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Assessing adaptive capacity and adaptation: insights from Samoan tourism operators

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dc.contributor.author Parsons, Meg
dc.contributor.author Brown, Cilla
dc.contributor.author Nalau, Johanna
dc.contributor.author Fisher, Karen
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-30T23:01:16Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-30T23:01:16Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.citation Meg Parsons, Cilla Brown, Johanna Nalau & Karen Fisher (2017): Assessing adaptive capacity and adaptation: insights from Samoan tourism operators, Climate and Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2017.1410082 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1756-5537
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/806
dc.description pages 644 -663 ; ill en_US
dc.description.abstract Many of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are known to be very vulnerable to climate change impacts. This is particularly so where national economies are highly dependent on tourism-related revenue. Yet, little is known of the adaptive capacities of tourism providers in SIDS and how they respond to climate variability and change. This research uses a case study of Samoa, a Pacific island nation, that is highly dependent on beach tourism and already vulnerable to a variety of natural hazards. The research examines the adaptive capacity of tourism operators in Samoa and the ways in which Fa‘asamoa (the Samoan way of life) is a fundamental part of how tourism operators plan for and respond to climate variability and extremes. The findings indicate that key components of adaptive capacity for Samoan tourism operators include their past experiences of extreme events, access to resources, social networks, and worldviews. In many cases, Samoan cultural values and socio-cultural governance systems play a critical role in how adaptation takes place. In the Samoan context, this means that an indigenous Samoan tourism operator is rarely one individual, but a part of a wider social network, which influences how a business can or cannot adapt to climate variability and change and hazards en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis Group en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Article in Climate and Development;Volume 10 Issue 7
dc.subject Adaptation en_US
dc.subject Small Islands en_US
dc.subject Pacific en_US
dc.subject Adaptive capacity en_US
dc.subject Cultural values en_US
dc.title Assessing adaptive capacity and adaptation: insights from Samoan tourism operators en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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