TY - JOUR
T1 - Adaptation, resilience and sustainable livelihoods in the communities of the Lower Mekong Basin, Cambodia
AU - Sok, Serey
AU - YU, Xiaojiang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/10/2
Y1 - 2015/10/2
N2 - This paper analyses key contributors to sustainable livelihoods in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB), Cambodia, by focusing upon villagers' access to assets, adaptation to shock and stress, and their degree of resilience to declines in natural resources. The study reveals that their access to the five assets for sustainable livelihoods is limited; that their capacity to adapt to shock and stress is low due to floods, drought and high food prices; and that their resilience to declines in natural resources is weak. Improvement in their capacity to adapt and in their resilience will be influenced by the degree to which they can access human, physical and social assets.
AB - This paper analyses key contributors to sustainable livelihoods in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB), Cambodia, by focusing upon villagers' access to assets, adaptation to shock and stress, and their degree of resilience to declines in natural resources. The study reveals that their access to the five assets for sustainable livelihoods is limited; that their capacity to adapt to shock and stress is low due to floods, drought and high food prices; and that their resilience to declines in natural resources is weak. Improvement in their capacity to adapt and in their resilience will be influenced by the degree to which they can access human, physical and social assets.
KW - adaptation
KW - Cambodia
KW - Lower Mekong Basin
KW - resilience
KW - sustainable livelihoods
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84945497110&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07900627.2015.1012659
DO - 10.1080/07900627.2015.1012659
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84945497110
SN - 0790-0627
VL - 31
SP - 575
EP - 588
JO - International Journal of Water Resources Development
JF - International Journal of Water Resources Development
IS - 4
ER -