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Local leaders' perception on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen

This study aims to explore the local leaders’ perceptions on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen. This study is quantitative in nature which used a questionnaire that was developed based on the International Union Conservation of Nature community adaptive...

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Main Authors: Man, Norsida, Saharrudin, Nurul Farhana, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56606/1/Local%20leaders%27%20perception%20on%20the%20adaptive%20capacity%20towards%20climate%20change%20impacts%20among%20small%20scale%20fishermen.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.566062017-08-03T05:16:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56606/ Local leaders' perception on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen Man, Norsida Saharrudin, Nurul Farhana Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril This study aims to explore the local leaders’ perceptions on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen. This study is quantitative in nature which used a questionnaire that was developed based on the International Union Conservation of Nature community adaptive capacity framework. Multi-stage cluster sampling was employed resulting in the selection of 300 small scale fishermen from Pengkalan Chepa and Batu Pahat as respondents. Results have shown that local leaders perceived that the small scale fishermen had possessed strong adaptation in three aspects, namely, in terms of the capacity to experiment and learn, community assets and flexibility. A number of discussions have been highlighted in this paper which would hopefully further add understanding on the views of local leaders on adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen in Malaysia. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56606/1/Local%20leaders%27%20perception%20on%20the%20adaptive%20capacity%20towards%20climate%20change%20impacts%20among%20small%20scale%20fishermen.pdf Man, Norsida and Saharrudin, Nurul Farhana and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril (2017) Local leaders' perception on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 7 (6). pp. 63-72. ISSN 2222-6990 http://hrmars.com/index.php/journals/detail/8 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i6/2944
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description This study aims to explore the local leaders’ perceptions on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen. This study is quantitative in nature which used a questionnaire that was developed based on the International Union Conservation of Nature community adaptive capacity framework. Multi-stage cluster sampling was employed resulting in the selection of 300 small scale fishermen from Pengkalan Chepa and Batu Pahat as respondents. Results have shown that local leaders perceived that the small scale fishermen had possessed strong adaptation in three aspects, namely, in terms of the capacity to experiment and learn, community assets and flexibility. A number of discussions have been highlighted in this paper which would hopefully further add understanding on the views of local leaders on adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen in Malaysia.
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author Man, Norsida
Saharrudin, Nurul Farhana
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
spellingShingle Man, Norsida
Saharrudin, Nurul Farhana
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Local leaders' perception on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen
author_facet Man, Norsida
Saharrudin, Nurul Farhana
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
author_sort Man, Norsida
title Local leaders' perception on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen
title_short Local leaders' perception on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen
title_full Local leaders' perception on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen
title_fullStr Local leaders' perception on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen
title_full_unstemmed Local leaders' perception on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen
title_sort local leaders' perception on the adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts among small scale fishermen
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56606/1/Local%20leaders%27%20perception%20on%20the%20adaptive%20capacity%20towards%20climate%20change%20impacts%20among%20small%20scale%20fishermen.pdf
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