Household Adaptive Capacity and Current Vulnerability to Future Climate Change in Rural Nicaragua

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dc.contributor.authorByrne, Tanya R.
dc.contributor.supervisorMcDaniel, Susan A.
dc.contributor.supervisorByrne, James M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-03T20:10:43Z
dc.date.available2014-10-03T20:10:43Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-03
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractWhile there is a growing recognition of the impact that climate change could have on human development, there has been a shift in focus from an impacts-led assessment approach towards a vulnerability-led assessment approach. Since many of the most extreme impacts of climate change over the coming years will be on agriculture and food systems, the extent to which farming households and communities have the capacity to respond or adapt to these changes has important implications for development at the national, regional and household levels. This research examines the adaptive capacity of rural Nicaraguan farm households in the face of current and future climate change, and investigates how current vulnerability to future climate change varies on a municipio by municipio basis across the country. We find that household adaptive capacity varies significantly across regions in Nicaragua, and also when households display certain demographic characteristics. We also find that municipios in Nicaragua demonstrate diversity in terms of agricultural response to projected climate change and current adaptive capacity conditions. The results of this research can be used to inform policy decision making and serve as a basis for targeting policy interventions in rural Nicaragua.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3500
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.proquest.subject0700en_US
dc.proquest.subject0285en_US
dc.proquest.subject0768en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Geography
dc.publisher.departmentIndividualized Multidisciplinaryen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectfood systems
dc.subjectfarming
dc.subjectfarming households
dc.subjectNicaragua
dc.titleHousehold Adaptive Capacity and Current Vulnerability to Future Climate Change in Rural Nicaraguaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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