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Putting Indigenous water rights to work: the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework as a lens for remote development

Nikolakis, William; Grafton, Quentin

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Sustainable development programs can lead to tension and conflict in human communities when natural capital is used as the foundation for livelihood programs. Building on the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF), this study demonstrates that including community perceptions in the creation of sustainable livelihoods programs is important in designing programs that are legitimate to community members, and this is especially important in the context of natural capital. Using the SLF, the...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorNikolakis, William
dc.contributor.authorGrafton, Quentin
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-17T02:18:45Z
dc.date.available2015-03-17T02:18:45Z
dc.identifier.issn1557-5330
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/12965
dc.description.abstractSustainable development programs can lead to tension and conflict in human communities when natural capital is used as the foundation for livelihood programs. Building on the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF), this study demonstrates that including community perceptions in the creation of sustainable livelihoods programs is important in designing programs that are legitimate to community members, and this is especially important in the context of natural capital. Using the SLF, the allocation of water rights to Indigenous groups in remote northern Australia is examined to determine the acceptability of this form of natural capital to support sustainable livelihoods. The findings indicate that there are competing values of water within communities, and that balancing the preferences for spirituality and conservation with economic development and self-sufficiency is critical to the success of sustainable livelihoods programs across the region.
dc.description.sponsorshipCopyright Information: 2015 Community Development Society
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.rights© 2015 Community Development Society
dc.sourceCommunity Development
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectindigenous economic development
dc.subjectIndigenous peoples
dc.subjectSustainable Livelihoods Framework
dc.subjectwater rights
dc.titlePutting Indigenous water rights to work: the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework as a lens for remote development
dc.typeJournal article
local.identifier.citationvolume46
dc.date.issued2015-02-20
local.identifier.absfor000000 - Internal ANU use only
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB1253
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.routledge.com/
local.type.statusPublished version
local.contributor.affiliationGrafton, R. Q., Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University
local.identifier.essn1944-7485
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage149
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage163
local.identifier.doi10.1080/15575330.2015.1009922
dc.date.updated2021-08-01T08:21:59Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84924904907
local.identifier.thomsonID000212571000006
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