Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaClimate actions in the face of severe drought: The case of rural coastal communities in central Chile
This research aims to understand and describe perceptions and actions of rural inhabitants challenged by severe drought and climate change affecting Chile’s central areas. It considers the cases of Santa Julia and Valle Alegre, two rural communities within the coastal city of Quintero. This area is...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2024
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| description | This research aims to understand and describe perceptions and actions of rural inhabitants challenged by severe drought and climate change affecting Chile’s central areas. It considers the cases of Santa Julia and Valle Alegre, two rural communities within the coastal city of Quintero. This area is inhabited by family agricultural households impacted by drought conditions in the last decades and close to several polluting industries. The analysis is based on the sense-making theoretical model to explain the problems that affect people’s everyday lives and their attempts to solve them by means of information produced with their own resources, within their communities and with the support of state and private agents. Between November and December 2021, the authors carried out in-depth interviews with 13 informants from both communities. The research findings suggest that severe drought leads to discontinuities both in their productive activities and community and family ties. In their search for solutions, both communities struggle with weak social bonds when attempting to organize collective action. Furthermore, they distrust local companies’ and neighbors’ help. People thus feel insecure about the future and hope that seasonal rains eventually return. In the meantime, they try to adapt and mitigate environmental impacts with the help of some public and international institutions and the application of agricultural innovations.
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| spelling | iconos-article-59622024-05-01T16:12:05Z Climate actions in the face of severe drought: The case of rural coastal communities in central Chile Acciones climáticas frente a la sequía severa: el caso de comunidades rurales costeras del Chile central Ações climáticas frente à seca severa: o caso das comunidades rurais costeiras no centro do Chile Reyes-García , Pedro Jofré , David agriculture climate change Chile rural communities drought sense-making agricultura mudança climática Chile comunidades rurais seca sense-making agricultura cambio climático Chile comunidades rurales sequía sense-making This research aims to understand and describe perceptions and actions of rural inhabitants challenged by severe drought and climate change affecting Chile’s central areas. It considers the cases of Santa Julia and Valle Alegre, two rural communities within the coastal city of Quintero. This area is inhabited by family agricultural households impacted by drought conditions in the last decades and close to several polluting industries. The analysis is based on the sense-making theoretical model to explain the problems that affect people’s everyday lives and their attempts to solve them by means of information produced with their own resources, within their communities and with the support of state and private agents. Between November and December 2021, the authors carried out in-depth interviews with 13 informants from both communities. The research findings suggest that severe drought leads to discontinuities both in their productive activities and community and family ties. In their search for solutions, both communities struggle with weak social bonds when attempting to organize collective action. Furthermore, they distrust local companies’ and neighbors’ help. People thus feel insecure about the future and hope that seasonal rains eventually return. In the meantime, they try to adapt and mitigate environmental impacts with the help of some public and international institutions and the application of agricultural innovations. En el presente artículo se describen las percepciones y acciones que realizan habitantes rurales frente a la severa sequía y al cambio climático que afectan la zona central de Chile. Para ello se escogieron Santa Julia y Valle Alegre, dos localidades de agricultura familiar en la comuna costera de Quintero, perjudicadas por una prolongada sequía en las últimas décadas y cuya ubicación está próxima a varias industrias contaminantes. Se aplica el modelo teórico de sense-making para explicar los problemas que enfrentan estas personas en sus vidas diarias y cómo intentan resolverlos buscando información mediante sus propios recursos, en sus comunidades y con el apoyo de entidades estatales y privadas. Se realizaron entrevistas en profundidad entre noviembre y diciembre de 2021 a 13 informantes de ambas localidades. Los hallazgos muestran que la sequía prolongada produce problemas tanto en sus actividades agropecuarias como en su vida comunitaria y familiar. En la búsqueda de soluciones estas personas se enfrentan a una desarticulación comunitaria que dificulta acciones colectivas, y desconfían de las ayudas que puedan brindar empresas locales y vecinos. Se constata un sentimiento de inseguridad respecto al futuro, con la esperanza puesta en el eventual regreso de las lluvias estacionales, mientras se adaptan y mitigan impactos ambientales con el apoyo de algunas instituciones públicas e internacionales y mediante la aplicación de innovaciones agrícolas. Este artigo descreve as percepções e ações realizadas pelos habitantes rurais diante da grave seca e das mudanças climáticas que afetam a região central do Chile. Com esse fim, foram escolhidas Santa Julia e Valle Alegre, duas cidades de agricultura familiar da comuna costeira de Quintero, afetadas por uma seca prolongada nas últimas décadas e cuja localização é próxima a diversas indústrias poluentes. O modelo teórico de sense-making é aplicado para explicar os problemas que essas pessoas enfrentam no seu dia a dia e como tentam resolvê-los buscando informações através de recursos próprios, em suas comunidades e com o apoio de entidades estatais e privadas. Foram realizadas entrevistas em profundidade entre novembro e dezembro de 2021 com 13 informantes de ambas as localidades. As conclusões mostram que a seca prolongada produz problemas tanto nas suas atividades agrícolas como na sua vida comunitária e familiar. Na busca por soluções, essas pessoas enfrentam um deslocamento comunitário que dificulta as ações coletivas e desconfiam da ajuda que as empresas locais e os vizinhos podem oferecer. Existe um sentimento de insegurança relativamente ao futuro, com esperança colocada no eventual regresso das chuvas sazonais, enquanto os impactos ambientais são adaptados e mitigados com o apoio de algumas instituições públicas e internacionais e através da aplicação de inovações agrícolas. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2024-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html text/xml application/epub+zip audio/mpeg https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/5962 10.17141/iconos.79.2024.5962 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 79 (2024): Alimentación y gentrificación: aproximaciones desde América Latina; 185-205 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 79 (2024): Alimentação e gentrificação: abordagens desde a América Latina; 185-205 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 79 (2024): Food and gentrification: Observations from Latin America; 185-205 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/5962/4575 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/5962/4596 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/5962/4597 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/5962/4611 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/5962/4622 Derechos de autor 2024 Pedro Reyes-García , David Jofré https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Reyes-García , Pedro Jofré , David Climate actions in the face of severe drought: The case of rural coastal communities in central Chile |
| title | Climate actions in the face of severe drought: The case of rural coastal communities in central Chile |
| title_full | Climate actions in the face of severe drought: The case of rural coastal communities in central Chile |
| title_fullStr | Climate actions in the face of severe drought: The case of rural coastal communities in central Chile |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate actions in the face of severe drought: The case of rural coastal communities in central Chile |
| title_short | Climate actions in the face of severe drought: The case of rural coastal communities in central Chile |
| title_sort | climate actions in the face of severe drought: the case of rural coastal communities in central chile |
| url | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/5962 |