Socio-ecology of development
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Around nine million people die every year from starvation and hunger-related diseases that are higher than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis altogether (The World Counts, 2023). In 2019, 20.5% of the population of Bangladesh lived under the national poverty line (Asian Development Bank, 2023). Moreover, World Bank portrays another bleak picture stating that 12.9 % people of Bangladesh succumb to extreme poverty. (World Bank, 2022). Most of the people in Bangladesh are directly or indirectly ...
Conservation issues have strong human dimensions, be they political, cultural, and/or economic. Yet, the conservation community has prioritized the natural sciences, often outweighing social considerations when it comes to informing conservation decision-making, policy, and practice. This has led many people, including geographers, to call for the “mainstreaming of the social sciences” in conservation (See: Bennett et al., 2017). Despite positive steps in recent ye...
Rural livelihoods are subject to multiple shocks and stresses that can increase household vulnerability. Brahmaputra Valley of Assam, India, is one of the most hazard-prone areas of the Indian subcontinent. The research questions paused for this study are: 1. What is the impact of climate variability on agriculture-dependent livelihoods in the Brahmaputra Valley? 2. What dynamic livelihood patterns are at work in the study area? 3. Which methodol...
Social enterprises are often critiqued for their inability to offer a viable alternative to capitalism, and for the way they support - rather than dismantle - the neoliberal state. Work integration social enterprises (WISES) are no exception to these criticisms. Many argue that WISEs end up perpetuating precarious work, placing people in low skill and low paid jobs rather than empowering them. Despite these concerns, WI...
This presentation will share insights from a research project exploring the UNESCO Frontenac Arch Biosphere’s (FAB) potential for sustainable rural tourism through community-based asset mapping. The purpose of asset mapping is to identify and map a region’s assets, allowing for the resources and strengths of a region to be recognized, understood, and harnessed in a coordinated way, in accordance with community values. Sustainable tourism has emerged as an important development avenue for r...
