Poverty and Vulnerability in Dhaka Slums

The Urban Livelihoods Study

Jane A. Pryer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-26394-9 (ISBN)

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Bangladesh has low levels of urbanization but a high urban population in absolute terms, being one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Rapid urbanization in developing countries brings numerous problems and challenges; urban poverty is one important issue. This important volume presents the findings of a complex and revealing multidisciplinary cohort study conducted in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Detailed information was assembled on material, social and economic conditions, livelihoods, health and nutritional status. Together with associated qualitative work, the data forms the basis for understanding groups who are vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and stresses, and for differentiating strategies which might be adaptive in situations of hardship and scarcity. The author examines many aspects of poverty and vulnerability including livelihoods, work disabling illness and coping strategies, the female workforce, women’s negotiation and well being, marital instability, child labour, and investments in health and nutrition, and utilizes the assembled material to debate on policy options.

Dr Jane Pryer, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London. Royal Free and University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London

Contents: Introduction; Poverty and vulnerability; Study design and methods; Livelihood clusters; Marital instability; Child labour; Female workforce and the family; Investing in health; Work disabling morbidity; Strategies for coping with costs of work disabling ill health among household heads; Women's negotiation control and well-being within the households; Factors affecting adult body mass index; Investing in children's nutritional status; Intra-household distribution of nutritional vulnerability; Managing financial shocks and stresses; Policy implications; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.01.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	410 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-26394-X / 113826394X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-26394-9 / 9781138263949
Zustand	Neuware