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Investigating Environmental Migration And Other Rural Drought Adaptation Strategies In Baja California Sur, Mexico, Melissa Haeffner, Jacopo A. Baggio, Kathleen Galvin
Investigating Environmental Migration And Other Rural Drought Adaptation Strategies In Baja California Sur, Mexico, Melissa Haeffner, Jacopo A. Baggio, Kathleen Galvin
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This paper explores the relationship between specific household traits (region of residence, head of household occupation, financial diversity, female level of education, land and animal ownership, social capital, and climate perception) and choice of specific adaptation strategies used by households in two sites in Baja California Sur, Mexico, during a severe drought from 2006 to 2012 using survey data and key informant interviews. We analyzed the co-occurrence of household traits adopting different drought adaptation strategies, then applied Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to examine the relationship between traits and strategies and integrated interview data to understand how rancheros perceive associations. We …