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dc.contributor.authorEakin, Hallie
dc.contributor.authorLerner, Amy M.
dc.contributor.authorManuel-Navarrete, David
dc.contributor.authorHernández Aguilar, Bertha
dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Canedo, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorTellman, Beth
dc.contributor.authorCharli-Joseph, Lakshmi
dc.contributor.authorFernández Álvarez, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorBojórquez-Tapia, Luis
dc.coverage.spatialMexicoen
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-31T12:53:25Z
dc.date.available2018-07-31T12:53:25Z
dc.date.issued2016-12-01
dc.identifier.citationEakin. H. et al. (2016) 'Adapting To Risk And Perpetuating Poverty: Household’s Strategies For Managing Flood Risk And Water Scarcity In Mexico City, Environmental Science & Policy Volume 66, December 2016, Pages 324-333en
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/13960
dc.description.abstractAdaptation is typically conceived uniquely in positive terms, however for some populations, investments in risk management can entail significant tradeoffs. Here we discuss the burden for households of coping with, and adapting to, adverse water conditions in economically marginal areas of Mexico City. We argue that households’ efforts to adapt in conditions of marginality can come at the expense of households’ investment in other aspects of human welfare, reinforcing poverty traps. Both economic theory and social-ecological systems analysis point to the importance of cross-scalar investments and institutional support in breaking down persistent poverty traps. Using data from twelve focus groups conducted in Mexico City, we illustrate how such cross-scale connectivity is failing as a result of lack of trust and transparency, the difficulty of collective action, and the devolution of some responsibilities for risk management from the public sector to the household level. We conclude our analysis by arguing for greater attention to these tradeoffs in public policy to help ensure that adaptation does not come at the cost of more generic welfare gains among the most vulnerable populations.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectWateren
dc.titleAdapting To Risk And Perpetuating Poverty: Household’s Strategies For Managing Flood Risk And Water Scarcity In Mexico Cityen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.rights.holder© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en
dc.identifier.externalurihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901116302921?via%3Dihuben
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.006
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