Browsing Geography and Environmental Management by Subject "sustainable livelihoods"
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Community-based Tourism in the Commonwealth of Dominica: A Livelihoods Perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-19)Community-based tourism (CBT) has become an important facet in the quest for sustainable tourism. CBT is a term that has been subjected to different interpretations in the academic literature. In the field, CBT continues ... -
Post-disaster Opportunities: An Assessment of Reconstruction Activities following the 1999 Debris Flows in Vargas State, Venezuela
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)Disaster impacts have grown significantly in the last half century. Additionally, in 2007 the number of urban residents surpassed that of rural populations generating a struggle for resources, inevitably leading to increased ... -
Resilient Disaster Recovery: A Critical Assessment of the 2006 Yogyakarta, Indonesia Earthquake using a Vulnerability, Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal areas of several countries in South East Asia, there has been renewed interest in disaster recovery operations. Although governments and aid organizations have ... -
Tourism as a Livelihood Strategy in Indigenous Communities: Case Studies from Taiwan
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Tourism has become an important option for economic development and the cultural survival of aboriginal people, yet the academic work has overlooked an issue of cultural sustainability and the majority of the literature ...