Livelihoods and coping strategies based on migration for families affected by environmental deteriorations in high andean communities «There’s no life here; that’s why they went away»

Livelihoods and coping strategies based on migration for families affected by environmental deteriorations in high andean communities «There’s no life here; that’s why they went away»

In Andean communities, many families whose livelihoods depend on farming and raising livestock are exposed to increasing degradation of their ecosystem and to food insecurity. The objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which families use migration strategies, based on multi residence an...

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Autores principales: Cavagnoud, Robin, Aramburú, Carlos Eduardo
Formato: Online
Idioma:eng
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Instituto de Ciencias de la Naturaleza, Territorio y Energías Renovables (INTE-PUCP) 2020
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/Kawsaypacha/article/view/21778
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Livelihoods and coping strategies based on migration for families affected by environmental deteriorations in high andean communities «There’s no life here; that’s why they went away»
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Aramburú, Carlos Eduardo
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title Livelihoods and coping strategies based on migration for families affected by environmental deteriorations in high andean communities «There’s no life here; that’s why they went away»
title_short Livelihoods and coping strategies based on migration for families affected by environmental deteriorations in high andean communities «There’s no life here; that’s why they went away»
title_full Livelihoods and coping strategies based on migration for families affected by environmental deteriorations in high andean communities «There’s no life here; that’s why they went away»
title_fullStr Livelihoods and coping strategies based on migration for families affected by environmental deteriorations in high andean communities «There’s no life here; that’s why they went away»
title_full_unstemmed Livelihoods and coping strategies based on migration for families affected by environmental deteriorations in high andean communities «There’s no life here; that’s why they went away»
title_sort livelihoods and coping strategies based on migration for families affected by environmental deteriorations in high andean communities «there’s no life here; that’s why they went away»
description In Andean communities, many families whose livelihoods depend on farming and raising livestock are exposed to increasing degradation of their ecosystem and to food insecurity. The objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which families use migration strategies, based on multi residence and migratory circulation, to diversity their sources of income and mitigate the consequences of ecological degradation on their living conditions. The results are part of a socio-demographic research conducted in 2015 and 2016, which focused on domestic strategies for addressing environmental problems in a sample of 203 families living in five high Andean communities around Lake Titicaca. Most of families have migrant members and young adults between ages 20 and 35 represent the largest number of them. Nevertheless, their departure does not constitute an explicit form of adaptation to the ecological degradation. The quest for better conditions and opportunities in urban territories as well as interests related to their life stage and cycle, are the main determinants of their migration decisions. Despite the ecological problems affecting families, the desire for personal autonomy of the migrants is the main impetus for migration and there is no family organization based on multi residence and circular migration as an explicit livelihood for adaptation to environmental deterioration in rural areas.
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spelling oai:revistaspuc:article-217782022-03-10T13:30:45Z Livelihoods and coping strategies based on migration for families affected by environmental deteriorations in high andean communities «There’s no life here; that’s why they went away» Medios de vida y estrategias de adaptación basados en la migración por familias afectadas por los deterioros ambientales en comunidades alto andinas «Ya no hay vida aquí; por eso se fueron.» Cavagnoud, Robin Aramburú, Carlos Eduardo Vulnerability Livelihoods Family Migration Lake Titicaca Peru Vulnerabilidad Medios de vida Familia Migración Lago Titicaca Perú In Andean communities, many families whose livelihoods depend on farming and raising livestock are exposed to increasing degradation of their ecosystem and to food insecurity. The objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which families use migration strategies, based on multi residence and migratory circulation, to diversity their sources of income and mitigate the consequences of ecological degradation on their living conditions. The results are part of a socio-demographic research conducted in 2015 and 2016, which focused on domestic strategies for addressing environmental problems in a sample of 203 families living in five high Andean communities around Lake Titicaca. Most of families have migrant members and young adults between ages 20 and 35 represent the largest number of them. Nevertheless, their departure does not constitute an explicit form of adaptation to the ecological degradation. The quest for better conditions and opportunities in urban territories as well as interests related to their life stage and cycle, are the main determinants of their migration decisions. Despite the ecological problems affecting families, the desire for personal autonomy of the migrants is the main impetus for migration and there is no family organization based on multi residence and circular migration as an explicit livelihood for adaptation to environmental deterioration in rural areas. En las comunidades andinas, muchas familias cuyos medios de vida dependen de la agricultura y la ganadería están expuestas a una degradación creciente de su ecosistema y a la inseguridad alimentaria. El objetivo de este artículo es examinar en qué medida las familias utilizan estrategias de migración, basadas en la multi residencia y la migración circular, para diversificar sus fuentes de ingresos y mitigar las consecuencias de la degradación ecológica en sus condiciones de vida. Los resultados son parte de una investigación sociodemográfica realizada en 2015 y 2016, que se centró en las estrategias domésticas para enfrentar los problemas ambientales, en una muestra de 203 familias que viven en cinco comunidades altoandinas alrededor del lago Titicaca. La mayoría de las familias tienen miembros migrantes y los adultos jóvenes entre 20 y 35 años representan el mayor número de ellos. Sin embargo, su salida no constituye una forma explícita de adaptación a las degradaciones ecológicas. La búsqueda de mejores condiciones y oportunidades en los territorios urbanos, así como los intereses relacionados con su etapa y ciclo de vida, son los principales determinantes de sus decisiones migratorias. A pesar de los problemas ecológicos que afectan a las familias, el deseo de autonomía personal de los migrantes es el principal factor para la migración y no existe una organización familiar basada en la multi residencia y la migración circular como un medio de vida explícito que apunta a la adaptación frente al deterioro ambiental en las zonas rurales. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Instituto de Ciencias de la Naturaleza, Territorio y Energías Renovables (INTE-PUCP) 2020-02-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/Kawsaypacha/article/view/21778 10.18800/kawsaypacha.201902.003 Revista Kawsaypacha: sociedad y medio ambiente; Núm. 4 (2019); 47-74 2709-3689 2523-2894 eng https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/Kawsaypacha/article/view/21778/21297 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

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