《《（si）social innovation and climate adaptation：Local collective action in diversifying》.pdf

Applied Geography 33 (2012) 128e134 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Applied Geography journal homepage: www.els /locate/apgeog Social innovation and climate adaptation: Local collective action in diversifying Tanzania Daivi Rodima-Taylor African Studies Center, Boston University, 232 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02115, USA a b s t r a c t Keywords: In African communities, informal associations are becoming increasingly important in shaping and Adaptation mediating local adaptation practices. The study suggests that the concept of social innovation is useful for Climate change analyzing climate adaptation in the multiscale institutional environments with complex vulnerability Social innovation Institutions contexts. Small-scale local associations have a potential to facilitate collective experimentation and risk Diversification management, contributing to the resilience and sustainability of the social-ecological system. Ethno- Tanzania graphic focus is on the informal associations of economic cooperation and dispute mediation of Kuria people of northwest Tanzania, and the ways these institutional forms facilitate resource management and the negotiation of difference under income diversification. Organizational features of the groups