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The chapter provides (below) an overview of the research and introduces the case
study area. It then examines the implications of the principles underpinning the
sustainable livelihoods framework for communities adjacent to mining and thus
demonstrates how the original principles and structure of the classic SLF need to be
modified to be applied in this context. This is followed by a presentation of the
research findings, concentrating on three components of the sustainable livelihoods
framework: context, governance and livelihood assets. The original SLF structure is
shown in Fig. 2.1, and the details of how the original SLF are modified to apply to
the subject matter of the research are shown in Fig. 2.2. The ways in which it is
modified are explained more fully in the remainder of this chapter, but in summary
the contextual component and governance component of the modified SLF deal
principally with aspects particularly relevant to communities dependent on mining,
and the focus is on the community asset of human capital rather than all five forms
of asset (human capital, plus natural capital, social capital, financial capital and
physical capital) usually considered. The final section of the chapter provides
recommendations for ways of improving social sustainability for settlements and
communities in mining regions based on the key findings identified in the paper.
Fig. 2.1 Modified sustainable livelihood framework. (Modified from Mandke 2007 and Rakodi
and Lloyd-Jones 2002)
2 SDG 1 No Poverty
The chapter provides (below) an overview of the research and introduces the case
study area. It then examines the implications of the principles underpinning the
sustainable livelihoods framework for communities adjacent to mining and thus
demonstrates how the original principles and structure of the classic SLF need to be
modified to be applied in this context. This is followed by a presentation of the
research findings, concentrating on three components of the sustainable livelihoods
framework: context, governance and livelihood assets. The original SLF structure is
shown in Fig. 2.1, and the details of how the original SLF are modified to apply to
the subject matter of the research are shown in Fig. 2.2. The ways in which it is
modified are explained more fully in the remainder of this chapter, but in summary
the contextual component and governance component of the modified SLF deal
principally with aspects particularly relevant to communities dependent on mining,
and the focus is on the community asset of human capital rather than all five forms
of asset (human capital, plus natural capital, social capital, financial capital and
physical capital) usually considered. The final section of the chapter provides
recommendations for ways of improving social sustainability for settlements and
communities in mining regions based on the key findings identified in the paper.
Fig. 2.1 Modified sustainable livelihood framework. (Modified from Mandke 2007 and Rakodi
and Lloyd-Jones 2002)
2 SDG 1 No Poverty