Overview
- Presents the results of a primary field survey on the livelihoods of rural people in a developing economy
- Defines urban fringe livelihoods and examines both economic and social well-being in the urban fringe
- Depicts livelihoods and their sustainability in the transforming economy of the urban fringe
- Propagates the process of peri-urbanization and adds complexity to household livelihood security
- Adopts the sustainable livelihood approach to understand the livelihood status of households
- Evaluates the coping strategies adopted by households to survive in transforming economic and the social urban fringe environment
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Urban Book Series (UBS)
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Book Title: Livelihood and Wellbeing in the Urban Fringe
Authors: Nasrin Banu, Shahab Fazal
Series Title: The Urban Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39660-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39659-0Published: 06 June 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81935-8Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39660-6Published: 25 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2365-757X
Series E-ISSN: 2365-7588
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 195
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 87 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Sustainable Development, Regional and Cultural Studies