气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Gender and livelihood assets: Assessing climate change resilience in Phalombe district

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DOI	10.1016/j.indic.2024.100347
	Gender and livelihood assets: Assessing climate change resilience in Phalombe district - Malawi
	Musa, Frank B.; Katundu, Mangani C.; Lewis, Laura A.; Munthali, Allister
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2665-9727
起始页码	22
卷号	22
英文摘要	Access and use of livelihood assets are pertinent to recovery from impacts of climate change for rural households. This study investigated role of livelihood assets to recovery from the impacts of climate change for male and female headed households in Phalombe district in Malawi. Using exploratory sequential mixed methods design, qualitative data was collected using Participant Observation coupled with interviews in two successive phases. Quantitative data was collected using household questionnaire involving 217 households. Results show that erratic rainfall and floods are the main impacts of climate change in the study area. Male headed households have better access to human, financial and natural assets compared to female headed households. There is no significant difference on the recovery period from erratic rainfall for either type of household, but male headed households recover much more quickly from floods than female headed households. Results show that social assets are key to recovery from both erratic rainfall and floods for both male and female headed households. Natural assets contribute to recovery from erratic rainfall for male headed households while human assets are important for female headed households. Human assets are vital for recovery from floods for both male and female headed households while physical assets are important for male headed households. The study shows that enhancing social capital and developing human assets especially for female headed households can significantly contribute towards resilience to the impacts of climate change.
英文关键词	Resilience; Gender; Erratic rainfall; Flood; Livelihood asset
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:001188358700001
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/306951
作者单位	University of Malawi; University of Southampton; University of Malawi; University of Malawi
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Musa, Frank B.,Katundu, Mangani C.,Lewis, Laura A.,et al. Gender and livelihood assets: Assessing climate change resilience in Phalombe district - Malawi[J],2024,22.
APA	Musa, Frank B.,Katundu, Mangani C.,Lewis, Laura A.,&Munthali, Allister.(2024).Gender and livelihood assets: Assessing climate change resilience in Phalombe district - Malawi.ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS,22.
MLA	Musa, Frank B.,et al."Gender and livelihood assets: Assessing climate change resilience in Phalombe district - Malawi".ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS 22(2024).