scholarly journals Sustainable livelihood framework-based assessment of drought resilience patterns of rural households of Bakhtegan basin, Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 107817
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Nasrnia ◽  
Niloofar Ashktorab
Keyword(s):  
Rural Households ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Drought Resilience ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Framework

scholarly journals An Examination of Rural Homestay Operations through the Lens of the Sustainable Livelihood Framework: A Case Study of Phou Khao Khouay National Park Community-Based Tourism (PKK NP CBT), Lao PDR

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Khamsavay Pasanchay
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Culture Shock ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Framework ◽  
The Government

<p>In many developing countries, Community-Based Tourism (CBT) is regarded as a sustainable tourism development tool as well as a catalyst for rural community development through the involvement of local people and the improvement of the standard of living. To extend the involvement of the local community in CBT, homestay tourism is a form of operation unit and its concept aims to facilitate individual household social-cultural and economic benefit from CBT directly. Although homestays are widely regarded as providing better livelihoods directly to the homestay operators, it is not clear to what extent homestay operations actually contribute to the sustainable livelihood of homestay operators when considering the wider livelihood implications. This research seeks to explore this gap by analysing homestay operators through the lens of Sustainable Livelihood theory (Scoones, 1998). This research adopts a post-positivist paradigm with qualitative methodology. Taking a case study approach, semi-structured interviews and observations were employed to collect primary data from community leaders, heads and deputy heads of the tourist guides, and homestay operators themselves.  Results of the study found that although homestay tourism was initially established by the government. The study also found the main characteristics of the homestay operation are in a small size with a limitation of bedrooms, and a few family members involved in hosting tourists, which are husband, wife, and an adult child. All of these people are unpaid labour but receive benefits from the sharing of food and shelter. The study also uncovered that cash-based income, gender empowerment enhancement, and environmental enhancement were the positive impacts of homestay tourism on the livelihoods of the homestay operators, and these positive livelihood outcomes were in line with the original sustainable livelihood framework. In addition, cultural revitalisation was found as an emerged indicator of the sustainable livelihood outcomes, which was used to extend the revised framework. However, the study discovered that opportunity costs, culture shock, and conflict with villagers were negative implications affecting sustainable livelihood outcomes of the homestay operators. The revised Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLF) suggests that if these negative implications are mitigated, the overall livelihood outcomes will be even greater. The results of this study are expected to provide a deeper understanding of how the impacts of homestay tourism on the sustainable livelihood of the homestay operators.</p>

scholarly journals Rural Households’ Livelihood Strategy Choice and Livelihood Diversity of Main Ethnic Minorities in Chongqing, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8166
Author(s):  
Shuxin Mao ◽  
Sha Qiu ◽  
Tao Li ◽  
Mingfang Tang
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Rural Household ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Livelihood Strategy ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Household Livelihood ◽  
Livelihood Capitals

Rural household livelihood research of ethnic minorities is urgent to the development of ethnic areas in China and achieve the world poverty reduction goal. To improve ethnic rural household livelihood, it is fundamental to figure out what are the types, characteristics as well as impact factors of their livelihood strategies. In the study, we explored the household livelihood strategy choices and livelihood diversity of the main ethnic minorities (Tujia and Miao) in Chongqing, as well as how livelihood capitals impact livelihood strategy through methods of clustering, livelihood diversity index and multiple logistic regression under the framework of sustainable livelihood approach. The results show that: (1) Full-time job, both full-time and part-time job, part-time agriculture, part-time job and subsidized livelihood strategy are livelihood strategies adopted by Tujia and Miao rural households in Chongqing, China. (2) The characteristics of the identified livelihood strategies are diversified and various in natural, financial, human and finance capital. (3) A number of livelihood capitals impact the way that household choose their livelihood strategies, but the livelihood capitals have no significant impact on the livelihood diversity. By detailed analysis of the characteristic of rural ethnic household livelihood strategy, especial livelihood diversity, the research enriched sustainable livelihood literature and provided useful information for policymakers and practitioners in designing effective programs for regional sustainable development and ecological protection.

