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oapen-20.500.12657-766712023-10-12T02:42:15Z Chapter 3 Building local strategies for the adaptation to climate change of farming livelihoods Bouroncle, Claudia Carlos Imbach, Alejandro Zamora, Andrea Urueña, Omaira Boni, Alejandra Asset-based community development, Bottom-up community infrastructure, Community Built Association, Community action, Community engagement, Community, involvement, Do-it-yourself urbanism, Downtown revitalization, Empowerment, Latin American countries, Local capacity, Local culture, Local identity, Public engagement, Right to the city, community assessment, community capacity, resiliency bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape art & architecture bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape art & architecture::AMVD City & town planning - architectural aspects bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSL Ethnic studies There are growing technical efforts by government organizations, academics and non-government organizations to define policy frameworks to promote the adaptation of agriculture to climate change. Nevertheless, adaptation is primarily a local process; therefore, tools that link these efforts with local requirements are needed based on current and consistent information. We develop a participatory methodology to characterize and assess subsistence livelihoods vulnerability and build local strategies for adaptation to climate change based on the Community Capitals Framework and present a review of its application in five micro-watersheds of the Pacific basin of three Mesoamerican countries. We conclude that the methodology supports the rapid characterization of vulnerability based on local knowledge, showing clear differences in the current impacts of climate change, adaptive capacity and vulnerability among different livelihoods and facilitating the identification of key constraints affecting adaptation of smallholder livelihoods in each site. However, we conclude also that this methodology is still insufficient for adaptation planning because the measures proposed are focused on adjustments to the production systems, rely on external technical assistance and are not effectively connected with financing mechanisms. Based on this, we identify recommendations for the future implementation of the methodology. 2023-10-11T13:45:56Z 2023-10-11T13:45:56Z 2021 chapter 9781138084896 9781138084902 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76671 eng application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9781315111605_10.4324_9781315111605-3.pdf Taylor & Francis Community Capacity and Resilience in Latin America Routledge 10.4324/9781315111605-3 10.4324/9781315111605-3 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 8ae4b341-0355-4c8c-8fe6-5817e708caa3 9781138084896 9781138084902 Routledge 21 open access
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There are growing technical efforts by government organizations, academics and non-government organizations to define policy frameworks to promote the adaptation of agriculture to climate change. Nevertheless, adaptation is primarily a local process; therefore, tools that link these efforts with local requirements are needed based on current and consistent information. We develop a participatory methodology to characterize and assess subsistence livelihoods vulnerability and build local strategies for adaptation to climate change based on the Community Capitals Framework and present a review of its application in five micro-watersheds of the Pacific basin of three Mesoamerican countries. We conclude that the methodology supports the rapid characterization of vulnerability based on local knowledge, showing clear differences in the current impacts of climate change, adaptive capacity and vulnerability among different livelihoods and facilitating the identification of key constraints affecting adaptation of smallholder livelihoods in each site. However, we conclude also that this methodology is still insufficient for adaptation planning because the measures proposed are focused on adjustments to the production systems, rely on external technical assistance and are not effectively connected with financing mechanisms. Based on this, we identify recommendations for the future implementation of the methodology.
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