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Nguyen, Trung Thanh ; Do, Truong Lam ; Bühler, Dorothee ; Hartje, Rebecca ; Grote, Ulrike:
Rural livelihoods and environmental resource dependence in Cambodia.
Bayreuth
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2015
. - 42 S.
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Abstract
Understanding rural livelihood strategies and environmental resource dependence can help to reduce and prevent livelihood stresses induced by environmental resource degradation. This study identifies livelihood strategies of farm households in rural Cambodia and explores their determinants with a focus on environmental resource dependence. The data are derived from a survey of 580 households in 30 villages of Stung Treng province in Cambodia undertaken in 2013. An activity-based two-step cluster analysis is conducted to identify different livelihood clusters and regression models are performed to determine the major factors affecting the choice of livelihood strategies and the extraction of environmental resources. The results demonstrate how different levels of environmental and household capital influence livelihood strategies. Environmental resources contribute a significant portion of household income (27%) and act as a means to reduce income inequality (7%) among households. The absolute environmental income is positively correlated with the total income but the relative environmental income decreases with an increase in total income. Thus, it appears that low income households are not to be blamed for environmental degradation, because they are unable to undertake activities with high return. The findings of this study suggest that promoting off-farm employment, education and social networking reduces the extraction of environmental resources.
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| Item Type: | Preprint, postprint |
|---|---|
| Additional notes (visible to public): | erschienen in:
Ecological Economics 2015; 120, S. 282-295 doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.11.001 |
| Keywords: | Livelihood; Environmental income; Cluster; Regression models; Cambodia |
| Subject classification: | JEL classification: Q57, Q20, Q12 |
| DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Institutions of the University: | Research Institutions > Central research institutes Research Institutions > Central research institutes > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER Research Institutions |
| Language: | English |
| Originates at UBT: | Yes |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-2537-4 |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2018 13:03 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2021 08:03 |
| URI: | https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/2537 |
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