Historicizing Sustainable Livelihoods: A Pathways Approach to Lead Mining in Rural Central China
This article adopts a "pathways to sustainability" approach to study lead mining in rural China. Through an in-depth case study, it reveals how shifting mining practices are tied to institutional and political economic contexts, cost-benefit distribution, and changes in livelihood resource...
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| description | This article adopts a "pathways to sustainability" approach to study lead mining in rural China. Through an in-depth case study, it reveals how shifting mining practices are tied to institutional and political economic contexts, cost-benefit distribution, and changes in livelihood resources and strategies. It weaves together an analysis of livelihood practices with a study of attitudes to livelihood and environment, which are usually researched separately. In turn, it demonstrates that a longitudinal analysis may resolve the contradictory accounts of whether mining aids or hinders development, and whether local communities are victims or beneficiaries of such development. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:602ce7a9-dc8a-449c-8378-aded1c2026e72022-03-26T17:51:44ZHistoricizing Sustainable Livelihoods: A Pathways Approach to Lead Mining in Rural Central ChinaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:602ce7a9-dc8a-449c-8378-aded1c2026e7Symplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2014Lu, JLora-Wainwright, AThis article adopts a "pathways to sustainability" approach to study lead mining in rural China. Through an in-depth case study, it reveals how shifting mining practices are tied to institutional and political economic contexts, cost-benefit distribution, and changes in livelihood resources and strategies. It weaves together an analysis of livelihood practices with a study of attitudes to livelihood and environment, which are usually researched separately. In turn, it demonstrates that a longitudinal analysis may resolve the contradictory accounts of whether mining aids or hinders development, and whether local communities are victims or beneficiaries of such development. |
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| title | Historicizing Sustainable Livelihoods: A Pathways Approach to Lead Mining in Rural Central China |
| title_full | Historicizing Sustainable Livelihoods: A Pathways Approach to Lead Mining in Rural Central China |
| title_fullStr | Historicizing Sustainable Livelihoods: A Pathways Approach to Lead Mining in Rural Central China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Historicizing Sustainable Livelihoods: A Pathways Approach to Lead Mining in Rural Central China |
| title_short | Historicizing Sustainable Livelihoods: A Pathways Approach to Lead Mining in Rural Central China |
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