Poverty and livelihood impacts of community based fisheries management in Bangladesh

Islam, Gazi Md. Nurul; Yew, Tai Shzee; Viswanathan, K. Kuperan

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.05.004

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“…We constructed four regression models with seven variables, i.e., seven types of livelihood assets, to examine their effects on the rural household income of the samples from the entire area or each of the sub-areas. The results showed that livelihood assets had a significant impact on the community income in tourist areas, which is consistent with the findings in previous non-tourism livelihood asset-related studies [45,48,52,[61][62][63][64][65] and also confirms Truong's view that "the lack of livelihood capital is an important reason for limited resident income from tourism" [42].…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Physical assets remained in the models of the entire area, the core attraction area, and the secondary service area support, and showed a significant positive impact on rural household income [61,62]. In Jiuzhaigou communities with tourism as their main livelihoods, physical assets were the basis for rural households to engage in tourism because many livelihood activities require corresponding physical assets.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Income is one of the key livelihood outcomes in the framework of sustainable livelihood [27]; income level directly reflects the level of community livelihoods, whereas livelihood assets have a significant impact on community income [45,48,52,[61][62][63][64][65]. Social assets in particular are the most crucial factor affecting residents' income increase [65].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, natural, social, and physical assets also contributed significantly to the income of Bangladeshi fishermen [61,62]. Good natural and financial assets have increased the income of community residents in the Northwest plains of India and reduced the poverty rate in the region [63,64].…”

Section: Effect Of Livelihood Assets On Community Incomementioning

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“…In past livelihood-related studies, communities and rural households were all categorized into different types; for example, rural households were categorized into three types, i.e., market-oriented quantized value, part-time quantized value, and non-farming household according to the livelihoods of the rural households [40]; project household and non-project household according to the types of the project [62]; and semi-mountain settlement, river valley settlement, high-mountain settlement, and resettlement area according to the geographical locations [38]; farm households and off-farm households according to the types of the livelihoods [41]. There are three main methods used to classify tourism communities: (1) the communities are categorized into inner scenic attraction regions and peripheral or adjacent regions according to geospatial features [31,[69][70][71]; (2) the communities are categorized according to administrative divisions [72,73]; and (3) the communities are categorized according to livelihoods [74].…”

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Study on Livelihood Assets-Based Spatial Differentiation of the Income of Natural Tourism Communities

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Livelihood assets have a significant impact on the livelihood options and income of tourism communities. The level of tourism development and the type of natural tourism communities often exhibit spatial differences. By using the method of sustainable livelihood and examining the main factors that affect community income from the perspective of spatial heterogeneity, it is possible to identify the livelihood assets that play the most critical role in the development of sustainable livelihoods and income generation in the community, which helps provide more reasonable advice on tourism destination management. In this article, we conducted a case study on 16 communities in and around Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, China, and divided the communities into three types, i.e., core attraction areas, service support areas, and secondary service support areas, according to the geographical and spatial characteristics, tourism development level, and livelihood type. The participatory assessment method was adopted to obtain in-depth interviews and questionnaire data from 256 rural households, which was utilized to construct four multivariate regression models to investigate the effect of livelihood assets on community income and the spatial difference of the factors that affect community income. The results showed that (1) livelihood assets exert a significant impact on community income in tourist areas, with a remarkable spatial difference; (2) the types of livelihoods and the effective utilization of livelihood assets have a significant impact on farmers' incomes; (3) the type and amount of livelihood assets have a certain impact on the choice of livelihood; and (4) a farmer's livelihood type determines the utilization method and the effective utilization of livelihood assets.

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