Urban poverty and vulnerability in India: A social policy perspective

Loughhead, Susan; Mittal, Onkar

doi:10.1177/004908570003000203

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“…Home ownership has frequently been postulated to reduce vulnerability in urban areas (Grant 2007;Loughhead et al 2001;Waite 2000). This is because it reduces the risk of eviction following impoverishment and provides opportunities for renting out rooms or operating a home-based enterprise.…”

Section: Tenure Status and Household Food Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Vulnerability in crisis: urban household food insecurity in Epworth, Harare, Zimbabwe

Tawodzera

2011

Food Sec.

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Much of the contemporary literature on food security has focused on the rural sector. However, within the current context of high demographic growth, rapid urbanization and rising urban poverty which characterizes much of Sub-Saharan Africa, urban food insecurity cannot continue to be ignored. This study therefore examines the vulnerability of poor households to food insecurity in the challenging urban environment of Harare in Zimbabwe, an acute example of a city (and country) 'in crisis'. Findings from qualitative and quantitative research demonstrate severe food insecurity characterized by critical food shortages and the consumption of narrower diets among poor households in the city. Household vulnerability to food insecurity stemmed from a range of factors, including: high levels of unemployment and poverty; high dependency ratios; low levels of house ownership; hyperinflation; skyrocketing food prices; and the general collapse of the formal food system. Vulnerability to food insecurity was further exacerbated by a prolonged adverse socio-political climate that undermined national economic recovery and reduced the livelihood opportunities available to the urban poor. The paper concludes that in Harare, as in most urban areas of the developing world, the urban poor have become highly vulnerable to food insecurity.

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Section: Tenure Status and Household Food Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Vulnerability in crisis: urban household food insecurity in Epworth, Harare, Zimbabwe

Tawodzera

2011

Food Sec.

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“…Individual risks such as low income and dropping out of school are strongly associated with 'vulnerability to poverty' (Dercon, 2006). However, 'social vulnerability', as opposed to 'economic vulnerability', identifies vulnerable groups such as children at risk, females, the disabled, migrants and the elderly, and it underlines broad structural characteristics that define these vulnerable groups (Loughhead and Mittal, 2000;. This conceptualisation of vulnerability allows us to consider the range of diverse factors affecting vulnerability of young people, such as gender and migrant status.…”

Section: Fragile Transitions From Education To Employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Youth and the Politics of the Present

Colombo¹,

Rebughini²

2019

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Youth and the Politics of the Present presents a range of topical sociological investigations into various aspects of the everyday practices of young adults in different European contexts. Indeed, this volume provides an original and provocative investigation of various current central issues surrounding the effects of globalization and the directions in which Western societies are steering their future. Containing a wide range of empirical and comparative examples from across Europe, this title highlights how young adults are trying to implement new forms of understanding, interpretation and action to cope with unprecedented situations; developing new forms of relationships, identifications and belonging while they experience new and unprecedented forms of inclusion and exclusion. Grounding this exploration is the suggestion that careful observations of the everyday practices of young adults can be an excellent vantage point to grasp how and in what direction the future of contemporary Western societies is heading. Offering an original and provocative investigation, Youth and the Politics of the Present will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Youth Studies, Globalization Studies, Migration Studies, Gender Studies and Social Policy.

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“…Loughhead et al . ( ), in a report prepared for the Department for International Development (DFID), suggest that urban poverty reduction in India needs considerable efforts by national, state, and local governments; international organizations, civil society, and the private sector.…”

Section: Poverty In An Urban Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%