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Security and Vulnerability in Livelihood Systems

In: Adaptable Livelihoods

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  • Susanna Davies

    (University of Sussex)

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This chapter sets out the conceptual framework for the analysis of the data presented in this book. Five concepts are used in its construction: 1. livelihood systems and security within them, encompassing a broader range of factors than household food systems and security to explain how and why producers pursue particular mixes of strategies to confront food insecurity; 2. entitlements to explain different sources of food and the range of calls on them within households and livelihood systems; 3. vulnerability to explain the nature and intensity of food and livelihood insecurity; 4. resilience and sensitivity, useful in analysing changes in levels and intensity of vulnerability to food insecurity within different Sahelian livelihood systems; 5. livelihood-system diversity to account for variation in the nature and intensity of vulnerability, depending on the different ways in which people acquire access to food.

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  • Susanna Davies, 1996. "Security and Vulnerability in Livelihood Systems," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Adaptable Livelihoods, chapter 2, pages 15-44, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-24409-6_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-24409-6_2
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    1. Xuanmei Yang & Xiangyu Li & Kaifa Lu & Zhong-Ren Peng, 2023. "Integrating rural livelihood resilience and sustainability for post-disaster community relocation: a theoretical framework and empirical study," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 116(2), pages 1775-1803, March.

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