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Demo-livelihoods theoretical framework: microdemographics mediating livelihoods over frontier stages in the Amazon
The sustainability of livelihoods and food security by small-scale colonists in the Amazon have been associated with the dynamics of land use and...
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Do Institutions Affect Wetland-Dependent Livelihoods? Experience from Deepor Beel, Assam, India
Institutions are essential in sha** laws, rules, incentives, and governance structures for enhancing the livelihood of wetland dependents....
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The Effects of Oil Rig Decommissioning on the Livelihoods of Fishermen: Lessons from the Saltpond Oil and Gas Field, Ghana
Decommissioning of offshore petroleum installations is innately risky and adversely affects the livelihoods of fishing communities’ dependent on...
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Assessing the Impacts of Dam Construction on the Livelihoods of Swidden Farmers in Pinlaung, Southern Shan State, Myanmar
We focus on the impact of the construction of a new dam on the traditional farming-based livelihoods of mountain dwellers in Pinlaung, Southern Shan...
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Limits to blue economy: challenges to accessing fishing livelihoods in Ghana’s port communities
The blue economy concept has drawn global attention to the maritime economy, recognising expanding maritime industries such as ship** as crucial...
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Effects of COVID-19 on the Livelihoods of Women with Disabilities in Zimbabwe: A Study of Three Low-Income Areas in Harare Metropolitan Province
This study documents how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the livelihoods of women with disabilities in three low-income urban areas of Zimbabwe’s...
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No water, no job? Water scarcity, marginal farmers and livelihoods in Eastern India
A pivotal way that climate is affecting agriculture is through uncertainty of rainfall, water scarcity, enhanced risk of agriculture and lower...
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Gender analysis of access and control of resources and livelihoods in pastoral livelihood systems: the case of Kurikuri Community land in Laikipia County, Kenya
The differentiation of gender roles is highly prevalent in pastoral societies and often results in women and men having unequal access and control...
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The effects of environmental and non-environmental shocks on livelihoods and migration in Tanzania
Disruptive events and calamities can have major consequences for households in the predominantly agrarian communities of Eastern Africa. Here, we...
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The effects of urban sprawl on the livelihoods of settler communities: lessons from selected municipalities in Ghana
The unlimited outward and uncontrolled expansion of cities which connotes urban sprawl has been a major urban development issue over the years in the...
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Salinizing livelihoods: the political ecology of brackish water shrimp aquaculture in South India
The growth of brackish water aquaculture globally and in India is driven by a discourse that naturalizes salinity and sees aquaculture as an...
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Fishing Livelihoods and Fisheries Governance
This book centres on an understanding of fishing livelihoods within processes of historical change, and the social and political relationships within...
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on livelihoods of informal workers in Kolkata: from sustainable livelihood perspective
The COVID-19 pandemic was not only a global health emergency but an economic crisis, adversely impacting global economic activities and posing a...
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Fishing Livelihoods and Wellbeing
The final chapter of this book discusses the implications of a relational approach to fishing livelihoods for governance for improved social and...
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Fishing Livelihoods and Social Diversity
This chapter shifts scale from Chap. 2 to focus on the local context and analyse the everyday sets of social...
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Impact of offshore petroleum extraction and “ocean grabbing” on small-scale fisheries and coastal livelihoods in Ghana
In recent years, there has been increasing scholarly attention to the relationship between offshore oil extraction and the well-being of communities...
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Making a living out of illegality: effects of street vending on the livelihoods of street vendors in the central business district of Accra
The activities of street vendors in the city setting is a complex issue in the global south. Over the years, researchers have focused on the negative...
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Where do we go for our livelihoods? Conflicts over access, ownership and control of natural resources in the Mole National Park, Ghana
Globally, Natural Resource (NR) stocks have been the cause of conflicts motivated by livelihoods considerations and the non-inclusion of community...
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Youth, Livelihoods, and Complex Realities in a Former Migrant Labour Reserve in North-western Zimbabwe
This paper explores youth livelihoods and dynamics of livelihood building in a former migrant labour reserve in north-western Zimbabwe. Drawing on...
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Perceptions of climate change and local responses on livelihoods: the case of people around the Mambioko community forest
Forest provides services, directly linked to micro and macro environment, water and soil resources, plants and animals' diversity, food production...
