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Sustainable Livelihoods and Vulnerability to Disasters
(John Twigg / 2001) PDF
What are the livelihood needs and opportunities that result
from disasters? What are the practical options for enhancing
livelihoods in disasters? This paper, prepared for the Disaster
Mitigation Institute, reviews various models for understanding
and reducing vulnerability to disasters and considers their
respective merits. It covers the Capacities and Vulnerabilities
Analysis matrix, the Pressure and Release/Access models, the
Victim Security Matrix, and considers the Sustainable Livelihoods
Framework in some detail.
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Learning
Lessons from the Cyclone
(IMM Ltd / 2001) Executive Summary DOC,
Full Report HTML
In October 1999 a super cyclone hit the coast of Orissa. An
estimated 10,000 people died and the livelihoods of many of
the survivors were shattered. This study aims to share lessons
from the partnership between DFID India, the NGO and government
agencies it worked with, and some of the communities that were
supported with rehabilitation funds. It draws out lessons for
future livelihood rehabilitation programmes.
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Livelihoods
and Climate Change
(Ian Burton / Anne Hammill / John Sousan / 2003) PDF
What does 'adaptation' mean in the context of climate change?
How can policy addressing climate change support the livelihoods
and adaptive strategies of the most vulnerable? This inter-agency
paper lays the conceptual foundations for an approach to climate
change which combines insights from the fields of disaster risk
reduction, climate change adaptation, natural resources management
and poverty reduction. An approach is called for that reduces
climate-related vulnerability through ecosystem management and
restoration activities that sustain and diversify local livelihoods.
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Fighting
with Calamities: Coping Strategies of the Extreme Poor
(Sinora Chakma / 2003) DOC
This
study seeks to understand the livelihood conditions of the many
different extremely poor people living in Bangladesh by analyzing
their livelihood constraints and opportunities. It shows how
the poor survive different types of environmental, socio-cultural
and political calamities. It describes how in the survival process,
sometimes the poor are excluded from the mainstream society
and made vulnerable, but they try to cope with different adverse
situations in various ways. It reveals how local coping strategies
may be supported by some form of social protection to help the
poor to escape from poverty and, importantly, to stay out of
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Food
Aid and Livelihoods in Emergency Situations: Strategies for
WFP
(World Food Programme / 2003) PDF
What
role can food aid play in preserving assets and supporting livelihoods?
How are livelihoods affected by crises, and how do they mitigate
them? This WFP document was prepared for discussion and aimed
to establish a policy statement on livelihoods-focussed response
in emergency situations. It draws on field reviews of emergency
operations (EMOPs) and protracted relief and recovery operations
(PRROs) in Angola, Guinea and the Republic of the Congo to identify
challenges to using food aid to support livelihoods in emergencies
and to lay out practical measures for action. It make a number
of recommendations for WFP relief efforts.
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Social
Vulnerability, Sustainable Livelihoods and Disasters
(Terry Cannon/ John Twigg / Jennifer Rowell) PDF
How
can development work reduce social vulnerability to hazards?
Can vulnerability analysis help link humanitarian work with
a sustainable livelihoods approach? This paper aims to provide
an enhanced capability to develop policy for reducing social
vulnerability to hazards. It reviews methodologies for operationalising
vulnerability analysis developed by International Relief/Development
Project (IRDP), the International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies, Oxfam and CARE.
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Cities,
Disasters and Livelihoods
(David Sanderson / 2000) DOC
Does
the livelihoods approach help to interpret the complexities
of urban poverty? Can it act as a tool for linking micro level
households to macro level municipality controls? Using recent
disaster case studies, Sanderson analyses how livelihoods can
offer an approach that focuses on vulnerable households, and
unifies understandings of disaster management with development
planning. Such an approach has major policy implications for
decision-makers aiming to make cities sustainable for all.
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Risk,
Sustainable Development and Disasters: Southern Perspectives
(Ailsa Holloway / 1999) Order
document
Drawing
on the February 1999 conference on Sustainable development and
disasters held in Harare, Holloway presents eight articles tackling
disaster and risk management using a livelihoods framework,
with Asian and African examples. These examine relationships
underlying the importance of reducing natural and other threats
through ongoing prevention/mitigation measures at national and
community level. The articles cover risk reduction themes such
as HIV/AIDS, learning for risk reduction and rainwater harvesting.
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Saving
Lives and Livelihoods: The Fundamentals of a Livelihoods Strategy
Sue Lautze (1997) PDF
How
can relief intervention in complex emergencies better support
the livelihoods of affected people? What tools are available
to help maintain productivity? In this paper, Sue Lautze of
the Feinstein International Famine Centre addresses issues faced
by the humanitarian relief community. Complex emergencies entail
the deliberate creation of crises: they damage social services,
market networks and agricultural enterprises while also increasing
demands on these services. This paper explores principles and
tools for responding to these situations in a balanced way with
a long term perspective.
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