- Title
- Sustainable livelihood adaptation strategies to climate change in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Creator
- Nzante, Ekiyie
- Subject
- Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Subject
- Sustainable development -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Global warming -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Doctoral
- Type
- DPhil
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/22924
- Identifier
- vital:30146
- Description
- The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) is in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and is comprised of Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Seaview, Despatch and Blue Horizon Bay. The municipality spans 100 km of coastline and is responsible for 44% of the province’s gross geographical product. In past years the NMBM has experienced problems related to severe climate change, such as storm surges, floods and droughts, which have affected the livelihood of the people. Generally, the NMBM is looked upon as a vulnerable region with regard to climate change because of environmental stressors compounded by recurrent droughts and floods that limit the community’s capacity to cope and adapt effectively. This research explored the existing livelihood strategies set to adapt to the effects of climate change in the municipal area and assessed how effective these strategies are. It proposed sustainable solutions to livelihood problems as climate change consequences were accentuated within the municipal area. The study employed a qualitative research approach whereby data was collected by means of strategic interviews, document analysis, participant observation, focus groups and a study of existing literature. A total of 38 respondents were interviewed using a self-administered questionnaire and 5 focus groups participated in the study. The data was collected within the NMBM over a period of 9 months. The concept of sustainable livelihood (SL) was used to assess the effectiveness of the livelihood strategies implemented in the NMBM to adapt to climate change. The study findings primarily disclosed that certain livelihood strategies exist in the NMBM, such as the hydroponics projects. These strategies are ineffective due to the lack of capital and poor leadership within the municipality. Based on these findings several recommendations were made, for example, the implementation of a household credit system and the creation of a community environmental education programme, amongst others. These will speak not only to a short-term mitigation model of climate change, but would be capable of ensuring a long-term scenario and also create sustainable livelihoods for the people of the NMBM.
- Format
- xxiii, 194 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economics Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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