A picture of change: using photovoice to explore social and environmental change in coastal communities on the Andaman Coast of Thailand

Bennett, Nathan; Dearden, Philip

doi:10.1080/13549839.2012.748733

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“…Qualitative, ethnographic and visual methods will lead to rich narratives and historical accounts of local experiences of the interactions between stressors (Moerlein and Carothers 2012;Bennett and Dearden 2013). For participatory methods, previous studies have used mental models (Bunce et al 2010a, b), the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework (Mangi et al 2007;Suckall et al 2014) and community-based scenario planning processes (Bennett et al 2014c) to explore interactions between stressors.…”

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Communities and change in the anthropocene: understanding social-ecological vulnerability and planning adaptations to multiple interacting exposures

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The majority of vulnerability and adaptation scholarship, policies and programs focus exclusively on climate change or global environmental change. Yet, individuals, communities and sectors experience a broad array of multi-scalar and multi-temporal, social, political, economic and environmental changes to which they are vulnerable and must adapt. While extensive theoreticaland increasingly empirical-work suggests the need to explore multiple exposures, a clear conceptual framework which would facilitate analysis of vulnerability and adaptation to multiple interacting socioeconomic and biophysical changes is lacking. This review and synthesis paper aims to fill this gap through presenting a conceptual framework for integrating multiple exposures into vulnerability analysis and adaptation planning. To support applications of the framework and facilitate assessments and comparative analyses of community vulnerability, we develop a comprehensive typology of drivers and exposures experienced by coastal communities. Our results reveal essential elements of a pragmatic approach for localscale vulnerability analysis and for planning appropriate adaptations within the context of multiple interacting exposures. We also identify methodologies for characterizing exposures and impacts, exploring interactions and identifying and prioritizing responses. This review focuses on coastal communities; however, we believe the framework, typology and approach will be useful for understanding vulnerability and planning adaptation to multiple exposures in various social-ecological contexts.

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“…Observed impacts of these changes included more hours spent working, decreasing free time, less sharing within the community, and declines in voluntarism and civic engagement (unpublished data). Finally, the impact of climatic and environmental stressors on marine ecosystem services likely has a significant influence on individual well-being (e.g., physical, mental Vulnerability to Multiple Stressors 19 health, inspiration, identity; see Russell et al, 2013) and community economies and social functioning (see Bennett & Dearden, 2013a).…”

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“…A later participatory stage of research, for example, pointed to several internal socio-economic stressors that were not included in the survey. This included internal population growth, outmigration of youth, changes in regional governance structures, and centralization of wealth and power within communities (Bennett & Dearden, 2013a). A second limitation is the non-random or comprehensive sample of communities used during the survey, which limits the generalizability of the results.…”

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“…Interviews were structured around this study's broader themes: the impacts of social-ecological change on communities, the adaptive capacity of communities to change, and the impact of marine protected areas on communities (Bennett, 2013;Bennett & Dearden, 2013a, 2013bBennett, Dearden, Murray & Kadfak, in press). Part of the interview focused on the types of social and ecological changes that were being experienced by households and communities on the Andaman coast.…”

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“…It is within this context of rapid socio-economic and biophysical change that the current study was conducted. This particular study is part of a broader project that explored the impacts of climate change on communities, the relationship between local communities and marine protected areas, and the adaptive capacity of communities (see also Bennett, 2013;Bennett & Dearden, 2013a, 2013bBennett, Dearden, Murray & Kadfak, in press). In order to set the context for explorations of adaptive capacity and to understand how significant climate change is perceived to be, we explored the broader array of changes and stressors that communities are experiencing.…”

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Vulnerability to multiple stressors in coastal communities: a study of the Andaman coast of Thailand

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Peredo

2014

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Abstract:Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change has become a dominant theme in development and conservation research and work. Yet coastal communities are facing a wider array of different stressors that affect the sustainability of natural resources and the adaptive capacity of local residents. The ability of communities and households to adapt is influenced by the nature, number, and magnitude of the changes with which they have to contend. In this paper, we present the range of 36 socio-economic (i.e., economic, social, governance and conflict) and biophysical (i.e., climate change and other environmental) stressors that emerged from qualitative interviews in 7 coastal communities on the Andaman coast of Thailand. These stressors were then integrated into a quantitative survey of 237 households wherein participants were asked to rate the level of impact of these stressors on household livelihoods. Ratings showed that economic and some climate change stressors -extreme weather events and changes in rainfall patterns and seasons -were scored higher than other stressors. The paper also examines the relationships between community and various individual and household characteristicssuch as gender, age, livelihoods, levels of social capital, and socio-economic status -and the perceived level of impacts of various stressors on household livelihoods. Overall, community and livelihoods had the most differentiated impacts on perceptions of stressors but few other prominent patterns emerged. In conclusion, this paper discusses the implications of the results for current climate change vulnerability and adaptation policy and practice in Thailand and elsewhere.

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Ecosystems, Communities and Canoes: Using Photovoice to Understand Relationships Among Coastal Environments and Social Wellbeing

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A picture of change: using photovoice to explore social and environmental change in coastal communities on the Andaman Coast of Thailand

Cited by 63 publications

References 14 publications

Communities and change in the anthropocene: understanding social-ecological vulnerability and planning adaptations to multiple interacting exposures

Communities and change in the anthropocene: understanding social-ecological vulnerability and planning adaptations to multiple interacting exposures

Vulnerability to multiple stressors in coastal communities: a study of the Andaman coast of Thailand

Ecosystems, Communities and Canoes: Using Photovoice to Understand Relationships Among Coastal Environments and Social Wellbeing

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