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Changes in adaptive capacity of Kenyan fishing communities

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  • Joshua E. Cinner

    (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University)

  • Cindy Huchery

    (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University)

  • Christina C. Hicks

    (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
    Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment)

  • Tim M. Daw

    (Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
    School of International Development, University of East Anglia)

  • Nadine Marshall

    (CSIRO)

  • Andrew Wamukota

    (School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Pwani University, PO Box 195-80108 Kilifi, Kenya)

  • Edward H. Allison

    (School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington)

Abstract

An analysis of quantitative sociological data reveals that adaptive capacity has increased in coastal fishing communities in Kenya, but that underprivileged segments of society remain vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

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  • Joshua E. Cinner & Cindy Huchery & Christina C. Hicks & Tim M. Daw & Nadine Marshall & Andrew Wamukota & Edward H. Allison, 2015. "Changes in adaptive capacity of Kenyan fishing communities," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(9), pages 872-876, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:9:d:10.1038_nclimate2690
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2690
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    1. Kristen M. Green & Jennifer C. Selgrath & Timothy H. Frawley & William K. Oestreich & Elizabeth J. Mansfield & Jose Urteaga & Shannon S. Swanson & Francisca N. Santana & Stephanie J. Green & Josheena , 2021. "How adaptive capacity shapes the Adapt, React, Cope response to climate impacts: insights from small-scale fisheries," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 164(1), pages 1-22, January.
    2. Farrah Powell & Arielle Levine & Lucia Ordonez-Gauger, 2022. "Climate adaptation in the market squid fishery: fishermen responses to past variability associated with El Niño Southern Oscillation cycles inform our understanding of adaptive capacity in the face of," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 173(1), pages 1-21, July.
    3. Eranga K. Galappaththi & James D. Ford & Elena M. Bennett, 2020. "Climate change and adaptation to social-ecological change: the case of indigenous people and culture-based fisheries in Sri Lanka," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 162(2), pages 279-300, September.
    4. Speers, Ann E. & Besedin, Elena Y. & Palardy, James E. & Moore, Chris, 2016. "Impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on coral reef fisheries: An integrated ecological–economic model," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 33-43.

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