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Livelihood change, farming, and managing flood risk in the Lerma Valley, Mexico

Eakin, Hallie; Appendini, Kirsten - In: Agriculture and Human Values 25 (2008) 4, pp. 555-566

In face of rising flood losses globally, the approach of “living with floods,” rather than relying on structural measures for flood control and prevention, is acquiring greater resonance in diverse socioeconomic contexts. In the Lerma Valley in the state of Mexico, rapid industrialization,...

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Relational dynamics and strategies: Men and women in a forest community in Sweden

Arora-jonsson, Seema - In: Agriculture and Human Values 21 (2004) 4, pp. 355-365

importance of issues other than only community forestry in the development of the community's future livelihoods and well …

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Political economic history, culture, and Wounaan livelihood diversity in eastern Panama

Runk, J.; Negría, Gervacio Ortíz; García, Wilio Quintero - In: Agriculture and Human Values 24 (2007) 1, pp. 93-106

A growing literature on scholarly and practical approaches to conservation and development uses a livelihood approach to understand rural peoples’ diverse assets and activities, especially as they serve to minimize vulnerability to economic and ecological shocks. In recent years, the suite of...

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Development interventions, changing livelihoods, and the making of female Maasai pastoralists

Wangui, Elizabeth - In: Agriculture and Human Values 25 (2008) 3, pp. 365-378

context of rapidly changing pastoralist livelihoods. The paper begins with a literature review on gender roles in pastoralist … women’s roles as men’s roles are rarely included. Secondly, despite a recognition that pastoral livelihoods are rapidly … ability to improve livelihoods of the most vulnerable sections of the population. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B …

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