Reviewing the links between desertification and food insecurity: from parallel challenges to synergistic solutions

被引：0
作者：
Lindsay C. Stringer
机构：
[1] University of Leeds Sustainability Research Institute,School of Earth and Environment
来源：
Food Security | 2009年 / 1卷
关键词：
Food security; Desertification; Poverty; Malthusian discourse; Livelihoods; Vulnerability;
D O I：
暂无
中图分类号：
学科分类号：
摘要：
The challenges of desertification and food insecurity share considerable common ground, not only in terms of their myriad biophysical, political and socioeconomic drivers and links to the productivity of the land and soil, but also in the discourses and approaches that have informed their management. This paper reviews the elements common to both challenges and argues that due to their cross-cutting nature and the parallel pathways along which each issue has evolved, there is a strong case to be made for taking a synergistic approach towards the development of future solutions. In particular, it is argued that livelihoods and vulnerability approaches could be used as a common platform to inform more integrated interventions. This could enable multiple benefits to be harnessed for both challenges.
引用
收藏
页码：113 / 126
页数：13
相关论文
共 124 条
[1]  
Adger WN(2006)Vulnerability Glob Environ Change 16 268-281
[2]  
Adger WN(2001)Advancing a political ecology of global environmental discourses Dev Change 32 681-715
[3]  
Benjaminsen TA(2005)Successful adaptation to climate change across scales Glob Environ Change 15 77-86
[4]  
Brown K(2008)Can India meet the increasing food demand by 2020? Futures 40 503-506
[5]  
Svarstad H(2001)Sandy deserts of Iceland: an overview J Arid Environ 47 359-371
[6]  
Adger WN(2008)Proxy global assessment of land degradation Soil Use Manage 24 223-234
[7]  
Arnell NW(1997)The economic determinants of land degradation in developing countries Philos Trans R Soc Lond, B 352 891-899
[8]  
Tompkins EL(2006)Persistent hunger: perspectives on vulnerability, famine, and food security in sub-Saharan Africa Annu Rev Anthropol 35 37-57
[9]  
Agoramoorthy G(2001)Nonfarm income diversification and household livelihood strategies in rural Africa: concepts, dynamics and policy implications Food Policy 26 315-331
[10]  
Arnalds O(1989)Explanation and policy in land degradation and rehabilitation for developing countries Land Degrad Rehabil 1 23-37
12345678910