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Perceived
drought intensity

3

2

Social assets Physical assets

1

0

1990
2010

Cultural Assets Financial assets

Environmental
assets (grazing)

Environmental
assets (water)

Figure 14.1 Bedu perceptions of drought intensity and assessments of key
livelihood strategy indicators, Badia steppe region of Syria, 1990 and 2010 (source:
fieldwork by Jakob Kronik, December 2010, 63 Bedu men and women in the Syrian
Rangeland, the Badia)

Climate
change
adaptive
capacity

a)

3

Cultural
assets

Physical
assets

2

1

0

Financial
assets

Social assets

Human
assets

Environmental
assets (water)

The Past

Climate
change
adaptive
capacity

b)

The
Present

3

The Future

Cultural
assets

Physical
assets

2

1

0

Financial
assets

Social assets

Human
assets

Environmental
assets (water)

Figure 14.2 Production conditions under climate change pressure: perceived
climate change adaptive capacity and livelihood assets, in semi-arid and arid Tunisia
(a) areas with access to oasis management and (b) without access to oasis management
(source: fieldwork by Jakob Kronik, November 2011, 51 men and women in the
central and southern regions of Tunisia)