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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Diana Maria Contreras Mojica
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
Central America continues to be a violent region and is prone to increasing climatic shocks and environmental degradation. This paper explores the non-linear feedback loop between violence and climate shocks on livelihood resilience in El Salvador and Honduras, two countries experiencing high rates of violence. The nature of this complex feedback loop is examined by analysing case studies on the community scale, which include challenges in reconstructing community social capital post-Hurricane Mitch (1998) in Honduras and the importance of social capital in community resilience to Hurricane Ida (2009) in El Salvador. We conclude that social capital is central in communities facing violence in order to enhance livelihood resilience to climate change impacts in Central America.
Author(s): Tellman B, Rivera A, Alaniz R, Contreras D
Publication type: Working Paper
Publication status: Published
Journal: UNU-EHS Working Paper
Year: 2014
Pages: 1-30
Publisher: United Nations University Institute of Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
URL: http://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:2859/Violence_as_an_obstacle_WP_No_13.pdf
Notes: http://collections.unu.edu/view/UNU:2859#viewMetadata