GEOG 3020 Lecture Notes - Land Tenure, Sust, Financial Capital
27 Nov 2013
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2013-09-26: definition, strategies, livelihoods and environment, livelihoods and scale. Response to the focus on poverty in our common future (main problem in developing world is poverty) Focus on individuals as agents in development studies . People make their own history : need to consider constrains, as well as what people can and will do. Capabilities what people can do or be (e. g. physical labour) Emphasis on well-being & choice what they do is their choice and depends on their own definition of well-being. Financial capital: access to capital to pay for education; loans, family money, credit, jobs etc. Social capital: social network; who do you know, who are you affiliated with. Physical capital: access to infrastructure, equipment etc. Natural capital: land, access to water, animals, Typically focus on rural areas of developing countries. 3 dominant strategies: agricultural intensification (producing more on your land) /extensification (expanding the area under production)
