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I. B. Franco et al. (eds.), Actioning the Global Goals for Local Impact, Science
for Sustainable Societies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9927-6_2
Chapter 2
SDG 1 No Poverty
Building Sustainable Communities: A
Framework for Supporting Community
Livelihoods and Poverty Alleviation in Resource
Regions
Isabel B. Franco and John Minnery
Abstract This chapter proposes the use of the sustainable livelihood framework
(SLF) as a powerful conceptual approach for research aimed at understanding the
interaction between global investment, local livelihoods and poverty reduction in
resource regions. The chapter applies the SLF as a tool to develop recommendations
for poverty alleviation, showing how it can contribute to SDG 1 No Poverty. The
innovative application of the SLF helps us understand the ways in which key areas
of research connect and interact as constituent components inherent in the framework. This chapter also argues that this framework helps increase our understanding
of the ways communities build capacity to forge sustainable livelihoods in resource
regions. It thus presents a justification for the use of the SLF, followed by an examination of the SLF principles, their implications for communities and relevance for
empirical research in this field. The chapter also shows the way in which the SLF
can be modified for application to local circumstances through case studies conducted in two resource regions of Colombia. Nevertheless, the findings of the
research can be applied to other resource locations elsewhere.
Keywords SDG 1 No Poverty · Sustainable livelihoods · Community · Resource
regions · Sustainability
I. B. Franco (*)
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo, Japan
Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia
e-mail: connect@drisabelfranco.com
J. Minnery
Griffith University – Cities Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
I. B. Franco et al. (eds.), Actioning the Global Goals for Local Impact, Science
for Sustainable Societies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9927-6_2
Chapter 2
SDG 1 No Poverty
Building Sustainable Communities: A
Framework for Supporting Community
Livelihoods and Poverty Alleviation in Resource
Regions
Isabel B. Franco and John Minnery
Abstract This chapter proposes the use of the sustainable livelihood framework
(SLF) as a powerful conceptual approach for research aimed at understanding the
interaction between global investment, local livelihoods and poverty reduction in
resource regions. The chapter applies the SLF as a tool to develop recommendations
for poverty alleviation, showing how it can contribute to SDG 1 No Poverty. The
innovative application of the SLF helps us understand the ways in which key areas
of research connect and interact as constituent components inherent in the framework. This chapter also argues that this framework helps increase our understanding
of the ways communities build capacity to forge sustainable livelihoods in resource
regions. It thus presents a justification for the use of the SLF, followed by an examination of the SLF principles, their implications for communities and relevance for
empirical research in this field. The chapter also shows the way in which the SLF
can be modified for application to local circumstances through case studies conducted in two resource regions of Colombia. Nevertheless, the findings of the
research can be applied to other resource locations elsewhere.
Keywords SDG 1 No Poverty · Sustainable livelihoods · Community · Resource
regions · Sustainability
I. B. Franco (*)
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo, Japan
Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia
e-mail: connect@drisabelfranco.com
J. Minnery
Griffith University – Cities Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia