Perceptions on climate change and its impact on livelihoods in Hwange district, Zimbabwe

Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

 
 
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Title Perceptions on climate change and its impact on livelihoods in Hwange district, Zimbabwe
 
Creator Nhemachena, Charles Mano, Reneth Mudombi, Shakespear Muwanigwa, Virginia
 
Subject Climate change; adaptation climate change adaptation; perceptions; agriculture; tourism; Hwange District; Zimbabwe
Description This study investigated perceptions of rural communities on climate change and its impacts on livelihoods. The research was conducted in the semi-arid Hwange district in Matebelel and North province of Zimbabwe. The perceptions were compared with empirical evidence from climatic studies on trends on temperature and rainfall, and impacts on livelihoods in the country and region. The findings from the current study are generally in agreement with those of other studies that indicate changes in the climate, especially in terms of rainfall. This largely applies to short-term periods; however, for long-term periods it is difficult to accurately relate rural community perceptions to changes in rainfall over time. Despite perceived changes and impacts of climate change on local livelihood activities, mainly agriculture, there are multiple stressors that the communities face which also affect their livelihoods. Further evidence-based research is required to disentangle climate change impacts on livelihoods, including livelihood impacts arising from interactions of climate and non-climatic factors.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START) the donors Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) under the Global Environmental Change in African research programme gran
Date 2014-12-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Survey
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/jamba.v6i1.123
 
Source Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies; Vol 6, No 1 (2014); 6 pages 2072-845X 1996-1421
 
Language eng
 
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https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/123/272 https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/123/273 https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/123/274 https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/123/266
 
Coverage Zimbabwe Southern Africa above 18; male and female;
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Charles Nhemachena, Reneth Mano, Shakespear Mudombi, Virginia Muwanigwa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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