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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Rural household demographics, livelihoods and the environment
Global Environmental Change, Volume 18, No. 1, Year 2008
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This paper reviews and synthesizes findings from scholarly work on linkages among rural household demographics, livelihoods and the environment. Using the livelihood approach as an organizing framework, we examine evidence on the multiple pathways linking environmental variables and the following demographic variables: fertility, migration, morbidity and mortality, and lifecycles. Although the review draws on studies from the entire developing world, we find the majority of microlevel studies have been conducted in either marginal (mountainous or arid) or frontier environments, especially Amazonia. Though the linkages are mediated by many complex and often context-specific factors, there is strong evidence that dependence on natural resources intensifies when households lose human and social capital through adult morbidity and mortality, and qualified evidence for the influence of environmental factors on household decision-making regarding fertility and migration. Two decades of research on lifecycles and land cover change at the farm level have yielded a number of insights about how households make use of different land-use and natural resource management strategies at different stages. A thread running throughout the review is the importance of managing risk through livelihood diversification, ensuring future income security, and culture-specific norms regarding appropriate and desirable activities and demographic responses. Recommendations for future research are provided. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
de Sherbinin, Alex M.
United States, New York
Earth Institute
VanWey, Leah K.
United States, Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington
McSweeney, Kendra
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
Aggarwal, Rimjhim
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
Barbieri, Alisson
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Henry, Sabine J.F.
Belgium, Namur
Université de Namur
Hunter, Lori Mae
United States, Knoxville
Environment and Society Program
Twine, Wayne C.
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Walker, Robert
United States, East Lansing
Michigan State University
Statistics
Citations: 445
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.05.005
Research Areas
Sexual And Reproductive Health