View Item 
    •   WorldFish Repository Home
    • WorldFish Community
    • Resilient small-scale fisheries
    • View Item
    •   WorldFish Repository Home
    • WorldFish Community
    • Resilient small-scale fisheries
    • View Item
    • Login
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/999

    A framework to assess national level vulnerability from the perspective of food security: The case of coral reef fisheries

    Thumbnail

    Abstract
    • Measuring the vulnerability of human populations to environmental change is increasingly being used to develop appropriate adaptation policies and management plans for different economic sectors. We developed a national-level vulnerability index that is specific to food security policies by measuring nations’ relative vulnerabilities to a decline in their coral reef fisheries. Coral reef fisheries are expected to decline with climate and anthropogenic disturbances, which may have significant consequences for food security. The vulnerability measure was composed of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity indicators specific to fisheries, reef management, and food security. The vulnerability index was used to evaluate 27 countries, as data required to fully populate the theoretical framework was limited. Of these, Indonesia and Liberia were identified as most and Malaysia and Sri Lanka as least vulnerable nations. Our analysis revealed two common national vulnerability characterizations: low income countries with low adaptive capacity and middle-income countries with higher adaptive capacity but high sensitivity. These results suggest developing context-specific policies and actions to build adaptive capacity in the low-income countries, and to decrease sensitivity in middle-income countries. Comparing our food security evaluation to a more general vulnerability approach shows that they produce different priority countries and associated policies.
    • External link to download this item: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2012.07.012
    Collections
    • Resilient small-scale fisheries [1299]
    Date
    • 2012
    Author
    • Hughes, S.
    • Yau, A.
    • Max, L.
    • Petrovic, N.
    • Davenport, F.
    • Marshall, M.
    • McClanahan, T.R.
    • Allison, E.H.
    • Cinner, J.E.
    AGROVOC Keywords
    • fisheries; food security; small-scale fisheries; adaptation; coral reefs
    Type
    • Journal Article
    Publisher
    • Elsevier BV
    Metadata
    Show full item record


    Copyright © 2018 WorldFish
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Powered by CodeObia
     

     

    Browse

    All of WorldFish RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Copyright © 2018 WorldFish
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Powered by CodeObia