Understanding adaptive capacity and capacity to innovate in social–ecological systems: applying a gender lens

dc.creatorCohen, P.J.
dc.creatorLawless, S.
dc.creatorDyer, M.
dc.creatorMorgan, M.
dc.creatorSaeni, E.
dc.creatorTeioli, H.
dc.creatorKantor, P.
dc.date2021-10-06T00:15:17Z
dc.date2021-10-06T00:15:17Z
dc.date2016
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T20:08:09Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T20:08:09Z
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/21682
dc.identifier10.1007/s13280-016-0831-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7513459
dc.descriptionDevelopment 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.
dc.description309-321
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisherRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceS3
dc.source45
dc.source0044-7447
dc.sourceAmbio
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectRESILIENCE
dc.titleUnderstanding adaptive capacity and capacity to innovate in social–ecological systems: applying a gender lens
dc.typeArticle
dc.typePublished Version
dc.coverageNetherlands


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