Dark Side of Development: Modernity, Disaster Risk and Sustainable Livelihoods in Two Coastal Communities in Fiji
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Conceptual Framework
3. Methodology
4. Results
4.1. Natural Capital
4.1.1. Access to Land Resources
4.1.2. Access to Marine Resources
4.1.3. Vegetation Coverage
4.1.4. Natural Beauty and Wildlife
4.1.5. Natural Protection
4.2. Physical Capital
4.2.1. Quality of Housing
4.2.2. Access to Boats and Transport Infrastructure
4.2.3. Access to Shops and Markets
4.2.4. Access to Water, Sanitation and Waste Management
4.2.5. Access to Electricity
4.2.6. Access to Telephone, Radio and TV
4.2.7. Physical Protection
4.3. Financial Capital
4.3.1. Paid Labour
4.3.2. Trade Income
4.3.3. Capital Income
4.3.4. Remittances or Redistribution
4.3.5. Access to Credit
4.4. Human Capital
4.4.1. Access to Healthcare
4.4.2. Nutritional Status
4.4.3. Access to Education
4.5. Social Capital
4.5.1. Household Composition
4.5.2. Community Decision-Making and Projects
4.5.3. Community Groups
4.5.4. Reciprocal Behaviour and Community Cohesion
4.5.5. Social Protection
5. Discussion
5.1. Natural Capital: Equal Access, Different Use
5.2. Financial and Social Capital: Antipodes of Modernity
5.3. Physical and Human Capital: Leveraging Money with Social Capital
5.4. Modernity, Development, and Disaster Risk
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Capital | Qualitative Indicators |
---|---|
Natural capital | Access to land resources [57,60] |
Access to marine resources [57,60] | |
Vegetation coverage [57,60] | |
Natural beauty and wildlife [57] | |
Natural protection [63] | |
Physical capital | Quality of housing [60] |
Access to boats and transport infrastructure [60] | |
Access to shops and markets [60] | |
Access to water, sanitation and waste management [60] | |
Access to electricity [60] | |
Access to telephone, radio and TV [60] | |
Physical protection [60] | |
Financial capital | Paid labour [57,60] |
Trade income [57,60] | |
Capital income [57,60] | |
Remittances or redistribution [57,60] | |
Access to credit [57,60] | |
Human capital | Access to healthcare [34,60] |
Nutritional status [60] | |
Access to education [57,60] | |
Social capital | Household composition [76] |
Community decision-making and projects [60] | |
Community groups [60] | |
Reciprocal behaviour and community cohesion [60] | |
Social protection [60] |
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