidence of constraints and hard limits than other types of responses. Individuals and households face economic and socio-cultural constraints which also inhibit behavioral adaptation responses and may lead to limits. Finance, governance, institutional, and policy constraints are most prevalent globally. These findings provide early signposts for boundaries of human adaptation and are of high relevance for guiding proactive adaptation financing and governance from local to global scales.

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“…In some cases household level coping and adaptation strategies are maladaptive at the community or group scale, or over longer time horizons (Chacowry et al 2018;Gordon and Enfors 2008;Hirons et al 2018;Moshy et al 2015;Mozumder et al 2018). Most studies indicate that households prefer not to relocate from physically vulnerable geographies, due to the value they attach to place and community or the costs, risks, and livelihood disruption associated with relocation (Amoako 2018;Nuorteva et al 2010;Chacowry et al 2018;Ha'apio et al 2018;Tawodzera 2012;Waters and Adger 2017). 19 The literature also highlights the agency and resourcefulness of poor households and communities, including the rural poor and urban slum-dwellers (Amoako 2018;Tawodzera 2012).…”

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“…Advanced age is also associated with decreased resilience, as older individuals may have a stronger attachment to place and are often unable to rely on wage labor and migration to cope or recover from a shock as younger individuals might do (Chacowry et al 2018;Cottyn 2018;Ha'apio et al 2018).…”

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A scoping review of the development resilience literature: Theory, methods and evidence

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Development and humanitarian agencies have rapidly embraced the concept of resilience since the 2008 global financial and food price crises. We report the results of a formal scoping review of the literature on development resilience over the ensuing period. The review identifies the theoretical and methodological underpinnings and empirical applications of resilience as the concept has been applied to individual or household well-being in low-and middle-income countries. From 9,558 search records spanning 2008-20, 301 studies met our pre-registered inclusion criteria. Among these, we identify three broad conceptualizations employedresilience as capacity, as a normative condition, or as return to equilibrium -and explain how the resulting variation in framing leads to marked differences in empirical methods and findings. We study in greater depth a set of 45 studies that met five key criteria for empirical studies of resilience. The larger, more established, qualitative empirical literature yields insights suggestive that the concept of resilience can add value. The quantitativeliterature is thinner and divided among methods that limit cross-study comparability of findings. Overall, we find that development resilience remains inconsistently theorized and reliant on methods that have not been adequately reconciled to identify which tools are best suited to which questions. Despite much published evidence, most findings concentrate on just a few countries and natural shocks, and rely on cross-sectional data at just one scale of analysis. The result is a dearth of generalizable evidence, especially of rigorous impact evaluations, to guide whether or how agencies might build resilience among target populations.

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“…The mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction measures should be integrated with the newest (re)construction stages. It was learned that chiefs might be more favourably disposed to their customary owned land for resettlement during the crisis [102]. The economic and development gains may lead to growth, jobs and long-term sustainable and climate resilience.…”

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Climate Change Adaptation on Small Island States: An Assessment of Limits and Constraints

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Small Island States (SIDS) are among the nations most exposed to climate change (CC) and are characterised by a high degree of vulnerability. Their unique nature means there is a need for more studies focused on the limits to CC adaptation on such fragile nations, particularly regarding their problems and constraints. This paper addressed a perceived need for research into the limitations of adaptation on SIDS, focusing on the many unique restrictions. To this end, the study identified and described the adaptation limits they have by using a review of the literature and an analysis of case studies from a sample of five SIDS in the Caribbean and Pacific regions (Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Cook Islands, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Tonga). This research’s findings showed that an adaptable SIDS is characterised by awareness of various values, appreciation and understanding of a diversity of impacts and vulnerabilities, and acceptance of certain losses through change. The implications of this paper are two-fold. It explains why island nations continue to suffer from the impacts of CC and suggest some of the means via which adequate policies may support SIDS in their efforts to cope with the threats associated with a changing climate. This study concluded that, despite the technological and ecological limits (hard limits) affecting natural systems, adaptation to CC is limited by such complex forces and societal factors (soft limits) that more adequate adaptation strategies could overcome.

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Transformation of rural communities: lessons from a local self-initiative for building resilience in the Solomon Islands

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

Global evidence of constraints and limits to human adaptation

Global evidence of constraints and limits to human adaptation

A scoping review of the development resilience literature: Theory, methods and evidence

Climate Change Adaptation on Small Island States: An Assessment of Limits and Constraints

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