Abstract:
The study explores essential ways to increase the resilience of periurban areas
is to invest in social capital by developing civic engagement mechanisms. It
advances the argument that climate change in peri-urban settings has affected
their resilience and adaptation. Zimbabweans’ livelihoods in peri-urban areas
depend mostly on the agro-industry. Furthermore, they depend on biofuels for
energy hence they need to build resilience to survive the impact of climate
change. This article makes use of a desktop study where it reviews available
literature cases and experiences in peri-urban communities in Zimbabwe and
beyond. Evidence from the sources show that research on climate change
resilience in peri-urban areas has been explored but not critically dissected the
implications of climate change on peri-urbanites and their livelihoods, hence
this study was done to formulate strategy on how to mitigate the impact and
build resilience. The study recommends the utilisation of social ties to improve
everyone's access to water. In the negotiation of water insecurity, cooperative
and familial norms are crucial. Their water security was enhanced by
providing fora for civic engagement and creating social capital. While peri urban water insecurity issues have attracted a lot of attention, little has been
written about the function of social capital in mediating water insecurity. While
researchers have been interested in how social capital plays a part in coping
with the effects of climate change, there has not been much research done in
a peri-urban setting, hence this study aims to close the knowledge gap.
Description:
The journal is a forum for the discussion of ideas, scholarly opinions and
case studies of community outreach and engagement. Communities are
both defined in terms of people found in a given locale and defined cohorts,
like the children, the youth, the elderly and those living with a disability.
The strongest view is that getting to know each community or
subcommunity is a function of their deliberate participation in matters
affecting them by the community itself. The journal is produced bi annually