Hydrological and socio-economic evaluations at these levels, or at the basin level, cannot be presumed to be concordant with the differentiation of poverty or livelihood vulnerability at more local levels.
These trends are largely the result of declining economic opportunities in many urban areas, reflecting crises in urban poverty and livelihood insecurity (Potts 2009, 2012).
In the Niger Delta, the origins of collective violence is rooted in a combination of factors like unemployment, poverty, deprived livelihood, absent social amenities, and dissatisfaction with the central government.
A city with well-planned and well-managed green infrastructure becomes more resilient, sustainable and equitable in terms of nutrition and food security, poverty alleviation, livelihood improvement, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction and ecosystems conservation.
Let's give them something to lose by offering those living in poverty better livelihoods, away from oppression and misery.
Describes how to conduct a poverty and livelihoods analysis, in order to deepen the understanding of the poverty dynamics and livelihoods of target groups.
"Poverty and Livelihoods: Whose reality counts?" Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 7, No. 1 173-204.
Dr. Mittra's work focuses on a variety of topics such as poverty and livelihoods, agriculture development, natural resource management, institutions (market-based and community-led), community-based natural resource conservation, and public policy.
All the communities are crippled with poverty and livelihoods are primarily sustained through subsistence farming.
The Declaration addresses the role of aquaculture in alleviating rural poverty, improving livelihoods and food security, and maintaining the integrity of natural and biological resources and the sustainability of the environment.
