Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101976 |
Impacts of land use intensification on human wellbeing: Evidence from rural Mozambique | |
Smith, Harriet Elizabeth1; Ryan, Casey M.2; Vollmer, Frank3; Woollen, Emily2; Keane, Aldan2; Fisher, Janet A.2; Baumert, Sophia4; Grundy, Isla M.5; Carvalho, Mariana6; Lisboa, Sa N.4; Luz, Ana C.7; Zorrilla-Miras, Pedro8; Patenaude, Genevieve2; Ribeiro, Natasha4; Artur, Luis4; Mahamane, Mansour4 | |
2019-11-01 | |
发表期刊 | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS |
ISSN | 0959-3780 |
EISSN | 1872-9495 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 59 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England; Scotland; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; Portugal; Spain |
英文摘要 | Intensifying land use is often seen as a corollary of improving rural livelihoods in developing countries. However, land use intensification (LUI) frequently has unintended impacts on ecosystem services (ES), which may undermine the livelihoods of the same people who could benefit from intensification. Poorer households are disproportionately dependent on ES, so inequalities may also rise. A disaggregated analysis of LUI is thus fundamental to better understand how LUI can progress in an equitable manner. Using a suite of multi-scale, multidisciplinary social-ecological methods and operationalising multidimensional concepts of land use intensity and wellbeing, we examine three case studies in rural Mozambique. Drawing on interviews, focus group discussions, 1576 household surveys and geospatial data from 27 Mozambican villages, we assess how wellbeing and inequality change with three common LUI pathways: transitions to smallholder commercial crop production, charcoal production, and subsistence expansion. Wellbeing improved with intensification of smallholder commercial and subsistence agriculture, inequality did not change. Unsustainable intensification of charcoal production showed no overall effect on either wellbeing or inequality. Improvements in wellbeing amongst the poorest households were only found with intensification of commercial crop production, where villages had better access to markets. Our findings suggest that socioeconomic benefits from agricultural intensification and expansion may overcome localised environmental trade-offs, at least in the short term. However, unsustainable charcoal resource management and limited productive investment opportunities for rural households resulted in both reduced market access and limited wellbeing improvements. Sustainable and inclusive markets are therefore crucial developments alongside LUI to sustain wellbeing improvements for all households, to ensure that no one is left behind. |
英文关键词 | Sustainable development Livelihoods Human wellbeing Poverty Land use intensification Ecosystem services |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000501648400019 |
WOS关键词 | ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; CHARCOAL PRODUCTION ; POVERTY ALLEVIATION ; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION ; FOREST DEGRADATION ; GREEN-REVOLUTION ; DRY WOODLANDS ; TRADE-OFFS ; LIVELIHOODS ; GROWTH |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Geography |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geography |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/225402 |
专题 | 环境与发展全球科技态势 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, Sustainabil Res Inst, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England; 2.Univ Edinburgh, Sch GeoSci, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, Midlothian, Scotland; 3.Univ Oxford, Oxford Poverty & Human Dev Initiat, Oxford OX1 3TB, England; 4.Univ Eduardo Mondlane, 3453 Ave Julius Nyerere, Maputo, Mozambique; 5.Univ Zimbabwe, Inst Environm Studies, POB MP 167, Harare, Zimbabwe; 6.BirdLife Int, David Attenborough Bldg,Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, England; 7.Univ Lisbon, Fac Ciencias, Ctr Ecol Evolut & Environm Changes, Lisbon, Portugal; 8.Icatalist SL, Calle Real 22, Madrid 28231, Spain |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Smith, Harriet Elizabeth,Ryan, Casey M.,Vollmer, Frank,et al. Impacts of land use intensification on human wellbeing: Evidence from rural Mozambique[J]. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS,2019,59. |
APA | Smith, Harriet Elizabeth.,Ryan, Casey M..,Vollmer, Frank.,Woollen, Emily.,Keane, Aldan.,...&Mahamane, Mansour.(2019).Impacts of land use intensification on human wellbeing: Evidence from rural Mozambique.GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS,59. |
MLA | Smith, Harriet Elizabeth,et al."Impacts of land use intensification on human wellbeing: Evidence from rural Mozambique".GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS 59(2019). |
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