Sökning: "coping with shortages"
Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden coping with shortages.
1. The Specter of Scarcity : Experiencing and Coping with Metal Shortages, 1870-2015
Sammanfattning : In spite of an ever-growing supply of metals, actors have long feared metal shortages. This thesis – departing from an understanding that metals scarcity is not an objective geological fact, but an experience, a fear of a shortage – explores why business and state actors have experienced metals as scarce and how they coped with scarcity from 1870 to 2015. LÄS MER
2. Food insecurity and coping strategies in semiarid areas : the case of Mvumi in central Tanzania
Sammanfattning : This study examines how people in dryland areas cope with food insecurity and adversities over time. It draws from the experience of the Gogo people living in Mvumi in the semiarid zone of central Tanzania, an area with a long history of food shortages. The study specifically examines the potential for dryland resources to sustain livelihoods. LÄS MER