Pinning down social vulnerability in Sindh Province, Pakistan : from narratives to numbers, and back again
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2018-11-19
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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This paper reflects critically on a vulnerability assessment process at the household and community levels in Sindh Province (Pakistan) using a quantitative vulnerabilities and capacities index (VCI). Note that the index can be used in conjunction with qualitative assessments, but not instead of them. Results show that vulnerability is more a function of historico-political economic factors and cultural ethos than biophysical changes wrought by climate. The emerging gendered vulnerability picture reveals extremes of poverty and lack of capacity to cope with contemporary environmental and social stresses. This paper validates a methodology for measuring social vulnerability, undertaken in 62 villages across four agro-ecological/livelihood zones.
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VULNERABILTY, INDEX, INDICATORS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY, PATRIARCHY, WOMEN’S WORK, CULTURAL FACTORS, IMPOVERISHMENT, FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY, GENDER ROLES, HOUSEHOLD, WATER SUPPLY, PAKISTAN, SOUTH ASIA