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Food system vulnerability amidst the extreme 2010-2011 flooding in the Peruvian Amazon: a case study from the Ucayali region
(Springer, 2016)
Projections of climate change indicate an increase in the frequency and intensity of climatic hazards such as flooding and droughts, increasing the importance of understanding community vulnerability to extreme hydrological ...
A qualitative approach to the intangible cost of road traffic injuries
(2012)
The consequences of fatal and non-fatal road traffic injuries (RTI) at the personal and household levels were analysed using qualitative interviews of 12 injured and of 12 relatives of people who died for this reason. ...
Ciclos de vida de la propiedad y del hogar, mercados y cambios en el uso y la cobertura de la tierra en la Amazonia brasileña
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilFCE - DEPARTAMENTO DE DEMOGRAFIAUFMG, 2017)
Settlements on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon were characterized, in their early stages, by intensive migration flows, deforestation and property rotation. After 40 years, rural households are more market-oriented and ...
Jefatura femenina y sus estrategias de afrontamiento: un análisis a hogares monoparentales venezolanos en Pamplona, Norte de Santander, Colombia
(Ediciones Universidad Simón BolívarFacultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, 2022)
Antecedentes: Se analizaron 50 escritos entre artículos, capítulos de libro y tesis de grado, permitiendo establecer un estado documental de cómo se ha abordado el problema de investigación a nivel internacional, nacional ...
Climate change and its impacts: Perception and adaptation in rural areas of Manizales, Colombia
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-05)
Tropical social-ecological systems are highly vulnerable to climate change, given the limited natural climate variability in the tropics. Tropical rural populations, with livelihoods dependent on agriculture, are particularly ...
Designing naturally-conditioned dwellings for warm and cold-temperate regions of Chile
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
The central problem addressed by this paper is the fuel poverty experienced in Chile as a result of poor thermal performance of dwellings, a problem commonly encountered throughout the country, even in new housing. The ...