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Richard Duncombe
Pág. pp. 81 - 100 pgs.
This paper provides a contribution to theorizing information and communication technology (ICT) and development by applying a livelihoods approach. This is found to provide the basis not only for an information-centered understanding of ICTs but also a m...
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Maria Fernanda Gebara and Arun Agrawal
Through different policies and measures reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation and enhancing conservation (REDD+) has grown into a way to induce behavior change of forest managers and landowners in tropical countries. We argue that debates...
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Supattra Puttinaovarat and Paramate Horkaew
Green space areas are one of the key factors in people?s livelihoods. Their number and size have a significant impact on both the environment and people?s quality of life, including their health. Accordingly, government agencies often rely on information...
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Alinor Abdi Osman and Gumataw Kifle Abebe
This study investigates the phenomenon of forced displacement in Somalia over the past few decades and its implications for the livelihoods and food security of IDP communities. Employing a mixed-method approach, the study draws on various theories to in...
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Wang Bing, K M Safiqul Islam, Md. Miraj Hossen
Pág. 292 - 300
Climate change is a reality and, it affects the lives of poor and vulnerable people in developing countries like Bangladesh. In order to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable people, it is urgent to set up a link between environmental policy implementati...
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Akiko Sato and Yuliya Lyamzina
Since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, tremendous resources have been devoted to recovery, and the Japanese Government is gradually lifting evacuation orders. However, public concerns remain prevalent, affecting some people?s return to a normal life ...
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Courtney Work
Climate Change policies are playing an ever-increasing role in global development strategies and their implementation gives rise to often-unforeseen social conflicts and environmental degradations. A landscape approach to analyzing forest-based Climate C...
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George Lord Opoku-Antwi, Kwaku Amofah, Kofi Nyamaah-Koffuor
This paper aims to provide a comparative study on the Ghanaian small-scale gold mining industry in the Bibiani, Bolgatanga, Dunkwa and Tarkwa Districts of the Minerals Commission of Ghana. Variations in production, employment, number of licensed operator...
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Animesh K. Gain, Carlo Giupponi and Fabrice G. Renaud
Water is the primary medium through which climate change influences the Earth?s ecosystems and therefore people?s livelihoods and wellbeing. Besides climatic change, current demographic trends, economic development and related land use changes have direc...
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Darcy Mitchell,Tom Hobby
Non-timber forest resources (NTFRs) are increasingly recognized globally as important in supporting the livelihoods of forest-dependent, often Aboriginal communities, in fostering natural resource conservation, and in providing ecosystem services. As Bri...
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Bui Thi Bich Lien, Nguyen Thi Thanh Ngan, Pankaj Kumar, Trinh Trung Tri Dang, Tran Thi Kim Hong, Tran Van Ty, Ram Avtar and Huynh Vuong Thu Minh
Protected places such as nature reserves (NRs) are used to maintain ecological balance, biodiversity, and support surrounding ecosystems. However, the development and operation of infrastructure such as dikes and sluice gates in NRs, as seen in the Vietn...
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Ndamulelo Nembilwi, Hector Chikoore, Edmore Kori, Rendani B. Munyai and Tshilidzi C. Manyanya
Mopani District Municipality in the northeast of South Africa is largely semi-arid and frequently affected by meteorological droughts. The recent 2015/16 event had devastating impacts on water levels, crop yields, livestock herds and rural livelihoods. W...
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Sekela Twisa, Shija Kazumba, Mathew Kurian and Manfred F. Buchroithner
Understanding the variation in the hydrological response of a basin associated with land use changes is essential for developing management strategies for water resources. The impact of hydrological changes caused by expected land use changes may be seve...
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Moses Majid Limuwa, Bishal Kumar Sitaula, Friday Njaya and Trond Storebakken
The effects of climate change have negatively affected Malawi’s agricultural production. In this context, fisheries have been providing alternative livelihoods. However, there is a knowledge gap around the responses of small-scale fishers to climat...
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Carina Catiana Foppa,Giovanna Carla Barreto,Francisco Quintanilha Veras Neto,Rodrigo Pereira Medeiros
O processo de criação, implantação e gestão das Unidades de Conservação é permeado por um cenário de disputas, no qual direitos e interesses das comunidades tradicionais têm sido subtraídos. As dinâmicas que configuram os territórios tradicionais não têm...
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Nor Azlina Abu Bakar,Geoffrey Wall
Pág. 77 - 86
This study investigates the impacts of park establishment on communities and how institutional structures, such as customary laws, can influence communities? involvement in ecotourism. A sustainable livelihoods (SL) approach was adopted as a framework to...
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Elias Giannakis, Sophia Efstratoglou and Artemis Antoniades
Off-farm employment is an important strategy for complementing farm household income and maintaining rural livelihoods. A multilevel logistic regression model was applied to investigate the effect of farm-level and regional-level factors on off-farm empl...
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Stephanie Buechler, Debashish Sen, Neha Khandekar and Christopher A. Scott
Hydropower is often termed ?green energy? and proffered as an alternative to polluting coal-generated electricity for burgeoning cities and energy-insecure rural areas. India is the third largest coal producer in the world; it is projected to be the larg...
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Stephanie Buechler, Debashish Sen, Neha Khandekar, Christopher A. Scott
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Hydropower is often termed ?green energy? and proffered as an alternative to polluting coal-generated electricity for burgeoning cities and energy-insecure rural areas. India is the third largest coal producer in the world; it is projected to be the larg...
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Judith A. Cherni, Raúl Olalde Font, Lucía Serrano, Felipe Henao and Antonio Urbina
One way of increasing access to electricity for impoverished unconnected areas without adding significant amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere is by promoting renewable energy technologies. However, decision-makers rarely, if ever, take into accou...
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