Abstract The Social Framework for Projects assists in understanding, assessing, planning
and managing the social issues associated with big projects, such as those leading to the …

In Iran, mangroves are located in the south of the country, where they fulfill essential
ecosystem functions, but some parts of them have been destroyed for various reasons in …

Payments for ecosystem services programs (PESPs) are increasingly being adopted
globally to enhance sustainability outcomes. There are also hundreds of studies yearly on …

Using the UK Agency for International Development (DFID) sustainable livelihood
framework, this paper measures the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) farmers' capacities in …

Two decades after their rapid rise to prominence, the place of livelihoods approaches in
contemporary development conversations and programming is unclear. This status is in …

With emerging forms of tourism, creative tourism has brought a shift in the tourism industry.
Creative tourism is not fully embraced and there is paucity of studies on the new type of …

Especially poor people in developing countries depend on biological resources to manage
their livelihoods and to generate income. Because these resources are usually public …

Local communities have preferences and expectations regarding mangrove ecosystems that
are typically underrepresented in valuation studies. Therefore, this study identifies how the …

The process of transitioning from a rural to an urban setting and from an agricultural to an
industrial economy is referred to as urbanization, a complex socioeconomic process. Peri …

The four chapters in this section examine how social subjectivities are shaped through, and
reflect, differential access to and control over nature. Focusing on gender, race, class …