Universität zu Köln

Hulke, Carolin and Diez, Javier Revilla (2020). Building adaptive capacity to external risks through collective action - Social learning mechanisms of smallholders in rural Vietnam. Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct., 51. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 2212-4209

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Adaptation to various socio-economic risks attendant to climate change represents an increasing challenge for agrarian populations across the Global South. Rural households mitigate risks through both individual and collective strategies that have proven viable for establishing long-term adaptive capacities. However, while the importance of social interactions has been acknowledged, there has been little in-depth empirical research on the influence of collective structures on vulnerable livelihoods. Based on research with smallholders in rural Vietnam, this paper explores how social capital deployed through informal collective actions compares with the effects of formal collective organisations for the overall adaptive capacity. We apply a mixed-methods approach combining a rich survey dataset from three rural provinces, and qualitative interviews with farmers in four case study villages. The results reveal the emergence of informal and semi-formalised collective actions in farming practices as synergistic supplements to existing formal structures and institutions through mechanisms of social learning.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hulke, Carolin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Diez, Javier Revilla UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-309811
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101829
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct.
Volume:	51
Date:	2020
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	2212-4209
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY; RESILIENCE; TRUST Multiple languages Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Water Resources Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/30981