Understanding vulnerability and adaptation in semi - arid areas in Botswana
| dc.contributor.author | ASSAR | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Botswana | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-05T14:30:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-04-05T14:30:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Semi-arid areas in Botswana are characterised by high rainfall variability, frequent droughts, low soil moisture and extreme events such as flash floods which normally combine with governance shortcomings and structural inequalities to exacerbate the vulnerability of communities. Such communities are generally dependent on primary production and natural resources, rely on rainfed agriculture, have limited livelihood options and employment opportunities, depend on activities that are sensitive to the impacts of climate change, face high levels of poverty, are exposed to high levels of HIV/AIDS, have limited infrastructure and services, and are affected by limited institutional capacity and weak resource governance. The climatic and socioeconomic environment in semi-arid areas in Botswana makes communities vulnerable to food insecurity and unstable livelihoods as well as leading to unsustainable agroecological systems, crop failure and unproductive rangelands. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | (2015). <i>Understanding vulnerability and adaptation in semi - arid areas in Botswana</i> University of Cape Town. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27760 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | <i>Understanding vulnerability and adaptation in semi - arid areas in Botswana.</i> University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27760 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Articles appearing in this publication may be freely quoted and reproduced provided that i) the source is acknowledged, ii) the material is not used for commercial purposes and iii) any adaptations of the material are distributed under the same license | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Policy Brief AU - ASSAR AB - Semi-arid areas in Botswana are characterised by high rainfall variability, frequent droughts, low soil moisture and extreme events such as flash floods which normally combine with governance shortcomings and structural inequalities to exacerbate the vulnerability of communities. Such communities are generally dependent on primary production and natural resources, rely on rainfed agriculture, have limited livelihood options and employment opportunities, depend on activities that are sensitive to the impacts of climate change, face high levels of poverty, are exposed to high levels of HIV/AIDS, have limited infrastructure and services, and are affected by limited institutional capacity and weak resource governance. The climatic and socioeconomic environment in semi-arid areas in Botswana makes communities vulnerable to food insecurity and unstable livelihoods as well as leading to unsustainable agroecological systems, crop failure and unproductive rangelands. DA - 2015-05-01 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Understanding vulnerability and adaptation in semi - arid areas in Botswana TI - Understanding vulnerability and adaptation in semi - arid areas in Botswana UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27760 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27760 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | . Understanding vulnerability and adaptation in semi - arid areas in Botswana. 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27760 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | Botswana | |
| dc.subject.other | semi-arid | |
| dc.subject.other | ASSAR | |
| dc.title | Understanding vulnerability and adaptation in semi - arid areas in Botswana | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Policy Brief | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Policy brief | en_ZA |