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Environmental histories, access to resources and landscape change: an introduction

| By S. Batterbury and A. Bebbington | Published in Land Degradation and Development, vol. 10 (4): 279-288 | Abstract: This paper forms the introduction to a special issue of this journal entitled ‘Environmental Histories, Access to Resources and Landscape Change’, that poses challenges to the ways in which the multiple dimensions of resource degradation are understood, […]

Capitals and capabilities: a framework for analysing peasant viability, rural livelihoods and poverty

| By Anthony Bebbington | Published in World Development Vol. 27(12); 2021-2044 | Abstract: On the basis of themes emerging in current debates on rural development in Latin America, this paper develops an analytical framework for analyzing rural livelihoods in terms of their sustainability and their implications for rural poverty. The framework argues that our analyses of […]

Social capital, development and access to resources in highland Ecuador

| By A. Bebbington and T. Perreault | Published in Economic Geography, Vol. 75 (4): 395-418 | Abstract: Building on recent statements calling for greater emphasis on the roles of organized actors and civil society in development research, in this paper we analyze the utility of themes raised in current debates on social capital for pursuing such […]

Environmental histories, access to resources and landscape change

| Edited by S. Batterbury and A. Bebbington | Special issue of Land Degradation and Development, vol. 10 No. 4 | | Full text (limited access) | Summary: This special issue poses challenges to the ways in which the multiple dimensions of resource degradation are understood, analyzed and acted upon in developing countries