TY - JOUR
T1 - Local adaptation for livelihood resilience in Albay, Philippines
AU - Uy, Noralene
AU - Takeuchi, Yukiko
AU - Shaw, Rajib
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was conducted as part of the graduate thesis of the first author. She acknowledges the scholarship grant from the Ministry of Education Sport Culture Science and Technology (MEXT), Government of Japan, and support from the Environmental Management Leadership (EML) programme to conduct this study. The cooperation of the province of Albay is highly acknowledged. The second and third authors acknowledge support from the Mitsui Foundation and GCOE ARS programme.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Local adaptation to climate change is essential for vulnerable coastal communities faced with increasing threats to livelihood and safety. This paper seeks to understand the micro-level enabling conditions for climate change adaptation through a livelihood lens in a study of six coastal villages in Bacacay in the province of Albay, Philippines. Albay is a high-risk province due to hydrometeorological and geophysical hazards. The analysis of livelihood resilience utilizing the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach shows that a soft adaptation strategy focusing on enhancinghumanand social capital needs to be undertaken to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience in the study area. Moreover, the micro-level variations in the villages suggest that the understanding of local conditions is indispensable in planning and formulation of appropriate adaptation strategies and actions at local level.
AB - Local adaptation to climate change is essential for vulnerable coastal communities faced with increasing threats to livelihood and safety. This paper seeks to understand the micro-level enabling conditions for climate change adaptation through a livelihood lens in a study of six coastal villages in Bacacay in the province of Albay, Philippines. Albay is a high-risk province due to hydrometeorological and geophysical hazards. The analysis of livelihood resilience utilizing the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach shows that a soft adaptation strategy focusing on enhancinghumanand social capital needs to be undertaken to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience in the study area. Moreover, the micro-level variations in the villages suggest that the understanding of local conditions is indispensable in planning and formulation of appropriate adaptation strategies and actions at local level.
KW - Livelihood resilience
KW - Local adaptation
KW - Sustainable livelihoods approach
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U2 - 10.1080/17477891.2011.579338
DO - 10.1080/17477891.2011.579338
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80053638079
SN - 1747-7891
VL - 10
SP - 139
EP - 153
JO - Environmental Hazards
JF - Environmental Hazards
IS - 2
ER -
