Building Resilience Through Translocality Climate Change, Migration and Social Resilience in Rural Thailand Kayly Ober & Luise Porst Patrick Sakdapolrak, Sopon Naruchaikusol, Simon Alexander Peth, Till Rockenbauch, Bonn University sponsored by:
Structure 1. Objective 2. Approach 3. Project structure 4. Research area 5. Post-site selection insights Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 2/15
1. What is our objective? (1) Understand the social and ecological changes induced by feedback processes of migration (2) Analyze how these feedback processes affect social resilience in the places of origin Env. Mig. Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 3/15
1. What is our objective? (1) Understand the social and ecological changes induced by feedback processes of migration (2) Analyze how these feedback processes affect social resilience in the places of origin Env. Mig. Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 4/15
2. What is our approach? Social resilience (1) social entities capacities to deal with environmental and social threats (2) Three capacities include: Coping capacity Adaptive capacity Transformative capacity Figure: 3 capacities of social resilience (Draft: Rockenbauch) Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 5/15
2. What is our approach? Translocality Source: Greiner & Sakdapolrak 2013 Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 6/15
2. What is our approach? Translocality Source: Greiner & Sakdapolrak 2013 Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 7/15
3. Project structure Sopon Naruchaikusol Till Rockenbauch Luise Porst Simon Peth Vulnerability & resilience to climatic risks Migration networks & social resilience Social practices of translocality Kayly Ober Patrick Sakdapolrak Principal Investigator Governing translocal social resilience Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 8/15
4. Where do we carry out research? Areas of origin of migrants: Rice farming in Thailand (Source: Naruchaikusol) Rural areas in Thailand 4 sub-districts Flood in Central Thailand (Source: Naruchaikusol) Selection criteria: Risk exposure Rural livelihoods system Embeddedness in migration network Drought-prone area in NE-Thailand (Source: Sakdapolrak) Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 9/15
4. Where do we carry out research? Site selection: N & NE Region 51 villages in 8 provinces Semi-structured interviews with village heads 1:3,500,000 Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 10/15
4. Where do we carry out research? Areas of destination of migrants: Bangkok from above (Source: Naruchaikusol) Internal migration: Urban & industrial centers in Thailand Skyline of Singapore International migration: Singapore & Germany Thai restaurant in Düsseldorf (Source: Sakdapolrak) Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 11/15
5. Post-site selection insights Rural-urban mobility Land use change & cropping methods: i. rubber, sugarcane, cucumber, mango, cassava Variety of crops, NE Thailand (Source: Naruchaikusol) Cassava field, NE Thailand (Source: Porst) Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 12/15
5. Post-site selection insights Demographic implications: i. age structure, population size Child rearing by grandparents, N Thailand (Source: Porst) Silk production, NE Thailand (Source: Ober) Local sewing business, NE Thailand (Source: Ober) Socio-spatial implications: i. income diversification, risk reduction Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 13/15
5. Post-site selection insights Changing villagescape i. Visibility of migration money: house construction (size & style), transport network, infrastructure Construction and renovation of houses; different villages in NE Thailand (Source: Sakdapolrak) Spatial Impacts of Multilocality Dortmund, 18/09/2014 14/15
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