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What is Livelihoods

Global Perspectives on Victimization Analysis and Prevention
The means by which individuals earn legitimate incomes in a society.
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Climate Change: An Appraisal of Vulnerability, Victimization, and Adaptation
Johnson Oluwole Ayodele (Lagos State University, Nigeria)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1112-1.ch001
Abstract
In combination with ignorance, incompetence, and poor governance, climate change has become a serious threat to the greatness of Africa. Beyond that, climate change poses a problem to global security but has deeper impacts on the world's most vulnerable populations. This chapter reviews archival information to analyse the vulnerability of Africa vis-à-vis climate change, for which it is partly a cause. Also, it assesses the victimization and Africans' adaptation practices. The chapter argues that entrenched poverty, traditional practices, and lack of faith in research discoveries increase the exposure of Africans to climate change and intensify their inability to respond competently to its inherent victimization. To boost her adaptation, this chapter suggests that Africa should reinvent social alignment with its communities and build climate-friendly attitudes to prepare for environmental calamities that may arise from climate variation.
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Large-Scale Land Acquisitions, Livelihoods, and Gender Configurations in Zimbabwe
Refers to the capabilities, assets and resources that people adopt in order to secure basic necessities of life in order to improve their economic and social standing in society.
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Enhancing Social Resilience in Urban Communities: The Case of Urban Agriculture in Harare, Zimbabwe
This denotes the various options that people follow to sustain themselves and their families. The livelihoods provide economic opportunities for communities.
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Creating an Analytical Lens for Understanding Digital Networks in Urban South Africa
Used in Development Studies and Development Sociology, livelihoods refer to the survival strategies as well as the human, natural, social and financial capital people employ to function and survive.
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