Assessing the role of mobile phone communication in drought-related mobility patterns of Samburu pastoralists
Assessing the role of mobile phone communication in drought-related mobility patterns of Samburu pastoralists
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.12.001
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发表时间：
2016-05-01
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2.7
通讯作者：
Smucker, Thomas A.
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作者：
Asaka, Jeremiah O.;Smucker, Thomas A.
对于生活在肯尼亚北部干旱地区的牧民社区来说，机动性是应对气候多变和干旱时管理牲畜的主要手段。对桑布鲁牧民的放牧战略来说，获得各种牲畜的干旱避难区是很重要的。移动电话技术在过去十年中的迅速普及提出了一个问题，即这种新的通信手段是否使牧民能够以新的方式驾驭风险，从而改变了牧民社会中与干旱有关的流动的地理位置。尽管在过去十年中迅速传播和广泛使用，但我们发现，到目前为止，移动电话通信并未对与干旱有关的牲畜流动模式的变化产生实质性影响。草料评估的复杂性以及在更广泛的社会网络中缺乏信任，限制了移动通信在应对干旱和其他风险方面的使用。(C)2016爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
For pastoral communities living in arid Northern Kenya, mobility is a primary means of managing livestock in response to climate variability and drought. Access to a diversity of drought refuge areas for livestock is important to Samburu pastoralists' herding strategies. The rapid diffusion of mobile phone technology over the last decade raises the question of whether this new means of communication has enabled pastoralists to navigate risks in new ways that alter the geography of drought-related mobility in pastoral societies. Despite rapid diffusion and widespread use over the last decade, we find that mobile phones communication up to now has not substantially influenced the changing pattern of drought related livestock mobility. The complexity of forage assessments and lack of trust within wider social networks limited the use of mobile communication in navigating drought and other risks. (c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.