Open AccessLivelihood resilience and adaptive capacity: A critical conceptual review
Author(s) -
Admire Nyamwanza
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jàmbá journal of disaster risk studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.424
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2072-845X
pISSN - 1996-1421
DOI - 10.4102/jamba.v4i1.55
Subject(s) - livelihood , adaptive capacity , construct (python library) , clarity , resilience (materials science) , psychological resilience , climate change , conceptualization , environmental resource management , vulnerability (computing) , socio ecological system , sociology , political science , ecology , economics , psychology , social psychology , agriculture , engineering , computer science , biology , biochemistry , physics , computer security , artificial intelligence , programming language , thermodynamics , dependability , reliability engineering
The concepts resilience and adaptive capacity have gained currency in ecology, climate change, disaster risk reduction and related development discourse; yet there has been almost an absence of clarity in the understanding, substance, definition as well as applicability of these concepts in livelihoods theory and practice – where they can potentially contribute far-reaching insights vis-à-vis long-term response to livelihoods adversity in different communities. Drawing upon literature from several disciplines utilising these concepts, this article traces the roots and evolvement of the resilience and adaptive capacity concepts and suggests indicators and pillar processes towards their integration into livelihoods thinking. This article therefore mainly contributes towards the conceptualisation and understanding of a focused ‘resilience and adaptive capacity’ construct in livelihoods analysis
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