Impact of land restitution benefits on Water, Energy and Food (WEF) misgovernance and social injustice
Land restitution has been used to achieve redistributive justice. However, such social justice has been compromised by the misgovernance of water, energy, and food (WEF) which has resulted in distributive injustices and compromised welfare outcomes. The objective of the study was to ascertain the la...
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| description | Land restitution has been used to achieve redistributive justice. However, such social justice has been compromised by the misgovernance of water, energy, and food (WEF) which has resulted in distributive injustices and compromised welfare outcomes. The objective of the study was to ascertain the land restitution benefactor impacts on WEF misgovernance in lieu of offsetting social injustice. The study was carried out in Matatiele, Magareng and Greater Taung Local Municipalities in South Africa. A purposively selected sample of 1184 households was obtained through a cross-sectional survey using a semi-structured questionnaire. Vulnerability indices, independent sample t-tests and Propensity Score Matching were used to analyze the data. The results showed that land restitution beneficiaries were vulnerable to WEF misgovernance relative to social injustice. In addition, becoming a land restitution benefactor had a significant impact and increased the level of vulnerability to WEF misgovernance. This was mainly through increased exposure and sensitivity to WEF misgovernance. Benefiting from land restitution did not have an impact on vulnerability to WEF social injustice, even though exposure and adaptive capacity to social injustice were increased. The study concludes that benefiting from land restitution increased vulnerability to WEF misgovernance while having no impact on social injustice. The study recommends improving access and fixing dilapidated WEF infrastructure in land-restituted areas. Furthermore, there is a need to implement livelihood-improving programs in addition to social protection support to enhance access to WEF resources. Water, energy, and food (WEF) decision-making should be decentralized to improve participation, governance, and procedural justice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df8c206c2496491391eb60c60fdd8cd02024-04-07T04:36:46ZengElsevierEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators2665-97272024-06-0122100386Impact of land restitution benefits on Water, Energy and Food (WEF) misgovernance and social injusticeSaul Ngarava0Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsLand restitution has been used to achieve redistributive justice. However, such social justice has been compromised by the misgovernance of water, energy, and food (WEF) which has resulted in distributive injustices and compromised welfare outcomes. The objective of the study was to ascertain the land restitution benefactor impacts on WEF misgovernance in lieu of offsetting social injustice. The study was carried out in Matatiele, Magareng and Greater Taung Local Municipalities in South Africa. A purposively selected sample of 1184 households was obtained through a cross-sectional survey using a semi-structured questionnaire. Vulnerability indices, independent sample t-tests and Propensity Score Matching were used to analyze the data. The results showed that land restitution beneficiaries were vulnerable to WEF misgovernance relative to social injustice. In addition, becoming a land restitution benefactor had a significant impact and increased the level of vulnerability to WEF misgovernance. This was mainly through increased exposure and sensitivity to WEF misgovernance. Benefiting from land restitution did not have an impact on vulnerability to WEF social injustice, even though exposure and adaptive capacity to social injustice were increased. The study concludes that benefiting from land restitution increased vulnerability to WEF misgovernance while having no impact on social injustice. The study recommends improving access and fixing dilapidated WEF infrastructure in land-restituted areas. Furthermore, there is a need to implement livelihood-improving programs in addition to social protection support to enhance access to WEF resources. Water, energy, and food (WEF) decision-making should be decentralized to improve participation, governance, and procedural justice.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972724000540Land restitutionMisgovernancePropensity score matchingSocial injusticeVulnerabilityWater |
| spellingShingle | Saul Ngarava Impact of land restitution benefits on Water, Energy and Food (WEF) misgovernance and social injustice Environmental and Sustainability Indicators Land restitution Misgovernance Propensity score matching Social injustice Vulnerability Water |
| title | Impact of land restitution benefits on Water, Energy and Food (WEF) misgovernance and social injustice |
| title_full | Impact of land restitution benefits on Water, Energy and Food (WEF) misgovernance and social injustice |
| title_fullStr | Impact of land restitution benefits on Water, Energy and Food (WEF) misgovernance and social injustice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of land restitution benefits on Water, Energy and Food (WEF) misgovernance and social injustice |
| title_short | Impact of land restitution benefits on Water, Energy and Food (WEF) misgovernance and social injustice |
| title_sort | impact of land restitution benefits on water energy and food wef misgovernance and social injustice |
| topic | Land restitution Misgovernance Propensity score matching Social injustice Vulnerability Water |
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