CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND AGRICULTURAL LIVELIHOODS: PUBLIC IRRIGATION ACCESS IN NORTHEASTERN TUNISIA

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dc.contributor.advisorCrate, Susan A
dc.contributor.authorBoules, Caroline
dc.creatorBoules, Caroline
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-22T01:19:50Z
dc.date.available2018-10-22T01:19:50Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis doctoral dissertation is based on an interdisciplinary study of the adaptive capacity and resilience of agricultural communities in northeastern Tunisia, and the impacts that national economic policies and climate change have on adaptation. The analytical framework used is the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach to examine the linkages between adaptive capacity of farmers to environmental changes and different types of water access. While much of the existing work on this topic asserts that farmers who are in public irrigation systems are more resilient to environmental stressors, this research suggests that as a result of government policies and incentives, as well as intensifying environmental constraints, public irrigation in this context might not lead to an increase in adaptive capacity. The project is based on eight months of field work conducted in Tunis and the Cap Bon peninsula. It combines quantitative and qualitative methods and data analysis in a mixed methods approach.
dc.format.extent186 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/11257
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2017 Caroline Boules
dc.subjectEnvironmental studies
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectWater resources management
dc.subjectAgriculture
dc.subjectClimate change adaptation
dc.subjectLivelihoods
dc.subjectRural development
dc.subjectTunisia
dc.subjectWater management
dc.titleCLIMATE ADAPTATION AND AGRICULTURAL LIVELIHOODS: PUBLIC IRRIGATION ACCESS IN NORTHEASTERN TUNISIA
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Science and Public Policy
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelPh.D.

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