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Increasing livelihood vulnerabilities to coastal erosion and wastewater intrusion: the political ecology of Thai aquaculture in peri-urban Bangkok

Marks, Danny ORCID: 0000-0003-0833-880X, Bayrak, Mucahid Mustafa ORCID: 0000-0001-7699-5575 and Connell, John ORCID: 0000-0003-0945-0684 (2023) Increasing livelihood vulnerabilities to coastal erosion and wastewater intrusion: the political ecology of Thai aquaculture in peri-urban Bangkok. Geographical Research . pp. 1-14. ISSN 1745-5871

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Abstract

Most livelihood research focuses on micro-level decisions affecting occupa-tions but fails to examine wider scale processes that shape markets, institu-tions, and thus livelihood choices. A political ecology framework can helpaddress this gap by providing ways to analyse how multi-scalar and extra-localpractices, policies, and discourses affect local-level socio-environmental out-comes. In the qualitative research reported here, that framework is applied toTha Kam, a peri-urban coastal sub-district of Bangkok, where most residentsare small-scale aquaculture farmers. These farmers have experienced precipi-tous drops in incomes because of two major environmental changes: coastalerosion and wastewater intrusion. The causes are multiple and complex, andmany originate not from practices within Tha Kham but from challenges pre-sent at a larger scale or that start upstream. The political and economic driversof these problems stem from Thailand’s fragmented vertical and horizontalgovernance structure, unequal class relations in which smallholder farmersand peri-urban residents are marginalised, and lack of accountability and rep-resentation. This combination of multi-scalar factors and power imbalanceshas contributed to evolving injustices of peri-urbanisation, all of which are pro-foundly geographical in their significance.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:coastal erosion; livelihood vulnerability; peri-urban Bangkok; Thai aquaculture; wastewater intrusion; water governance
Subjects:Social Sciences > Political science
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government
Research Initiatives and Centres > Water Institute
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12580
Copyright Information:© 2023 The Authors.
Funders:National Science and Technology Council, Grant/AwardNumbers:NSTC-111-2636-H003-011,NSTC-111-2636-H-003-011
ID Code:28031
Deposited On:20 Jan 2023 11:12 by Daniel Marks . Last Modified 24 Feb 2023 15:47

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