Understanding resilience dimensions and adaptive strategies to the impact of recurrent droughts in Borana Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: A grounded theory approach

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Birhanu, Zewdie ^a   Ambelu, Argaw ^a   Berhanu, Negalign ^a   Tesfaye, Abraraw ^a   Woldemichael, Kifle ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Borana; Coping strategies; Disasters; Ethiopia; Pastoralists; Recurrent droughts; Resilience; Shocks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COPING STRATEGY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; PASTORALISM;

COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; DROUGHT; ETHIOPIA; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LIVESTOCK; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL WORK; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

BORANA; ETHIOPIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DISASTERS; DROUGHTS; ETHIOPIA; FARMERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85011017849     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14020118     Document Type: Article

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