ABSTRACT
Adaptation to climate change is greatly enhanced when it occurs across a landscape. Agricultural and herding communities are important loci of adaptation. Women’s knowledge and practices can help in determining new community livelihood strategies. Community adaptation is hindered when land grabs limit access to land for
13.1 Introduction .................................................................................................309 13.2 Community Capitals and Climate Change ................................................. 311
13.2.1 Natural Capital ................................................................................312 13.2.2 Cultural Capital ............................................................................... 314 13.2.3 Human Capital ................................................................................ 314 13.2.4 Social Capital .................................................................................. 315 13.2.5 Political Capital ............................................................................... 315 13.2.6 Financial Capital ............................................................................. 316 13.2.7 Built Capital .................................................................................... 316
13.3 Adaptation and Coping ............................................................................... 317 13.3.1 Coping ............................................................................................. 317 13.3.2 Adaptation ....................................................................................... 317
13.3.2.1 Types of Adaptation .......................................................... 319 13.4 Mobility ...................................................................................................... 319 13.5 Storage ........................................................................................................ 320 13.6 Diversification ............................................................................................. 320 13.7 Communal Pooling ..................................................................................... 320 13.8 Market Exchange ........................................................................................ 320 13.9 Mobilization ................................................................................................321 13.10 Conclusions .................................................................................................321 References .............................................................................................................. 322
crops and animals. New forms of public-private partnerships that are often designated as Foreign Direct Investment further complicate adaptation. Using the Community Capitals Framework, community-based adaptation strategies that take gender into account are identified.
