Date of Award
8-2017
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Environment and Society
Committee Chair(s)
Claudia Radel
Committee
Claudia Radel
Committee
Peter Howe
Committee
Birgit Schmook
Abstract
This report explores how residents of Calakmul, Mexico perceive and experience their own vulnerability to climate change, and how these perceptions and experiences are differentiated among communities, households, and individuals. Fifty-five semi-structured interviews in 2013 and 45 follow-up interviews in 2016 provide data on familiarity with climate change and perceived effects of climate-related stressors on livelihood activities, health, and experiences of hunger. We found that coping responses to the effects of climate change often require cash inputs, and communities are differentiated in their experiences of vulnerability, based in part on their access to wage labor and importantly governmental support.
Recommended Citation
Green, Lisa, "Experiences and Perceptions of Human Vulnerability to Climate Change in Calakmul, Mexico" (2017). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1042.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1042
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