Assessing Livelihood Capitals on Vashantek Slum and its Impact on Adjacent Communities

Livelihoods are people's pattern of living or practices that involve the use of resources to support the essential needs of the household. According to the Sustainable Livelihood Framework provided by UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), there are five capitals of livelihood de...

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Main Authors: Rokoni, Sumaiya, Rahman, Md. Mizanur
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description Livelihoods are people's pattern of living or practices that involve the use of resources to support the essential needs of the household. According to the Sustainable Livelihood Framework provided by UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), there are five capitals of livelihood defined as the ‘livelihood assets’ which influences people in every aspect of life from their household level. The five capitals of livelihood include- human capital, physical capital, financial capital, social capital and natural capital. The livelihood practices of the low income people who live in the slums are immensely influenced by these 5 capitals; and such livelihood condition also impacts its adjacent communities as well. This study especially focuses on the case of Vashantek slum of Dhaka city in order to provide a precise understanding of the livelihood capitals possessed by the slum households. This research tries to find out the availability and accessibility of the five livelihood capitals on Vashantek slum. This study also tries to demonstrate how the livelihood activities of slum people are affecting the surrounding high-class and middle-class communities. Both qualitative and quantitative data have been obtained from field survey to conduct the research. The collected data and information are analyzed through statistical, narrative and descriptive analysis methods and finally an assessment has been represented through grounded-theory approach. This study shows a very vulnerable condition of the slum livelihood; and the availability and accessibility of livelihood capitals are not sufficient among the slum neighborhoods. Sustainable livelihood framework (SLF) can broadly be applied and experimented here for the improvement of the livelihood capitals of Vashantek slum and its surroundings. Based on the findings, this research recommends some short-term and long-term strategies along-with every stakeholder’s role to improve the condition of this slum-livelihood.
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spelling ojs-3092025-11-25T06:02:53Z Assessing Livelihood Capitals on Vashantek Slum and its Impact on Adjacent Communities Rokoni, Sumaiya Rahman, Md. Mizanur Livelihood capitals Sustainable livelihood framework Vulnerability Urban slum Livelihoods are people's pattern of living or practices that involve the use of resources to support the essential needs of the household. According to the Sustainable Livelihood Framework provided by UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), there are five capitals of livelihood defined as the ‘livelihood assets’ which influences people in every aspect of life from their household level. The five capitals of livelihood include- human capital, physical capital, financial capital, social capital and natural capital. The livelihood practices of the low income people who live in the slums are immensely influenced by these 5 capitals; and such livelihood condition also impacts its adjacent communities as well. This study especially focuses on the case of Vashantek slum of Dhaka city in order to provide a precise understanding of the livelihood capitals possessed by the slum households. This research tries to find out the availability and accessibility of the five livelihood capitals on Vashantek slum. This study also tries to demonstrate how the livelihood activities of slum people are affecting the surrounding high-class and middle-class communities. Both qualitative and quantitative data have been obtained from field survey to conduct the research. The collected data and information are analyzed through statistical, narrative and descriptive analysis methods and finally an assessment has been represented through grounded-theory approach. This study shows a very vulnerable condition of the slum livelihood; and the availability and accessibility of livelihood capitals are not sufficient among the slum neighborhoods. Sustainable livelihood framework (SLF) can broadly be applied and experimented here for the improvement of the livelihood capitals of Vashantek slum and its surroundings. Based on the findings, this research recommends some short-term and long-term strategies along-with every stakeholder’s role to improve the condition of this slum-livelihood. Jahangirnagar University 2024-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings Submission application/pdf http://journals.juniv.edu/index.php/tjr/article/view/309 10.59185/tjr.v48i2.309 The Jahangirnagar Review; Vol. 48 No. 2 (2024); 229-244 1682-7422 10.59185/tjr.v48i2 eng http://journals.juniv.edu/index.php/tjr/article/view/309/266 Copyright (c) 2025 The Jahangirnagar Review
spellingShingle Livelihood capitals
Sustainable livelihood framework
Vulnerability
Urban slum
Rokoni, Sumaiya
Rahman, Md. Mizanur
Assessing Livelihood Capitals on Vashantek Slum and its Impact on Adjacent Communities
title Assessing Livelihood Capitals on Vashantek Slum and its Impact on Adjacent Communities
title_full Assessing Livelihood Capitals on Vashantek Slum and its Impact on Adjacent Communities
title_fullStr Assessing Livelihood Capitals on Vashantek Slum and its Impact on Adjacent Communities
title_full_unstemmed Assessing Livelihood Capitals on Vashantek Slum and its Impact on Adjacent Communities
title_short Assessing Livelihood Capitals on Vashantek Slum and its Impact on Adjacent Communities
title_sort assessing livelihood capitals on vashantek slum and its impact on adjacent communities
topic Livelihood capitals
Sustainable livelihood framework
Vulnerability
Urban slum
topic_facet Livelihood capitals
Sustainable livelihood framework
Vulnerability
Urban slum
url http://journals.juniv.edu/index.php/tjr/article/view/309
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