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Simelton, Elisabeth; Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds; E.S.Simelton@leeds.ac.uk. |
Historically, the semiarid social–ecological systems of the dry Central American corridor have proven resilient to pressures. However, in the last century, these systems have experienced huge environmental and socioeconomic changes that have increased the vulnerability of local livelihoods to shocks. New approaches are needed to capture complex, uncertain, cross-scale and nonlinear relationships among drivers of change and vulnerability. Therefore, to tackle this challenge, we have applied a participatory and interdisciplinary methodological framework of vulnerability assessment to a case study in northern Nicaragua. We triangulated a range of information and data from participatory and scientific research to explore historical and current... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Agropastoral system; Conceptual model; Dry tropical system; Nicaragua; Participatory scenario analysis; Vulnerability assessment. |
Ano: 2011 |
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