The Welsh Marches: resilient farmers? Exploring farmers' resilience to extreme weather events in the recent past

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Auteur principal: Rebecca Griffiths
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Publié: Centro de Estudios sobre la Despoblación y Desarrollo de Áreas Rurales 2015
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contents The Welsh Marches: resilient farmers? Exploring farmers' resilience to extreme weather events in the recent past Rebecca Griffiths Nick Evans Demografía farmers Resilience climate change adaptive capacity agricultural change In the 21st century climate change will cause a significant increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events across Europe. Investigating farmers’ resilience to extreme weather events in the past can be used to establish the inherent level of resilience farmers’ will have to respond to comparable events in the future. The Welsh Marches has experienced a range of extreme weather events including: heatwaves, flooding; prolonged rainfall; and heavy snowfall. To identify the resilience of farmers in the Marches farmers’ apparent vulnerabilities, coping capacity, social capital and adaptive capacity that have been exposed in past events are discussed. Rural isolation is identified as an exacerbating factor of farming vulnerability. Yet, this is also an apparent source of resilience as farmers are found to rely on high social capital to assist each other in emergency and challenging situations during extreme weather events. The paper concludes by indicating that more localised studies are required, situated within unique farming cultures. This will enable a more complete picture of farmers’ resilience across Europe to be established. 2015 artículo científico 1578-7168 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=29638681007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=296 Ager. Revista de Estudios sobre Despoblación y Desarrollo Rural application/pdf Centro de Estudios sobre la Despoblación y Desarrollo de Áreas Rurales Ager. Revista de Estudios sobre Despoblación y Desarrollo Rural (España) Num.18
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publishDate 2015
publisher Centro de Estudios sobre la Despoblación y Desarrollo de Áreas Rurales
spellingShingle The Welsh Marches: resilient farmers? Exploring farmers' resilience to extreme weather events in the recent past
Rebecca Griffiths
Demografía
farmers
Resilience
climate change
adaptive capacity
agricultural change
The Welsh Marches: resilient farmers? Exploring farmers' resilience to extreme weather events in the recent past Rebecca Griffiths Nick Evans Demografía farmers Resilience climate change adaptive capacity agricultural change In the 21st century climate change will cause a significant increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events across Europe. Investigating farmers’ resilience to extreme weather events in the past can be used to establish the inherent level of resilience farmers’ will have to respond to comparable events in the future. The Welsh Marches has experienced a range of extreme weather events including: heatwaves, flooding; prolonged rainfall; and heavy snowfall. To identify the resilience of farmers in the Marches farmers’ apparent vulnerabilities, coping capacity, social capital and adaptive capacity that have been exposed in past events are discussed. Rural isolation is identified as an exacerbating factor of farming vulnerability. Yet, this is also an apparent source of resilience as farmers are found to rely on high social capital to assist each other in emergency and challenging situations during extreme weather events. The paper concludes by indicating that more localised studies are required, situated within unique farming cultures. This will enable a more complete picture of farmers’ resilience across Europe to be established. 2015 artículo científico 1578-7168 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=29638681007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=296 Ager. Revista de Estudios sobre Despoblación y Desarrollo Rural application/pdf Centro de Estudios sobre la Despoblación y Desarrollo de Áreas Rurales Ager. Revista de Estudios sobre Despoblación y Desarrollo Rural (España) Num.18
title The Welsh Marches: resilient farmers? Exploring farmers' resilience to extreme weather events in the recent past
topic Demografía
farmers
Resilience
climate change
adaptive capacity
agricultural change
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=29638681007