Exploring methodological approaches to assess climate change vulnerability and adaptation : reflections from using life history approaches

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2019-11-26

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In this paper, researchers draw on life history (LH) interviews across four countries (Kenya, Namibia, Ghana, and India) to offer a way of expanding current methodological approaches on vulnerability and adaptation. LHs challenge assumptions about how and why people respond to multiple risks, and offer a nuanced understanding of adaptation processes. They provide insight into the multiple and interacting nature of drivers of behaviour; they highlight intra-household dynamics; and, LHs support explorations of past decisions, present situations, and future aspirations. There is a tendency to identify barriers and describe which types they are, rather than how they interact and shape adaptive responses.

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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, INTERVIEWS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, ETHNOGRAPHY, DATA COLLECTION, SEMI-ARID REGIONS, DOWNSCALING, LOCAL LEVEL, KENYA, NAMIBIA, GHANA, INDIA, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/59747

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
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