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Looking At Household Energy Provision In A New Way - The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach

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Front cover of Boiling Point issue 46
Issue 46 (2001) Household energy and the vulnerable
ArticleLooking At Household Energy Provision In A New Way - The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach
AuthorAndrew Barnett


The Sustainable Livelihoods approach is a way of looking at development which is concerned first and foremost with people. It tries to understand people’s strengths (their skills, status, and possessions) and how they use these asset s to improve the quality of their lives. No single asset on its own will provide for all the many and varied requirements people seek to make their lives worthwhile.

The following tables show activities within the energy field that can make people less vulnerable. They are based on the Sustainable Livelihoods Guidance Sheets provided by DFID, and The Poverty and Transport Toolkit, produced by Lucia Hanmer , David Booth and Elizabeth Lovell at ODI, June 2000.
Figure 1: Production technology to reduce human drudgery, a woman using micro-hydro powered milling machine
Figure 1: Production technology to reduce human drudgery, a woman using micro-hydro powered milling machine
This is a different approach from the usual one where the starting point is the type of energy, such as electricity, oil, biomass, and so on. Access to electricity for lighting, radios and television is regarded by many people as crucial to their feeling of inclusion in the modern world; whilst the use of all forms of energy (not just electricity) in productive activities is often crucial to increasing the range, quality and productivity of income-generating production, and for transporting it to a wider market.

Table 1: Linkages between people’s assets and energy
Table 1: Linkages between people’s assets and energy
Table 2: Linkages between Vulnerability and energy
Table 2: Linkages between Vulnerability and energy
Table 3: Linkages between structures, institutions, processes and energy
Table 3: Linkages between structures, institutions, processes and energy
Table 4. Energy related Livelihood Strategies
Table 4. Energy related Livelihood Strategies
Table 5. The benefits which can be achieved
Table 5. The benefits which can be achieved


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[top] [end]Contents: Boiling Point 46 - Household energy and the vulnerable

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Household energy and the vulnerable - The handicapped in a disadvantaged community - Strengthening village and neighbourhood organisations - Safety networks for the vulnerable - Women with disabilities - cooking, fires and smoke - Energy needs in a high altitude conflict zone of India - The provision of household energy - Coping mechanisms of internally displaced people in Benguela Province, Angola - AIDS a threat to biomass energy conservation - The hearth - reflections on the needs of women suffering mental illness in India - Identifying barriers to the adoption of specific domestic energy strategies - a new rapid assessment tool - Learning to listen to the poor - Funding for clean technology through the Climate Convention - Looking at household energy provision in a new way - The Sustainable Livelihoods approach - Improved stoves for preventing deforestatio - myth or reality? - The watermill battery charger





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