Measuring livelihoods and environmental dependence : methods for research and fieldwork / edited by Arild Angelsen ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Angelsen, Arild.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Household surveys--Developing countries--Methodology.

Household surveys.

Questionnaires--Developing countries--Methodology.

Questionnaires.

Rural poor--Developing countries.

Rural poor.

Rural development--Environmental aspects--Developing countries.

Rural development.

Developing countries--Rural conditions.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thousands of surveys on rural livelihoods in developing countries are being done every year. Unfortunately, many suffer from weaknesses in methods and problems in implementation. Quantifying households' dependence on multiple environmental resources (forests, bush, grasslands and rivers) is particularly difficult and often simply ignored in the surveys. The results therefore do not reflect rural realities. In particular, 'the hidden harvest' from natural resources is generally too important to livelihoods for development research, policies and practice to ignore. Fieldwork using state-of-the-a

Contents:

Cover; Measuring Livelihoods and Environmental Dependence: Methods for Research and Fieldwork; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Why Measure Rural Livelihoods and Environmental Dependence?; Chapter 2 Why Do Field Research?; Chapter 3 Composing a Research Proposal; Chapter 4 Sampling: Who, How and How Many?; Chapter 5 Collecting Contextual Information; Chapter 6 The Division of Labour Between Village, Household and Other Surveys; Chapter 7 Designing the Household Questionnaire

Chapter 8 Valuing the Priceless: What Are Non-Marketed Products Worth?Chapter 9 Preparing for the Field: Managing AND Enjoying Fieldwork; Chapter 10 Hiring, Training and Managing a Field Team; Chapter 11 Getting Quality Data; Chapter 12 Data Entry and Quality Checking; Chapter 13 An Introduction to Data Analysis; Chapter 14 Communicating Research for Influence and Impact; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781136537325

1136537325

9781283844598

1283844591

9781136537332

1136537333

9781849775694

1849775699

OCLC:

821174627