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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.06.005
	An indicator framework for assessing livelihood resilience in the context of social-ecological dynamics
	Ifejika Speranza C.; Wiesmann U.; Rist S.
发表日期	2014
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	28 期号:1
英文摘要	Livelihood resilience draws attention to the factors and processes that keep livelihoods functioning despite change and thus enriches the livelihood approach which puts people, their differential capabilities to cope with shocks and how to reduce poverty and improve adaptive capacity at the centre of analysis. However, the few studies addressing resilience from a livelihood perspective take different approaches and focus only on some dimensions of livelihoods. This paper presents a framework that can be used for a comprehensive empirical analysis of livelihood resilience. We use a concept of resilience that considers agency as well as structure. A review of both theoretical and empirical literature related to livelihoods and resilience served as the basis to integrate the perspectives. The paper identifies the attributes and indicators of the three dimensions of resilience, namely, buffer capacity, self-organisation and capacity for learning. The framework has not yet been systematically tested; however, potentials and limitations of the components of the framework are explored and discussed by drawing on empirical examples from literature on farming systems. Besides providing a basis for applying the resilience concept in livelihood-oriented research, the framework offers a way to communicate with practitioners on identifying and improving the factors that build resilience. It can thus serve as a tool for monitoring the effectiveness of policies and practices aimed at building livelihood resilience. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Adaptation; Buffer capacity; Learning; Livelihood resilience; Self-organisation; Vulnerability
学科领域	adaptation; self organization; social characteristics; socioeconomic conditions; assessment method; ecosystem resilience; empirical analysis; environmental indicator; learning; living resource; poverty; theoretical study; vulnerability
语种	英语
scopus关键词	adaptation; self organization; social characteristics; socioeconomic conditions; assessment method; ecosystem resilience; empirical analysis; environmental indicator; learning; living resource; poverty; theoretical study; vulnerability
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117726
作者单位	Centre for Development and Environment, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 10, Bern, CH-3012, Switzerland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ifejika Speranza C.,Wiesmann U.,Rist S.. An indicator framework for assessing livelihood resilience in the context of social-ecological dynamics[J],2014,28(1).
APA	Ifejika Speranza C.,Wiesmann U.,&Rist S..(2014).An indicator framework for assessing livelihood resilience in the context of social-ecological dynamics.Global Environmental Change,28(1).
MLA	Ifejika Speranza C.,et al."An indicator framework for assessing livelihood resilience in the context of social-ecological dynamics".Global Environmental Change 28.1(2014).