Coping with extreme weather: communities in Fiji and Vanuatu share their experiences and knowledge
Coping with extreme weather: communities in Fiji and Vanuatu share their experiences and knowledge
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应对极端天气：斐济和瓦努阿图社区分享经验和知识
DOI：
10.1007/s10584-013-1047-2
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发表时间：
2014
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影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Shirleen S. Prasad
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作者：
K. McNamara;Shirleen S. Prasad
太平洋岛屿地区的当地社区长期以来一直在为极端天气事件做好准备和管理。应对极端天气，特别是飓风和干旱的策略涉及使用特殊的种植技术，启动创新的蓄水实践，以及采用食品保存策略来生存。这些当地的经验和知识通过故事和分享实用知识代代相传；然而，到目前为止，正式的文件还很少。这项研究试图记录和综合这些经验和知识，通过书面记录来保护它们，同时也展示了太平洋社区如何提供有价值的、适当的和有效的策略来准备和应对极端天气事件。对斐济三个村庄（Naselesele、Qeleni和Yanuca）和瓦努阿图三个村庄（Piliura、Tassiriki和Lonamilo）的社区成员进行了深度访谈（n = 40）。虽然太平洋地区的社区脆弱性和风险评估通常缺少地方经验和知识，但地方经验和知识是增强适应能力和规划社区活动的核心力量。
Local communities across the Pacific Island region have long prepared for and managed extreme weather events. Strategies to cope with extreme weather, particularly cyclones and droughts, have involved using particular planting techniques, initiating innovative water storage practices, and employing food preservation tactics to survive. These local experiences and knowledge have been passed on between generations through stories and sharing practical know-how; however, very little formal documentation has transpired to date. This research attempts to document and synthesis these experiences and knowledge to safeguard them through written accounts but also demonstrate how Pacific communities can provide valuable, appropriate and effective strategies to prepare for and respond to extreme weather events. In-depth interviews (n = 40) were conducted with community members from three villages in Fiji (Naselesele, Qeleni and Yanuca) and three villages in Vanuatu (Piliura, Tassiriki and Lonamilo). While typically missing from community vulnerability and risk assessments in the Pacific, local experiences and knowledge are a core strength in enhancing adaptive capacity and planning community-based activities.