Social Capital, Collective Action, and Adaptation to Climate Change

By W. Adger. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Sociology and Political Science

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Community resilience to long-term tourism decline and rejuvenation: a literature review and conceptual model (2016, background): “Thus, some authors have argued that using the present as a proxy for the future is acceptable (Adger & Kelly, 1999; Adger, 2003).”
Cognitive and institutional influences on farmers’ adaptive capacity: insights into barriers and opportunities for transformative change in central Arizona (2016, background): “This mobilization is, in turn, dependent on capacities for collective action: having a basis of shared values, trust, and leadership— social capital—to organize to effect change (Adger 2003; Pelling and High 2005).”
Transaction costs, collective action and adaptation in managing complex social–ecological systems (2013, background): “It is hoped that these three elements – the ICEAF, the boundedly rational procedure for its application, and the research strategy to support this application – will be taken up by others responding to the call by Paavola and Adger (2005) for development of an ‘institutional ecological economics’ th”
Climate change, food security, and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa (2016, background): “Many climate change vulnerability scholars have drawn linkages between the capitals or entitlements (livelihood resources or assets) and adaptive capacity, particularly as it relates to social capital (Adger 2003; Pelling and High 2005).”
Measuring livelihood resilience: The Household Livelihood Resilience Approach (HLRA) (2018, background): “Coping strategies are specific responses or activities used to adjust to changing conditions, both short and long-term, and do not only happen during periods of stress, but are often intensified in such events (Adger, 2003; Mosberg and Eriksen, 2015).”
RESILIENCE: THE EMERGENCE OF A PERSPECTIVE FOR SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ANALYSES (2006, background): “, 2000; Armitage, 2005; Ostrom, 2005) and social capital and conflict (Ostrom and Ahn, 2003; Adger, 2003; Pretty, 2003; Galaz, 2005).”
Monitoring the Governance Dimension of Natural Resource Co-management (2010, background): “Adaptive capacity is closely related to the concept of social capital (Adger 2003) because social capital influences the ability of groups to act collectively during a crisis or surprise (see Gunderson and Holling 2002).”
Building Trust in Economic Space (2006, background): “Beyond its political and economic contributions, others have documented how trust can improve the quality and efficacy of environmental and natural resource management programs (Pretty and Ward, 2001; Adger, 2003; Carpenter et al., 2004).”
Is resilience socially constructed? Empirical evidence from Fiji, Ghana, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam (2016, neutral): “, 2009) and has been identified as a vital component of adaptive capacity (Adger, 2003).”
Informal microfinance institutions and development-led tourism entrepreneurship (2016, background): “Lateral or horizontal trust (Adger, 2003) can be found among individuals at the same level or situation (e.g. same profession, ethnic group, and/or position within an organization), while vertical trust exist among individuals at different levels (e.g. manager-subordinate, tribal heads-community…”
What drives food insecurity in southern Africa? a meta-analysis of household economy studies (2005, background): “There are numerous forms of social capital, which may be summarized under the following terms and concepts: relations of trust, reciprocity and exchange, common rules, norms and sanctions (institutions), social connectedness (bonding, bridging and linking within, between and beyond communities), soc”
Developing a holistic approach to the analysis of farmer decision-making: implications for adaptation policy and practice in developing countries (2016, background): “Household survey 220 Semi-structured questionnaire with closed and open-ended questions on (1) exposure to climatic and non-climatic stressors, (2) household vulnerability and response strategies, and (3) actors, timing and motivations for livelihood decision-making.”