- Title
- Natural resource use, incomes, and poverty along the rural–urban continuum of two medium-sized, South African towns
- Creator
- Ward, Catherine D, Shackleton, Charlie M
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180790
- Identifier
- vital:43646
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.10.025"
- Description
- Urbanization is a significant driver of global change, reshaping livelihoods, productive activities, and incomes. Yet, many elements of what are typically regarded as rural activities can be found in urban places and vice versa. We report on the incomes from land- and cash-based activities along the rural–urban gradient of two South African towns. Although the dominant income strategies varied, all households had more than one income source. Use of wild resources and agriculture were common in urban settings, although variable between and within towns. Poverty levels would be 5–10% higher in the absence of natural resource-based incomes.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (14 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- World Development, Ward, C.D. and Shackleton, C.M., 2016. Natural resource use, incomes, and poverty along the rural–urban continuum of two medium-sized, South African towns. World Development, 78, pp.80-93., World Development volume 78 p. 80 2016 0305-750X
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- Closed Access
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Shackleton, Charles Michael (Distinguished Prof)
RU Department of Environmental Science
SDG 02. Zero Hunger
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods
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SDG 10. Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 15. Life On Land
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