Indigenous perceptions of climate anomalies in Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: VAN GEVELT, Terry, ABOK, H., BENNETT, M. M., FAM, S. D., GEORGE, F., KULATHURAMAIYER, N., LOW, C. T., ZAMANE, T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Climate change; Climate anomalies; Indigenous communities; Perceptions; Adaptation; Sarawak; Asian Studies; Urban Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/62; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1061/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0959378019304583_main.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Local perceptions of climate anomalies influence adaptation behaviour. Specifically, perceptions that are more accurate and homogenous at the community-level are more likely to facilitate the collective action required to adapt to the local effects of climate anomalies experienced by many indigenous...