Gender, vulnerability and adaptations to growing climate-related agricultural water scarcity in a rural community in Central Vietnam | |
| Author | Huynh Thi Anh Phuong |
| Call Number | AIT Diss. no.GD-14-02 |
| Subject(s) | Water in agriculture--Vietnam Water scarcity--Vietnam |
| Note | A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Dissertation ; no. GD-14-02 |
| Abstract | This study used differentiated gender as its central analysis lens to investigate the differentiated vulnerability and adaptations to climate - related agricultural water scarcity in Ky Nam commune – a rural community in Central Vietnam. A mixed quantitative - qualitative methods approach was applied in both data collection and analysis. Particularly, focus group discussion, key informants interview s, in - depth interviews, and participant observation and household survey with questionnaires as major research methods were used in collecting field - based primary data; qualitative and quantitative secondary data was collected from other different sources of information. For data analysis, it used content and thematic analysis to explain qualitative data, whereas statistical analysis including descriptive statistics and simple binary logistic regression analysis was applied in analyzing quantitative data. T he conceptual and theoretical basis for this study includes existing and emerging approaches and discourses on gender particular in environmental and climate change field, frameworks for social vulnerability analysis and adaptations. The research finding s show that local people are socially vulnerable and their vulnerability is differentiated with class and gender - based household headship implications in the first place. Climate - related agricultural water scarcity just as among driving forces worsened the ir particular vulnerability. In such situation, it is found that local adaptation is most visible and local women rather men have developed multiple adaptation strategies to moderate such hardships placed on their traditional livelihoods. Social difference s including age, class, gender, economic status and others insect to each other to shape adaptation strategies of local women differentiated. In addition, some women tried to develop income generating activities to attain a level of livelihood security whi le others did so for survival reasons. This study then argues for a need for take differentiated gender as analytical category in any analysis of climate change vulnerability and adaptation; and for planned adaptation measures to be re - designed to accommod ate more context - specific policies, instead of one - size - fits - all packages. Particularly, in Ky Nam commune, credit arrangements can serve different types of women occupying different stages in their life cycles in order to enlarge female heads’ livelihood opportunities; water storage systems that address female heads’ time limitations can be built to strengthen their rice productivity and so on. Such measures may in large part increase the long - term resilience of all female heads as well as other women (and men) as they increasingly adapt to a changing climate. Key words: social vulnerability, gender and social differentiation, local adaptation, climate change, climate - r elated water scarcity , livelihood diversification |
| Year | 2014 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Dissertation ; no. GD-14-02 |
| Type | Dissertation |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Gender and Development Studies (GD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Resurreccion, Bernadette P.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Doneys, Philippe ;Shivakoti, Ganesh P.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Ford Foundation ;Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (Ph. D.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2014 |