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Beyond Western Knowledge: Indigenous and Local Knowledges on Disaster Risk Reduction -A field study in rural ThailandJohansson, Linnea January 2023 (has links)
Natural hazards are predicted to only increase in frequency and severity over the next decade, making it crucial to avoid their negative consequences by disaster risk reduction. Reducing risks of natural hazards is not a recent invention as it has been shown that indigenous and local communities possess indigenous and local knowledge systems related to reducing disaster risks. These knowledge systems are however largely being ignored in policy and research. They are also subjected to pressures which risk altering, eroding or destroying them. In this thesis, these indigenous and local knowledge systems and the pressures that might threaten them are explored through a field study with interviews and observations in rural indigenous and local communities in northern Thailand. The findings show clear evidence of multiple and varying types of indigenous and local knowledge systems, such as knowledges, practices, and beliefs that reduce disaster risk. However, multiple types of pressures to the indigenous and local knowledge systems are also found. These pressures have in some cases already resulted in a loss of indigenous and local knowledge systems, or risk doing so in the future. The conclusion of the thesis is that these indigenous and local knowledge systems and the pressures to them should be kept in close mind in research, policy and intervention to improve disaster risk reduction and not perpetuate the current western paradigm.
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Disaster Preparedness in Escambia County Florida: The Influence of Oral NarrativesVanlandingham, Keith Marcel 12 1900 (has links)
This work addresses hurricane preparedness in Escambia County, Florida. It explores preparing for hurricanes as an informal learning process occurring within personal networks and embedded in beliefs, values, and attitudes. Findings reveal that participants learned to prepare from their parents in childhood and improved upon that knowledge through direct experience in adulthood. Later, they passed this knowledge on to their children as well as co-workers. These preparations are embedded in beliefs of self-determination and attitudes of endurance. However, this body of knowledge and their respective practices are not equally accessible to all. Recommendations are provided so local organizations can incorporate local knowledge and practices with preparedness improvement efforts and foster social cohesion as well.
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The communal land tenure system: an analysis of some trends in the Ditsobotla area of the North West provinceTau, Mmaphaka Ephraim 31 July 2003 (has links)
Until recently, there have been different and sometimes conflicting views on whether or not the communal land tenure system (CLTS) has a positive or negative impact on rural economic welfare. This study analyses some trends associated with the CLTS in the Ditsobotla area of the NorthWest province, focusing on the implications for rural economic welfare.
The results of the study suggest that the CLTS is extremely important in order to sustain the rural economy, and therefore this dissertation presents developmental, policy and research options for consideration by government and other affected stakeholders for the betterment of the livelihood of people in the Ditsobotla area. The study adopts participatory research techniques in the selected villages of Springbokpan and Mooifontein. It also reflects on land tenure experiences in other African countries.
The dissertation concludes with a suggestion that the South African government should engage in in-depth research programmes prior to the implementation of the envisaged communal land tenure reform legislation and that, the state should secure sufficient funding to boost agricultural activities in the area.
Taking all these factors into account, a view is held that all developmental endeavours in the area must be informed by the collective participation of the affected local people, and their efforts must be united for the enhancement of their livelihood. / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)
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Endogenous development of natural resource management in the communal areas of Southern Zimbabwe : a case study approachVan Halsema, Wybe 09 1900 (has links)
Despite decades of development efforts to combat desertification processes in southern
Zimbabwe, a development deadlock occurs. Using the local knowledge systems as a basis, and
making an effort to strategically facilitate the revival of their capacity for checks and balances as
a development approach, endogenous development could become more realistic.
The actor-oriented RAAKS.methodology offers relevant tools for a case study'in which an
insight into the processes of innovation is obtained in order to confirm this.
The Charurnbira case study shows that many local interfaces hinder development. Although the
facilitation of platform processes could enhance endogenous development, the external
environment provides a serious constraint. The method employed did ndt permit broad
conclusions, but a deeper examination of recent experiences suggested that by giving local
people a greater say in natural resource use, local knowledge could be utilized more effectively
and better use could be made of traditional management structures. / Development Administration / M.A. (Development Administration)
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The communal land tenure system: an analysis of some trends in the Ditsobotla area of the North West provinceTau, Mmaphaka Ephraim 31 July 2003 (has links)
Until recently, there have been different and sometimes conflicting views on whether or not the communal land tenure system (CLTS) has a positive or negative impact on rural economic welfare. This study analyses some trends associated with the CLTS in the Ditsobotla area of the NorthWest province, focusing on the implications for rural economic welfare.
The results of the study suggest that the CLTS is extremely important in order to sustain the rural economy, and therefore this dissertation presents developmental, policy and research options for consideration by government and other affected stakeholders for the betterment of the livelihood of people in the Ditsobotla area. The study adopts participatory research techniques in the selected villages of Springbokpan and Mooifontein. It also reflects on land tenure experiences in other African countries.
The dissertation concludes with a suggestion that the South African government should engage in in-depth research programmes prior to the implementation of the envisaged communal land tenure reform legislation and that, the state should secure sufficient funding to boost agricultural activities in the area.
Taking all these factors into account, a view is held that all developmental endeavours in the area must be informed by the collective participation of the affected local people, and their efforts must be united for the enhancement of their livelihood. / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)
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Endogenous development of natural resource management in the communal areas of Southern Zimbabwe : a case study approachVan Halsema, Wybe 09 1900 (has links)
Despite decades of development efforts to combat desertification processes in southern
Zimbabwe, a development deadlock occurs. Using the local knowledge systems as a basis, and
making an effort to strategically facilitate the revival of their capacity for checks and balances as
a development approach, endogenous development could become more realistic.
The actor-oriented RAAKS.methodology offers relevant tools for a case study'in which an
insight into the processes of innovation is obtained in order to confirm this.
The Charurnbira case study shows that many local interfaces hinder development. Although the
facilitation of platform processes could enhance endogenous development, the external
environment provides a serious constraint. The method employed did ndt permit broad
conclusions, but a deeper examination of recent experiences suggested that by giving local
people a greater say in natural resource use, local knowledge could be utilized more effectively
and better use could be made of traditional management structures. / Development Administration / M.A. (Development Administration)
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