Risk in the Okavango Delta in the face of social and environmental change

Wilk, Julie; Kgathi, Donald L.

doi:10.1007/s10708-008-9119-y

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“…Furthermore, of the articles that indicated that women are more vulnerable than men (Wilk and Kgathi 2007; Nation 2010; Bokhoree et al 2012; Cassidy and Barnes 2012; Cherotich et al 2012; Drolet 2012; Maponya and Mpandeli 2012; Safi et al 2012), only a very few refer to their own data, that is, to their own evidence. The remaining statements were based on theoretical backgrounds and analysis.…”

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“…Those papers, that did, concluded that policymakers and practitioners must consider the intra-household distribution of labour and resources, as well as agricultural and other household activities, in order to understand women’s vulnerabilities and adaptation processes. Wilk and Kgathi (2007) conclude their study by highlighting that there are both social and spatial differences in risk and these need to be better understood by policy makers in order to better target initiatives. Jerneck and Olsson (2013) call for inclusive and participatory processes, which reconsider and act upon the underlying, structural layers of poverty and the need for broader policies on social change.…”

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Beyond dichotomies: Gender and intersecting inequalities in climate change studies

Djoudi

Locatelli

Vaast

et al. 2016

Ambio

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Climate change and related adaptation strategies have gender-differentiated impacts. This paper reviews how gender is framed in 41 papers on climate change adaptation through an intersectionality lens. The main findings show that while intersectional analysis has demonstrated many advantages for a comprehensive study of gender, it has not yet entered the field of climate change and gender. In climate change studies, gender is mostly handled in a men-versus-women dichotomy and little or no attention has been paid to power and social and political relations. These gaps which are echoed in other domains of development and gender research depict a ‘feminization of vulnerability’ and reinforce a ‘victimization’ discourse within climate change studies. We argue that a critical intersectional assessment would contribute to unveil agency and emancipatory pathways in the adaptation process by providing a better understanding of how the differential impacts of climate change shape, and are shaped by, the complex power dynamics of existing social and political relations.

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Beyond dichotomies: Gender and intersecting inequalities in climate change studies

Djoudi

Locatelli

Vaast

et al. 2016

Ambio

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“…4b however, only 15 % of all vulnerability assessments have used a statistical selection method. PCA is by far the most popular parameter selection method, used by Burton and Cutter (2008), Chen et al (2013), Kleinosky et al (2006), Rygel et al (2006), Vermaat and Eleveld (2012), Wilk and Kgathi (2007), and Xu et al (2011). Ge et al (2013) uses a PPC method.…”

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“…Household surveys are predominantly used in developing countries where census data is not available. The assessments of Ologunorisa (2004), Wilk and Kgathi (2007), Clement (2013), and Mmom and Aifesehi (2013), which use household surveys extensively, are all conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa), or where insufficient census data is available for a certain demographic or topic, which is the case of Wang et al as well as the livelihoods of the local fishing population that depend on it, to oil spills. These oil spills originate from the Itaqui-Bacanga port complex.…”

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Vulnerability assessments of coastal river deltas - categorization and review

Wolters

Kuenzer

2015

J Coast Conserv

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Coastal river deltas are densely populated areas and hotspots of vulnerability. The delta's ecological, social, and economic components are vulnerable to a wide variety of natural and anthropogenic threats. Sea level rise, climate variability, and rapid socio-economic development exert pressure on the already highly dynamic regions. To protect river deltas and their components, it is necessary to assess the degree of vulnerability so that mitigation efforts can be recommended to stakeholders and policy makers. Many such vulnerability assessments have been undertaken for river deltas. However, as vulnerability and related terms, such as resilience, coping-, and adaptive capacity only entered geosciences in the past decades, these terms are often used ambiguously. This makes it hard to compare existing studies, which not only interpret the related terms differently, but also consider completely different threats to deltas and their components, at different spatial and temporal scales. A comprehensive overview of studies addressing vulnerability of river deltas is missing. This paper presents a review, based on a consolidated set of definitions of vulnerability and related concepts in the context of coastal river deltas. All studies reviewed were categorized depending on their focus on either the ecologic, social, or economic component of river deltas, and were classified according to their spatial scale, temporal resolution, and numerous other research characteristics. Clear trends on dominant research foci in the field of river delta vulnerability could be extracted. Additionally, based on the findings presented here, recommendations for future assessments considering existing research gaps, are formulated.

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“…census or earth observation data. Examples of studies that assess vulnerability through household surveys in river deltas are IMHEN et al (2011) in the Mekong Delta, and Wang et al (2012) in the Yangtze River Delta Mmom and Aifesehi (2013) in the Niger Delta, and Wilk and Kgathi (2007) in the inland Okavango Delta. By investigating the level of awareness causation of peoples actions (e.g.…”

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Environmental awareness and vulnerability in the Yellow River Delta: Results based on a comprehensive household survey

Wolters

Sun

Huang

et al. 2016

Ocean & Coastal Management

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a b s t r a c tIn this paper, we present the results of a comprehensive survey concerning environmental awareness and vulnerability, conducted in October 2013 in the Yellow River Delta, China. The purpose of this survey is to provide insight to the vulnerability of rural households and their livelihoods to internal and external threats, such as flooding, oil spills, droughts, erosion, and salinization. Education level, awareness, opinions regarding pollution and available public utilities and facilities are also polled. Specific questions regarding agriculture and aquaculture activities are included. It is the most comprehensive questionnaire regarding social vulnerability in the area to date, with 93 households interviewed with the aid of an interpreter. The results show that the respondents generally have a low education; many earn below minimum wage for the area, and are not aware of global processes of climate variability and sea level rise. Cotton and maize are the predominant agriculture crops farmed in the area, while ground salinization is a major threat to agriculture. The results of this survey can be used in a follow up study in conjunction with a separate spatial data analysis (e.g. earth observation, census) to assess the social vulnerability in the Yellow River Delta in a spatially representative fashion.

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Risk in the Okavango Delta in the face of social and environmental change

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

Beyond dichotomies: Gender and intersecting inequalities in climate change studies

Beyond dichotomies: Gender and intersecting inequalities in climate change studies

Vulnerability assessments of coastal river deltas - categorization and review

Environmental awareness and vulnerability in the Yellow River Delta: Results based on a comprehensive household survey

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