Essays about: "community-based adaptation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words community-based adaptation.

  1. 1. Potential and Limitations of the Sketch Map Tool in the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Kimon Letzner; [2024]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; Participatory action research; Community risk mapping; International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement; Colombia; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In disaster risk management, participatory mapping (PM) closes spatial data gaps in communities by integrating local risk knowledge. The thesis examined the potential and limitations of the Sketch Map Tool (SMT) as a PM tool for community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) through an International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement case study. READ MORE

  3. 2. Analyzing the risk of Maladaptation: Implications for adaptation projects among development agencies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Bikram Sedhai; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate Change Adaptation; Maladaptation; Non-Governmental Organizations; Transformational Adaptation; International aid; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The need for climate change adaptation is widely acknowledged and adaptation projects around the world are proliferating. Despite being one of the key actors for the implementation of adaptation projects, significant knowledge gaps persist regarding the potential maladaptive outcomes of such projects for international non-governmental organizations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beyond Conservation: Unlocking livelihoods, empowering communities : The case of Mamirauá

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Alejandra Leon Lavandera; [2023]
    Keywords : CBNRM; local livelihoods; participatory approach; protected area;

    Abstract : The spread of Community-based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) programs can be attributed to the failure of top-down approaches and the development of more equitable governance strategies. A CBNRM approach seeks to fulfill dual objectives by balancing environmental conservation goals and local livelihood opportunities. READ MORE

  5. 4. Putting down new roots: The political economy of relevance for ‘climate-smart’ agriculture in rural Uganda.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johannes Temm; [2022]
    Keywords : climate-smart agriculture; political ecology; smallholder adaptation; phenomenology; land use management; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : A growing body of literature within political ecology is concerned with the exercise of political and economic power within climate change policies (Robbins, 2020). In this thesis, I explore the political economy of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), using methodological reflections and empirical material from a case study of a Ugandan smallholder agricultural community. READ MORE

  6. 5. Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change – A Scoping Review of Success Factors, Challenges & Lessons Learnt

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Jovana Ostojic; [2022]
    Keywords : Community-based adaptation; local adaptation; participatory approaches; climate change; adaptive capacities; resilience; traditional knowledge; Science General;

    Abstract : There has been growing recognition that local communities possess adequate knowledge, skills, experience and understandings of vulnerabilities and risks associated with their lives and livelihoods, and that this should be included in climate change adaptation (CCA). As a result, community-based adaptation (CBA) is being increasingly implemented as means to adapt to climate change (CC). READ MORE