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ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 179-198Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0956247810363527
Keywords
asset; food security; livelihood strategies; poverty; vulnerability
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This paper, based on qualitative research within two communities in Addis Ababa, identifies factors that impoverish households and expose them to chronic food shortages, and assesses their coping and survival strategies. A sustainable livelihood framework is used to explore how context, shocks, assets, institutions, activities and strategies interact in multiple ways to affect wellbeing and food security. Households were found to be vulnerable to a range of environmental factors and economic shocks, including poor sanitation, unhygienic environments, overcrowding, unemployment and limited access to financial capital. Their survival strategies include diversification of sources of income, living in slum areas and migration of household members.
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