Impact assessment in the Sustainable Livelihood Framework

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 1019-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fédes van Rijn ◽  
Kees Burger ◽  
Eefje den Belder
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Framework

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS ASSOCIATED WITH TOURISM IN THE CAM MOUNTAIN TOURIST AREA AN GIANG PROVINCE, VIETNAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
To Minh Chau
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods ◽  
Local People ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Development ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Framework ◽  
The Uk

Learning about socio-economic development in Vietnam recently, the issue of livelihoods and sustainable livelihoods has become a research target with many different approaches. Based on the theory of sustainable livelihood framework put forward by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the article outlines the sources of livelihood capital of local people. With the method of sociological investigation, statistics and data analysis, the article has presented the types of sustainable livelihoods associated with tourism in the Cam Mountain tourist area, An Giang province. This study also wants to replicate the types of sustainable livelihoods associated with tourism in terms of scale and quality to contribute to the economic, social, and environmental development of the locality. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0820/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Impacts Assessment of a Solar Energy Project under the Perspective of Sustainable Livelihood with Wenhai Village, Lijiang as an Example

2013 ◽  
Vol 860-863 ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
Hao Kun Song
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Participatory Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Financial Assets ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
The Social ◽  
Analytical Perspective ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Framework

s: In this Article, the author took the solar energy project of Wenhai Village, Lijiang as an example, comprehensively analyzed the impacts of the solar energy project on the sustainable livelihood of the community from the analytical perspective of sustainable livelihood framework by participatory development and evaluation of indicators. The evaluation results indicated that the solar energy project had significantly positive impacts on the community. The project had relatively greater effects in increasing the social assets, financial assets and human assets of the community. While conducting case analysis, the author also explored the approaches and operation processes for sustainable livelihood framework in community development projects. Research Background

scholarly journals Grassland Subsidies Increase the Number of Livestock on the Tibetan Plateau: Why Does the “Payment for Ecosystem Services” Policy Have the Opposite Outcome?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6208
Author(s):  
Yan Yu ◽  
Ya Wu ◽  
Pan Wang ◽  
Yili Zhang ◽  
Liang Emlyn Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Grassland Degradation ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Payment For Ecosystem Services

The Grassland Ecological Protection Award Policy was implemented to address severe grassland degradation in China. This policy utilizes grassland subsidies as an incentive to control the number of livestock and has become the largest payment for ecosystem services program. Although many studies have analyzed the performance of this policy, it remains controversial as to whether grassland subsidies are effective at reducing the number of livestock; moreover, there is still a lack of quantitative studies on the roles of household livelihood assets and livelihood strategies in reducing the number of livestock. On the basis of the sustainable livelihood framework, this paper constructed an analytical framework to research how grassland subsidies affect the number of livestock under the effects of different livelihood capitals and local socioecological contexts. After choosing the Pumqu River Basin of the Tibetan Plateau as the research area, this study classified sample households on the basis of grassland sizes and then examined the effects of grassland subsidies on the number of livestock of different groups of rural households by considering livelihood capital. The results showed that (1) for all the sample households, grassland subsidies caused herdsmen to raise more livestock, which was contrary to the expectation of the grassland protection policy. The invalidation of grassland subsidies was mainly caused by the poor design and implementation of the policy at the local level. (2) In addition, for rural households with different grassland sizes, the subsidies could be effective in reducing the number of livestock for households with small grassland sizes while increasing the number of livestock for households with large grassland sizes. This indicates that some supporting policies and measures for households with smaller grassland sizes should be provided to stimulate the reduction in the number of livestock, and for households with large grassland areas, grassland circulation should be encouraged to promote the large-scale production of livestock husbandry. The finding of this study can help governments to formulate policies tailored towards appropriate subsidies for addressing grassland degradation.

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