Individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in Malaysia
The present study attempts to identify the individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in coastal areas that are vulnerable to the climate change in Malaysia. This study is quantitative in nature and involves a total of 240 respondents from four areas in Malaysia. It can be conclude...
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| author | Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Hamzah, Azimi Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Abu Samah, Bahaman Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi |
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| description | The present study attempts to identify the individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in coastal areas that are vulnerable to the climate change in Malaysia. This study is quantitative in nature and involves a total of 240 respondents from four areas in Malaysia. It can be concluded that small-scale fishermen in Malaysia have adaptive strength in two aspects: namely formal and informal networks; and environmental awareness, values and attitudes. Although the fishermen were found to record a high mean score for three other adaptive aspects–local environmental knowledge; attachment to job; and attachment to place–this actually demonstrates their adaptive weaknesses. Employability is another area of concern, as it emerged as the fishermen's weakest adaptive aspect. This study demonstrates the potential of alternative skills, managed retreat, accommodation and protection, information management, periodical assessment and access to credit to produce progressive adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | upm-565922017-08-03T04:54:28Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56592/ Individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in Malaysia Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Hamzah, Azimi Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Abu Samah, Bahaman Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi The present study attempts to identify the individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in coastal areas that are vulnerable to the climate change in Malaysia. This study is quantitative in nature and involves a total of 240 respondents from four areas in Malaysia. It can be concluded that small-scale fishermen in Malaysia have adaptive strength in two aspects: namely formal and informal networks; and environmental awareness, values and attitudes. Although the fishermen were found to record a high mean score for three other adaptive aspects–local environmental knowledge; attachment to job; and attachment to place–this actually demonstrates their adaptive weaknesses. Employability is another area of concern, as it emerged as the fishermen's weakest adaptive aspect. This study demonstrates the potential of alternative skills, managed retreat, accommodation and protection, information management, periodical assessment and access to credit to produce progressive adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen in Malaysia. Taylor & Francis 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56592/1/Individual%20adaptive%20capacity%20of%20small-scale%20fishermen%20living%20in%20vulnerable%20areas%20towards%20the%20climate%20change%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Hamzah, Azimi and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi (2017) Individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in Malaysia. Climate and Development, 9 (4). pp. 313-324. ISSN 1756-5529; ESSN: 1756-5537 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17565529.2016.1145100?journalCode=tcld20 10.1080/17565529.2016.1145100 |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Hamzah, Azimi Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Abu Samah, Bahaman Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in Malaysia |
| title | Individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in Malaysia |
| title_full | Individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in Malaysia |
| title_short | Individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in Malaysia |
| title_sort | individual adaptive capacity of small-scale fishermen living in vulnerable areas towards the climate change in malaysia |
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