Unveiling the nexus: Understanding socio-ecological determinants of children’s sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change
Children in every corner of the globe face climate change challenges, including Tanzania. This study explores the socio-ecological factors that predisposed and made children more sensitive to climate change's impact in Longido District, Tanzania. The study was guided by social vulnerability, re...
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| description | Children in every corner of the globe face climate change challenges, including Tanzania. This study explores the socio-ecological factors that predisposed and made children more sensitive to climate change's impact in Longido District, Tanzania. The study was guided by social vulnerability, resilience, and intersectionality theories, among others, and employed the mixed-methods design comprising household survey and focus group discussions in data collection with a sample size of 123 respondents. The study's findings indicate that several social and ecological factors shape the impact of climate change on children, such as water stress, inundation, disease and pest outbreaks, food insufficiency, whirling of air, threats to livelihoods, drought, extreme heat, and many more. Also, this research revealed various strategies in which children's vulnerability to climate change is lessened. These include improving clean drinking water, sanitation, and health services, building schools, introducing climate-smart agriculture, and education. They aim to reduce and lessen climate change's effect on children in areas with the same characteristics. Therefore, the study recommends collaboration among policymakers, local authorities, and other players to implement integrated and location-specific strategies that address children's issues in climate change-affected regions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-741a02c2ebb04fdc8793d5474c42f34c2025-08-20T03:33:02ZengUniversitas AirlanggaIndonesian Journal of Social Sciences1978-760X2723-777X2025-06-01171314910.20473/ijss.v17i1.5737155536Unveiling the nexus: Understanding socio-ecological determinants of children’s sensitivity and vulnerability to climate changeLaurent Joseph0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3720-6515The Institute of Finance Management, TanzaniaChildren in every corner of the globe face climate change challenges, including Tanzania. This study explores the socio-ecological factors that predisposed and made children more sensitive to climate change's impact in Longido District, Tanzania. The study was guided by social vulnerability, resilience, and intersectionality theories, among others, and employed the mixed-methods design comprising household survey and focus group discussions in data collection with a sample size of 123 respondents. The study's findings indicate that several social and ecological factors shape the impact of climate change on children, such as water stress, inundation, disease and pest outbreaks, food insufficiency, whirling of air, threats to livelihoods, drought, extreme heat, and many more. Also, this research revealed various strategies in which children's vulnerability to climate change is lessened. These include improving clean drinking water, sanitation, and health services, building schools, introducing climate-smart agriculture, and education. They aim to reduce and lessen climate change's effect on children in areas with the same characteristics. Therefore, the study recommends collaboration among policymakers, local authorities, and other players to implement integrated and location-specific strategies that address children's issues in climate change-affected regions.https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/IJSS/article/view/57371socio-ecologicaldeterminantsvulnerabilitychildrenclimate changes impacts |
| spellingShingle | Laurent Joseph Unveiling the nexus: Understanding socio-ecological determinants of children’s sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change Indonesian Journal of Social Sciences socio-ecological determinants vulnerability children climate changes impacts |
| title | Unveiling the nexus: Understanding socio-ecological determinants of children’s sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change |
| title_full | Unveiling the nexus: Understanding socio-ecological determinants of children’s sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change |
| title_fullStr | Unveiling the nexus: Understanding socio-ecological determinants of children’s sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unveiling the nexus: Understanding socio-ecological determinants of children’s sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change |
| title_short | Unveiling the nexus: Understanding socio-ecological determinants of children’s sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change |
| title_sort | unveiling the nexus understanding socio ecological determinants of children s sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change |
| topic | socio-ecological determinants vulnerability children climate changes impacts |
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