Advances in Earth Science ›› 2009, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1): 61-69. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2009.01.0061

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An Overview of Sustainable Livelihoods Approach

Su Fang,Xu Zhongmin,Shang Haiyang   

  1. Laboratory of Watershed Hydrology and Ecology, CAREERI,CAS,Lanzhou 730000,China
  • Received:2008-05-23 Revised:2008-12-15 Online:2009-01-10 Published:2009-01-10

Su Fang,Xu Zhongmin,Shang Haiyang. An Overview of Sustainable Livelihoods Approach[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2009, 24(1): 61-69.

Sustainable livelihood Analysis has been a new research method for sustainable development and a framework to analyze the complex and multi-dimensional relationship between social and physical environment.   After the systematical and theoretical summary of the progress investigated at home and abroad about sustainable livelihood analysis, the article analyzes the development path and important results about sustainable livelihoods framework by a clear and comprehensive way.   By describing the vulnerability context analysis, livelihood capital, livelihood strategy, livelihood output and transforming structure and institution and their relative relationships in the sustainable livelihood analysis, the article summarizes the approach that people use with different capitals, rights and possible strategy in order to pursue for some livelihood outlet.   Based on these analyses, the paper discusses the application of sustainable livelihood to the project identification and design, new project planning and existing activities review.These studies in the area of poverty reduction have strong reference and guidance.
   Meanwhile, the developmental planning officers should identify and establish the starting point of development strategies in order to regulate and enhance the ability to maintain their livelihoods through the whole and participatory analysis about the local survival.

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