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JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages 127-137Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.02.006
Keywords
Climate change; Social capital; Social networks; Social trust; Adaptation strategy; Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
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- National Nature Sciences Foundation of China [41971268, 41661115, 41901150]
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This study focused on the impact of social capital on the choice of climate change adaptation strategies for farmers in high-frigid ecological vulnerable areas, with results showing significant differences in adoption based on different social networks, social trust, and social norms.
Adopting necessary climate change adaptation strategies is an important measure to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. In recent years, social capital has provided a new perspective for analyzing the differences of individual behaviors in the process of climate change adaptation. However, the actual role of social capital in adapting to climate change has not been thoroughly explored. In this paper, we took the high-frigid ecological vulnerable areas on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau as an example. Based on household survey data, we explored the impacts of social networks, social trust and social norms on the choice of climate change adaptation strategies for farmers. Results show that more than 80% of farmers adopt the necessary climate change adaptation strategies. Early transferring/adjusting farming season, artificial grass planting and reducing livestock are their major adaptation strategies. There are significant differences in adopting climate change adaptation strategies between farmers with different social networks, social trust and social norms. The improvements of formal social networks, interpersonal trust, institutional trust, and social norms have significant impacts on the choice of climate change adaptation strategies for farmers. However, the enhancement of informal social networks has a negative impact on it. Finally, we provided suggestions to formulate and implement effective climate change adaptation strategies for areas that sensitive to climate changes.
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