Identifying drivers of household coping strategies to multiple climatic hazards in Western Uganda: implications for adapting to future climate change
Identifying drivers of household coping strategies to multiple climatic hazards in Western Uganda: implications for adapting to future climate change
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DOI：
10.1080/17565529.2014.902355
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
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4.3
通讯作者：
Paavola, Jouni
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作者：
Berman, Rachel J.;Quinn, Claire H.;Paavola, Jouni
本文调查了不同气候灾害下乌干达农村家庭应对策略的驱动因素。撒哈拉以南非洲的农村家庭利用各种应对策略来减少气候灾害对其生计的影响。迄今为止的研究对家庭应对策略组合如何根据气候压力而变化的了解有限。本研究利用乌干达的经验数据，通过以下方式缩小这一差距：(1) 探索家庭应对策略与家庭特征和生计活动的关系；(2) 这些应对策略如何根据危害而变化。研究发现，对于缺乏市场导向活动的家庭来说，应对策略是针对具体危害的，而那些拥有市场准入的家庭则无论危害如何都依赖经济活动。为了维持和改善那些最容易受到气候变率和变化影响的人们的生计和应对策略，提倡多样化而不是仅仅依赖传统活动的政策需要认识到基于市场的活动的水平和机会。这些干预措施必须考虑到对不同灾害的不同敏感性以及社区的同质性，以便有效支持农村社区应对气候变化。
This paper investigates what drives household coping strategies in rural Uganda under different climatic hazards. Rural households in sub-Saharan Africa draw on various coping strategies to reduce the impact of climatic hazards on their livelihoods. Research to date provides only limited understanding of how the coping strategy portfolio of households changes depending on the climatic stress. Using empirical data from Uganda, this research contributes to this gap by (1) exploring how household coping strategy relates to household characteristics and livelihood activity and (2) how these coping strategies vary depending on the hazard. Coping strategy is found to be hazard specific for households that lack market-orientated activities, whereas those with market access rely on economic activities regardless of hazard. To maintain and improve the livelihoods and coping strategies of those most vulnerable to climatic variability and change, policies that advocate diversification away from a sole reliance on customary activities need to recognize the level and opportunity for market-based activities. These interventions must account for different sensitivities to different hazards as well as the homogeneity of the community in order to effectively support rural communities to cope with climate variability.