02494nam 2200421 450 991066981980332120231125013326.01-136-53733-31-84977-569-9(CKB)5600000000588171(MiAaPQ)EBC1075085(NjHacI)995600000000588171(EXLCZ)99560000000058817120231125d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMeasuring Livelihoods and Environmental Dependence /edited by Arild Angelsen, Helle Overgaard Larsen, Carsten Smith OlsenLondon :Routledge,[2011]©20111 online resource (283 pages)1-84971-132-1 1. Why measure rural livelihoods and environmental dependence? -- 2. Why do field research? -- 3. Composing a research proposal -- 4. Sampling: Who, how and how many? -- 5. Collecting contextual information -- 6. The division of labour between village, household and other surveys -- 7. Designing the household questionnaire -- 8. Valuing the priceless: What are non-marketed products worth? -- 9. Preparing for the field: Managing AND enjoying fieldwork -- 10. Hiring, training and managing a field team -- 11. Getting quality data -- 12. Data entry and quality checking -- 13. An introduction to data analysis -- 14. Communicating research for influence and impact -- Index.Thousands of surveys on rural livelihoods in developing countries are being done every year. Unfortunately, many suffer from weaknesses in methods and problems in implementation. Quantifying households' dependence on multiple environmental resources (forests, bush, grasslands and rivers) is particularly difficult and often simply ignored in the surveys. The results therefore do not reflect rural realities. In particular, 'the hidden harvest' from natural resources is generally too important to livelihoods for development research, policies and practice to ignore. Fieldwork using state-of-the-a.Household surveysHousehold surveys.001.433Angelsen ArildLarsen Helle OvergaardOlsen Carsten SmithNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910669819803321Measuring Livelihoods and Environmental Dependence3056584UNINA