POLS 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Thomas Robert Malthus, Revolution Controversy, Crop Yield

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2080
• Professor: Steffi Hamann

Document Summary

For first time in history, more than half of global population lives in cities. Livelihoods tend to be based on agriculture (farming, livestock) or natural resources (mining, fishing) Scoones defines livelihood: capabilities, assets and activities required for a means of living. A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with and recover from stresses and shocks, maintain or enhance. For the first time in the history of the world, more than half of the global population lives in cities. Still, the majority of the world"s poor are rural dwellers. World bank categorization (2008) stages of development: It means vesting diversity, with low population density. We can an image of simple village life . The livelihoods tend to be based on agriculture (e. g farming, livestock) or natural resources (mining, fishing) They tend to have an abundance of natural resources (trees, water, wildlife). What is not so much present: salary work.