Social Capital and Local Institutions: A Perspective to Assess Communities Adaptation Potential to Climate Change

2015 ◽  
pp. 1927-1950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhaskar Padigala
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Adaptation Potential

scholarly journals Communities, Climate Change Adaptation and Win–Win Solutions

2021 ◽  
pp. 445-454
Author(s):  
A. K. Enamul Haque ◽  
Pranab Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Mani Nepal ◽  
Md Rumi Shammin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Resilient Communities ◽  
Grassroots Level ◽  
Human And Social Capital

AbstractEngaging with communities at the grassroots level and empowering local institutions are critical for building resilient communities in South Asia in the context of numerous vulnerabilities created by climate change. This chapter summarises the key lessons that document how communities are adapting by reinventing traditional practices, adopting new technologies, or building human and social capital. These lessons are important because they provide pathways for others to learn from and for policies and practices to evolve to build resilience among vulnerable populations. Local adaptation by communities also helps meet the larger sustainable development challenges of the region.

scholarly journals What lies beyond social capital? The role of social psychology in building community resilience to climate change.

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelos Ntontis ◽  
John Drury ◽  
Richard Amlôt ◽  
Gideon James Rubin ◽  
Richard Williams
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Building Community

scholarly journals Local Institutions in Climate Change Adaptation by Smallholder Farmers: A farm level study in Homabay County, Kenya.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-199
Author(s):  
Danice Otieno Awinda; Raphael Kapiyo; Jackson John Kitetu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Local Level ◽  
External Support ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Adaptation Practices

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of local institutions in climate change adaptation by smallholder farmers in Homabay County, Kenya. The study employed cross-sectional survey design in which data was collected from smallholder farmers in one survey round. Quantitative data was collected from 398 smallholder farmers, while 48 key informant interviews and 12 focus group discussions were used to collect qualitative data to buttress information from farmers. Data was analysed using frequencies, percentages, cross-tabulations and chi-square at 0.05 significance level. The study established that local institutions and social networks had a positive influence on climate change adaptation by smallholder farmers. Local institutions and social groups enable smallholder farmers to deploy specific climate change adaptation practices. Local institutions pursue adoption of effective adaptation strategies relevant to local needs of the smallholder farmers. They also provide information on climate change adaptation options and give some external support to enable farmers cope with climate change. The study recommended the need to promote institutional partnership to enhance climate change adaptation at local level. Partnerships among local institutions are associated with area specific adaptation practices and communal pooling. The study also recommended the need to enhance the capacity of local institutions as the impacts of climate change are likely to intensify with time. Support in the form of new information and technology aimed at improving effective coping mechanisms and financial support will be necessary.

Social capital, trust, and adaptation to climate change: Evidence from rural Ethiopia

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 124-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Paul ◽  
Erika S. Weinthal ◽  
Marc F. Bellemare ◽  
Marc A. Jeuland
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Rural Ethiopia

KARAKTERISTIK MODAL SOSIAL DAN PERANANNYA TERHADAP PRODUKTIVITAS PERTANIAN DI KECAMATAN RAMBATAN KABUPATEN TANAH DATAR

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Neng Kamarni
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Good Decision ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Survey Results

This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of social capital, institutional and empowerment of the poor through the development of local institutions in an effort to alleviate poverty and at the same time in order to boost agricultural productivity in Kecamatan Rambatan Kabupaten Tanah Datar. This research was a survey conducted in District Rambatan of Tanah Datar done purposively taken as the District with a level percentage of poor households are highest in Tanah Datar district, the general livelihood is farming. Based on the survey results obtained institutional characteristics and participation shows the outcome is not good. While the variable culture and customs and trust variable results obtained good decision. These results shows of social capital in the district of institutional and community participation are not good role in society, especially the District Nagari Simawang and Nagari Koto III. But overall social capital indicators and characteristics in the Kecamatan Rambatan has shown moderate or quite good.

Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Inland Fisheries of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 196-216
Author(s):  
Imefon Udo Udo ◽  
Imekan Isaac Akpan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Inland Fisheries ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Planned Adaptation ◽  
Semi Arid ◽  
Fish Yields ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Inland fisheries of arid and semi-arid regions of Africa are seriously threatened by negative impacts of climate change. Literature and several models show increase in temperature of 1.1oC in some areas. Sea level rise is projected to increase to 0.8 m by the year 2100. Fish yields have increased almost linearly by around half a million metric tons per decade over the past 60 years, while clear cyclical variations in the residuals of about 20 years' periodicity above and below the trend line have been observed. Although fisher folks, their communities, and local institutions are already constantly adapting to various forms of change, flimsiness in the wider governance and macro-economic environment has weakened the overall adaptive capacity of these regions and fishers are vulnerable to projected climate change. For significant benefits of inland fisheries to be accomplished, planned adaptation at scales from the local to the regional is very necessary.

Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Inland Fisheries of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Africa

2022 ◽  
pp. 1572-1591
Author(s):  
Imefon Udo Udo ◽  
Imekan Isaac Akpan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Inland Fisheries ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Planned Adaptation ◽  
Semi Arid ◽  
Fish Yields ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Inland fisheries of arid and semi-arid regions of Africa are seriously threatened by negative impacts of climate change. Literature and several models show increase in temperature of 1.1oC in some areas. Sea level rise is projected to increase to 0.8 m by the year 2100. Fish yields have increased almost linearly by around half a million metric tons per decade over the past 60 years, while clear cyclical variations in the residuals of about 20 years' periodicity above and below the trend line have been observed. Although fisher folks, their communities, and local institutions are already constantly adapting to various forms of change, flimsiness in the wider governance and macro-economic environment has weakened the overall adaptive capacity of these regions and fishers are vulnerable to projected climate change. For significant benefits of inland fisheries to be accomplished, planned adaptation at scales from the local to the regional is very necessary.

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