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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Sustainable Livelihoods Framework"”.
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Resettlement, household vulnerability, livelihood adaptation and opportunities in Ethiopia : a case study of the Metema resettlement area
… risk lens through the application of the sustainable livelihoods framework. Specifically, the study sought to examine the vulnerability and risk context of resettled households. It also aimed to investigate the ways in which household livelihoods are configured and differentiated in the …
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A qualitative exploration of Latino immigrant integration in the rural Midwest : long-term resident and immigrant perspectives
… a social constructivist paradigm, utilizing the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework and Interactive Acculturation Model. Focus groups were conducted with 28 participants (11 long-term community residents, 17 Latino immigrant newcomers) in a small farming community. Data were analyzed using thematic …
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Mopane worm use, livelihoods and environmental change in Limpopo Province, South Africa
… contribution of mopane worm harvesting to rural livelihoods, and the effects of environmental change on mopane worm harvesting in rural households in order to understand how households attain sustainable livelihoods under different tenure types in rural areas in Limpopo Province, South Africa. …
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An investigation of poor women's micropreneurship and their experiences of microfinance in rural south-east Nigeria.
… interviews were analysed thematically using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) to develop insight about the many complexities of livelihoods of rural women entrepreneurs. The study therefore contributes to business scholarship by improving our understanding the perceptions and …
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An assessment of the effects of the shortage of water supply in Vhembe District
… Municipality. The study is grounded on the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework. This study was conducted along the qualitative dictates and interpretive paradigm. A phenomenology research design guided this study. A structured interviewed guide was used to collect data from 20 participants in …
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Transforming the living standards of the old aged people of Namibia through social grants: A case of Omagongati village, Oshana region
… Region. The research is also embedded within the Sustainable Livelihoods framework (SLF) by Scoones (1998). The study adopts the qualitative methodology and utilizes the phenomenological design to outline the effects of social grant to the living standards of each participant. To garner the …
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The role of Hout Bay craft markets in sustaining the livelihoods of Zimbabwean traders
… Bay as a means of survival and livelihood. The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) was used as a theoretical lens through which to examine the livelihood strategies of Zimbabwean refugees as a means of survival. With regard to the selection of research design the mixed methods approach was …
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Climate-related risks and coastal livelihoods: lived realities, gender and adaptation
… presented by a changing climate onto their livelihoods. This research examines the nexuses between natural resource dependency, livelihoods and gender within the broader socio-economic and political landscape of South Africa. A qualitative research design was employed, particularly a case …
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Mainstreaming Water Energy Food Nexus thinking and drought preparedness into local municipal planning: An analysis in the Bergrivier Municipality
… literature based on water-energy-food nexus, the sustainable livelihoods framework and drought. Given that natural disasters such as drought tend to affect water, energy and food, it is important to understand how municipal policy is set to try to manage these drought impacts and the …
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Analyzing the intersection of climate vulnerability and household food insecurity in northern ghana: a sustainable livelihoods approach
… households depend on natural resource-based livelihoods, and have the weakest ability to adapt to the impacts, rendering them more vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. The Northern Ghana region is characterised by high incidence of poverty and food insecurity among rural …
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Livelihood and land-use choices of Papua New Guinean landowners, and implications for decisions relevant to commercial tree growing
… insights from the Hierarchical Needs Theory, Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, and Farmer Adoption-Decision Framework enabled development of a conceptual model, the 'PNG Landowner Decision Environment'. This model was used to assess landowners' attitudes and behaviour relevant to the use of …
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Livelihood and land-use choices of Papua New Guinean landowners, and implications for decisions relevant to commercial tree growing
… insights from the Hierarchical Needs Theory, Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, and Farmer Adoption-Decision Framework enabled development of a conceptual model, the 'PNG Landowner Decision Environment'. This model was used to assess landowners' attitudes and behaviour relevant to the use of …
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Human Security in a Post-conflict Livelihoods Change Context: Case of Buni Yadi Northeast Nigeria
… investigates the extent to which post-conflict livelihoods change may contribute to conflict recurrence and a threat to human security. Post-conflict livelihoods studies (e.g. Jacobson 2002, 2005; Karf 2003; Werker 2007; Porter et al. 2008; Amirthalingam and Lakshman 2009, 2010) have for too …
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The nature of choice: unraveling individual decision-making for climate-adaptation, science-participation, and environmental stewardship in Mexico
… decision making that constrain or enable livelihoods, for science-policy outcomes and environmental behaviors. This research draws on traditional frameworks for behavior change but integrates novel concepts that have been established in other fields as influencing choice. Though the …