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022 _a1654-7209 (Online)
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0831-4
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041 _aeng
100 1 _aCohen, P.J.
_923631
245 1 0 _aUnderstanding adaptive capacity and capacity to innovate in social–ecological systems :
_bapplying a gender lens
260 _aNetherlands :
_bSpringer :
_bRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
_c2016.
500 _aPeer review
500 _aOpen Access
520 _aDevelopment policy increasingly focuses on building capacities to respond to change (adaptation), and to drive change (innovation). Few studies, however, focus specifically on the social and gender differentiation of capacities to adapt and innovate. We address this gap using a qualitative study in three communities in Solomon Islands; a developing country, where rural livelihoods and well-being are tightly tied to agriculture and fisheries. We find the five dimensions of capacity to adapt and to innovate (i.e. assets, flexibility, learning, social organisation, agency) to be mutually dependant. For example, limits to education, physical mobility and agency meant that women and youth, particularly, felt it was difficult to establish relations with external agencies to access technical support or new information important for innovating or adapting. Willingness to bear risk and to challenge social norms hindered both women’s and men’s capacity to innovate, albeit to differing degrees. Our findings are of value to those aspiring for equitable improvements to well-being within dynamic and diverse social–ecological systems.
546 _aText in English
650 7 _aAgriculture
_91007
_2AGROVOC
650 7 _aCommunities
_2AGROVOC
_910868
650 7 _aDevelopment
_2AGROVOC
_91549
650 7 _aFisheries
_2AGROVOC
_912816
650 7 _aResilience
_2AGROVOC
_95030
700 1 _aLawless, S.
_923632
700 1 _aDyer, M.
_923633
700 1 _aMorgan, M.
_92271
700 1 _aSaeni, E.
_923634
700 1 _aTeioli, H.
_923635
700 1 _aKantor, P.
_8I1706469
_92270
_gSocioeconomics Program
_gDECEASED
773 0 _tAmbio
_gv. 45, no. S3 p. 309-321
_dNetherlands : Springer : Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2016.
_x0044-7447
_wG93814
856 4 _yOpen Access through DSpace
_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/21682
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