Resilience, Marginalization, and Livelihoods

Abstract

The previous case study shows that even those who are supposed to be less able to recover from disasters have their own ability to overcome the havoc they wreak. People’s resilience, however, strongly depends upon the nature, strength, diversity and sustainability of their livelihoods, thus echoing factors which matter in shaping vulnerability (see chapter 4). In that sense, those who are marginalized in facing natural hazards because of weak and unsustainable livelihoods also often prove poorly able to recover from the aftermath of disasters.