Gendered knowledge and adaptive practices: Differentiation and change in Mwanga District, Tanzania
| العنوان: | Gendered knowledge and adaptive practices: Differentiation and change in Mwanga District, Tanzania |
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| المؤلفون: | Elizabeth Edna Wangui, Thomas A. Smucker |
| المصدر: | Ambio |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Netherlands, 2016. |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Coping (psychology), Differentiation, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Local institutions, Local knowledge, Climate Change, Pastoralism, Geography, Planning and Development, 0507 social and economic geography, 01 natural sciences, Tanzania, Article, Community-based adaptation, Household survey, Sex Factors, Environmental Chemistry, Humans, Sociology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, 2. Zero hunger, biology, Ecology, business.industry, 05 social sciences, Environmental resource management, 1. No poverty, Gender Identity, Agriculture, General Medicine, 15. Life on land, Public relations, biology.organism_classification, Social knowledge, Knowledge production, Climate-change adaptation, Knowledge, Female, business, 050703 geography |
| الوصف: | We examine the wider social knowledge domain that complements technical and environmental knowledge in enabling adaptive practices through two case studies in Tanzania. We are concerned with knowledge production that is shaped by gendered exclusion from the main thrusts of planned adaptation, in the practice of irrigation in a dryland village and the adoption of fast-maturing seed varieties in a highland village. The findings draw on data from a household survey, community workshops, and key informant interviews. The largest challenge to effective adaptation is a lack of access to the social networks and institutions that allocate resources needed for adaptation. Results demonstrate the social differentiation of local knowledge, and how it is entwined with adaptive practices that emerge in relation to gendered mechanisms of access. We conclude that community-based adaptation can learn from engaging the broader social knowledge base in evaluating priorities for coping with greater climate variability. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0828-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1654-7209 0044-7447 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::3e61d519d5b81ffa54423a68bf897ecb http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5120021 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....3e61d519d5b81ffa54423a68bf897ecb |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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