Understanding community vulnerability to climate change and variability at a coastal municipality in southern Mozambique

Zacarias, Daniel

doi:10.1108/ijccsm-07-2017-0145

Cited by 26 publications

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“…According to Allison and Ellis (2001), the SLA framework originated from studies that were concerned with understanding how rural poor populations manage natural disasters such as floods, droughts, animal pests and diseases. Zacarias (2019) asserts that the SLA framework depicts the livelihood assets, the external factors that affect the livelihoods, institutions and processes and the outcomes of the livelihood activities and strategies and the relationships between them. The SLA framework has been successfully used in numerous studies related to rural livelihoods and food security (Ansoms and McKay, 2010; Xu et al, 2015).…”

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The Impacts of Climate Change on the Livelihood and Food Security of Small-Scale Fishers in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

Muringai¹,

Naidoo²,

Mafongoya

et al. 2019

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Small-scale fisheries play a significant role as a source of employment, livelihood strategy and contributor to food security. However, changes in climatic variables alter the productivity and distribution of marine and freshwater fish species, negatively affecting the livelihoods of fishery-dependent communities. This study seeks to identify small-scale fishers’ livelihoods and examine the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and food security of small-scale fishing households. The study was conducted in Sanyathi fishing basin in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. The Sustainable Livelihood Approach framework of the Department for International Development was used to define the small-scale fishers’ livelihood assets and activities. The study employed a mixed-method approach for data collection. A pretested, semi-structured questionnaire, focus group discussions and observations were used to collect data from the small-scale fishers. The data collected were subjected to descriptive and bivariate analysis. The present results indicate that fishing is the community’s primary livelihood activity. More than 62% of fishermen stated that fishing revenue is declining, owing to declining fish catches. Of participants, 98% recognised food purchases as the primary source of food. Therefore, 78% of the small-scale fishers perceive their households to be food insecure due to declining incomes from fisheries. These findings show the need for policymakers and development agencies to formulate strategies that specifically target fishing communities whose livelihoods rely on natural ecosystems.

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The Impacts of Climate Change on the Livelihood and Food Security of Small-Scale Fishers in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

Muringai¹,

Naidoo²,

Mafongoya

et al. 2019

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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“…Similar to the current study, the underlying causes of vulnerability in the Savanna Ecosystem in Ghana were socio economic factors. Zacarias (2019), in his quest to understand community vulnerability to climate change and variability at a coastal municipality in southern Mozambique found out that vulnerability is susceptibility driven and is especially derived from susceptibilities of physical, financial and social capitals. Comparably, Ahmadalipour et al (2019) found out that vulnerability to drought is specifically high in the Sub Saharan countries than the Sahel region despite the latter being an area of high water stress.…”

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“…It is susceptibility driven rooted in social, economic and largely, environmental factors. Measurement of vulnerability to single natural hazards including floods and droughts has been conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ahmadalipour & Moradkhani, 2018;Mwale et al, 2015;Williams et al, 2018;Zacarias, 2019). More importantly, a coupled IPCC and UNISDR framework has been applied tested on floods (Mwale et al 2015).…”

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A Multi Hazard Perspective in Flood and Drought Vulnerability: Case Study of Malawi

Kamanga¹,

Tantanee²,

Mwale³

et al. 2020

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The prominence of vulnerability assessments cannot be over emphasized. They are key in informing policy by supporting holistic, multi-disciplinary and evidence based policy implementation. They foster delineation of locales and sectors requiring resources and interventions. About 90% of the population in Malawi and most of sub-Saharan Africa rely on rain fed agriculture. Due to this overreliance, people's livelihoods and economy are vulnerable to hydrological hazards such as flood and droughts, which account for 70% of all the hazards in the region. This paper employs indicators to couple exposure, susceptibility, capacity measures and economic, social, physical and environmental components to measure multiple hazard vulnerability. It then utilizes the Community Based Disaster Risk Index in the analysis. Results show that Karonga is an area of medium and high multi hazard vulnerability. The lead contributor to this vulnerability is susceptibility, which manifests itself as high and very high, with predominance in the high levels. Exposure manifests on the lower end of vulnerability spectrum. Lack of capacity is predominantly medium. Socio economic and environmental aspects underlie this susceptibility. Reducing vulnerability in these economies will demand radical programs that target infrastructural investment, socioeconomic empowerment, environmental management and strengthening of institutional capacity.

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“…Investment in structural resources to improve hazard-dependent variables, such as the material of houses and sanitation systems, can help to lessen the impacts of cyclones and floods, so reducing vulnerability levels to coastal hazards (e.g. Mazumdar and Paul 2016;Zacarias 2019). Here, the SVI was used as a means to identify large differences between districts and provinces and provide the socioeconomic component to the IVCC.…”

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“…Arkema et al 2013). The application of such indices is very limited in EA, often focusing on social vulnerability at the local or district level (Hahn et al 2009;Zacarias 2019). Cabral et al (2017) calculated an index of exposure to coastal hazards for Mozambique considering the effect of coastal habitats.…”

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Integrated Assessment of Coastal Exposure and Social Vulnerability to Coastal Hazards in East Africa

Ballesteros

Esteves

2021

Estuaries and Coasts

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An index of vulnerability to coastal change, integrating indices of social vulnerability and exposure to coastal hazards, was created for East Africa to identify ‘areas of priority concern’ for risk reduction. Currently, 22% of East Africa’s coastline and 3.5 million people are at higher levels of exposure to coastal hazards, which would increase, respectively, to 39% and 6.9 million people if mangroves, coral reefs and seagrasses are lost. Madagascar and Mozambique show the largest proportion of the coastline at higher exposure, while Kenya and Tanzania benefit the most from natural coastal protection. Coral reefs protect 2.5 million people from higher exposure, mostly in Mombasa, Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam. Considering Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania, the latter is the least, and the former is the most vulnerable. Under current conditions, 17 (out of 86) coastal districts are considered ‘areas of priority concern’; four of these are critically exposed as over 90% of their shoreline length are at higher exposure (Zavala, Inharrime, Manhiça and Mandlakaze, all in southern Mozambique). These locations are of critical concern for any present or future coastal development due to the high level of exposure posed to both vulnerable people and investments. Habitat loss would increase the number of ‘priority concern’ districts to 24; some would show great increase in the population exposed (e.g. Pemba and Mossuril in Mozambique). Applying this knowledge to identify where ecosystem-based management should be prioritised to promote social and environmental resilience is timely and urgent in East Africa.

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Understanding community vulnerability to climate change and variability at a coastal municipality in southern Mozambique

Cited by 26 publications

References 62 publications

The Impacts of Climate Change on the Livelihood and Food Security of Small-Scale Fishers in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

The Impacts of Climate Change on the Livelihood and Food Security of Small-Scale Fishers in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

A Multi Hazard Perspective in Flood and Drought Vulnerability: Case Study of Malawi

Integrated Assessment of Coastal Exposure and Social Vulnerability to Coastal Hazards in East Africa

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