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Climate-driven vulnerability and risk perception: implications for climate change adaptation in rural Mexico

TitoloClimate-driven vulnerability and risk perception: implications for climate change adaptation in rural Mexico
Tipo di pubblicazioneArticolo su Rivista peer-reviewed
Anno di Pubblicazione2020
AutoriMichetti, Melania, and Ghinoi S.
RivistaJournal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Volume10
Paginazione290-302
Data di pubblicazioneapr
ISSN21906483
Parole chiaveadaptive management, Climate change, cognition, developing world, Mexico [North America], prioritization, Risk perception, rural area, rural population, vulnerability
Abstract

Climate change is a major issue for rural communities in developing countries; thus, a better understanding of climate-related vulnerability and risk beliefs to unlock adaptation actions is necessary. By focusing on the rural communities located in the Mexican lagoon system of El Carmen, El Pajonal and La Machona, we first investigate different sources of vulnerability (exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity) and derive an aggregated vulnerability index integrating all the information. Hence, we link the different vulnerability sources—on top of additional cognitive and experiential elements—with climate-related individual risk perceptions. On the one hand, results identify the municipalities and communities most endangered and reveal the existence of levels of vulnerability along the lagoon deserving prioritization and action. On the other hand, a relationship between greater vulnerability and higher perception of risk applies. While exposure, sensitivity and cognitive components are found to shape climate-related risk perception, adaptive capacity and experiential factors appear to have no statistically significant influence. © 2020, AESS.

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DOI10.1007/s13412-020-00607-8
Citation KeyMichetti2020290