IDENTIFICATION OF AND RESPONSE TO DROUGHT BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN FULLADU WEST DISTRICT, THE GAMBIA
IDENTIFICATION OF AND RESPONSE TO DROUGHT BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN FULLADU WEST DISTRICT, THE GAMBIA
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冈比亚富拉杜西区当地社区的干旱识别和应对措施
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9493.1995.tb00065.x
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发表时间：
1995
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
S. Jallow
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作者：
S. Jallow
虽然冈比亚当地社区识别干旱的方式仍然主要是传统的，但在过去三十年中，他们对灾害的反应发生了重大变化。有些变化，即使是短暂的，也是有益的，减少了世界这一地区可能伴随干旱而来的困难和贫困的严重程度和持续时间。然而，地方应对系统的其他变化，加上几十年来更广泛的社会、经济和政治发展，有可能削弱地方社区对灾害的容忍度，增加其遭受干旱的风险。本文探讨了一些当地社区采用的战略，以确定和应对干旱，在何种程度上的反应已经改变了在过去的几十年里，这些变化的影响，在冈比亚当地社区的脆弱性。
Although the way in which local communities in The Gambia identify drought has remained predominantly traditional, their response to the hazard has undergone significant change over the past three decades. Some of the changes, even if short-lived, have been beneficial, and have reduced the severity and duration of the hardships and penury which can accompany droughts in this part of the world. Nevertheless, other changes in the local response system, coupled with wider social, economic and political developments over the decades, are threatening to weaken the tolerance of local communities to hazards and increase their exposure to droughts. This article examines some of the strategies which local communities employ to identify and respond to drought, the extent to which responses have changed over the past decades, and the implications of some of these changes for the vulnerability of local communities in The Gambia.