Tanner, Thomas, Lewis, David, Wrathall, D, Bronen, R, Cradock-Henry, N, Huq, Saleemul, Lawess, C, Nawrotski, R, Prasad, V, Rahman, Md. A, Alaniz, R, King, Katherine, McNamara, K, Nadiruzzaman, Md., Henly-Shepard, S and Thomalla, F (2015) 'Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change.' Nature Climate Change, 1 (4). pp. 23-26.
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Abstract
The resilience concept requires greater attention to human livelihoods if it is to address the limits to adaptation strategies and the development needs of the planet's poorest and most vulnerable people. Although the concept of resilience is increasingly informing research and policy, its transfer from ecological theory to social systems leads to weak engagement with normative, social and political dimensions of climate change adaptation. A livelihood perspective helps to strengthen resilience thinking by placing greater emphasis on human needs and their agency, empowerment and human rights, and considering adaptive livelihood systems in the context of wider transformational changes.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Climate change, resilience, livelihoods, transformation |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Interdisciplinary Studies > Centre for Development, Environment and Policy |
| ISSN: | 1758678X |
| Copyright Statement: | © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. This is the version of the article accepted for publication in Nature Climate Change published by Springer Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2431 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2431 |
| Date Deposited: | 30 May 2019 09:18 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/30486 |
| Funders: | Other |
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