Farmers' response to agricultural drought in paddy field of southern China: a case study of temporal dimensions of resilience

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	Farmers' response to agricultural drought in paddy field of southern China: a case study of temporal dimensions of resilience
	Sun, Yehong(孙业红) ; Zhou, Hongjian ; Wang, JA ; Yuan, Y
刊名	NATURAL HAZARDS
	2012
卷号	60 期号:3 页码:865-877
关键词	Resilience Adaptation Response Vulnerability Temporal dimension Farmer
通讯作者	Zhou, Hongjian
英文摘要	Seasonal water scarcity in southern China has been an issue of concern for many years. The increased frequency of low precipitation in the growing season of rice created a flurry of discussions in the academic and policy arenas. These events severely disrupted the supply of irrigation water for agriculture in paddy field areas and posed a substantial threat to farmers' livelihoods. Within a broader context of accessing farmers' resilience to agricultural drought, this paper focuses on the response mechanisms and adaptive strategies adopted by farming households in three types of areas (Plain, Hill, Mountain) in Dingcheng, Hunan Province. With the increasing drought frequency and the pressure from the demand for livelihood improvement, farmers' response mechanisms have evolved, expanding from short-term adjustments to long-term adaptations, and switching focus from securing reliable water sources to improving irrigation efficiency and diversifying both on-and off-farm productions. The three types of geographic units have different resilience profiles and have developed diverse patterns of adaptive processes that update the conceptual model of Disaster Resilience of "Loss-Response" of Location. It presents a temporal dimension to the study of resilience, which is largely missing from the current literature and provides insights into how to enhance farmers' response capacities in the face of agricultural drought in southern China.
收录类别	SCI
资助信息	National Science Foundation of China 40801215 40671003;Beijing Normal University of China
语种	英语
公开日期	2012-03-10
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/8491]
专题	地理科学与资源研究所_研究生部
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Yehong,Zhou, Hongjian,Wang, JA,et al. Farmers' response to agricultural drought in paddy field of southern China: a case study of temporal dimensions of resilience[J]. NATURAL HAZARDS,2012,60(3):865-877.
APA	Sun, Yehong,Zhou, Hongjian,Wang, JA,&Yuan, Y.(2012).Farmers' response to agricultural drought in paddy field of southern China: a case study of temporal dimensions of resilience.NATURAL HAZARDS,60(3),865-877.
MLA	Sun, Yehong,et al."Farmers' response to agricultural drought in paddy field of southern China: a case study of temporal dimensions of resilience".NATURAL HAZARDS 60.3(2012):865-877.