<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The livelihood approach aims at the analysis, understanding and restrictions that the poorest people have to face in order to recover from difficult situations. The Department for International Development model is applied to an urban zone with the purpose of making an assessment of the livelihood of the district ’la Comuna 1’ in Medellin, Colombia, which has been recognised as the poorest and one of the most dangerous districts of the city. The case study presents both a quantitative analysis (macro) and qualitative (micro) analysis, as a mixed method that allows a more complete analysis and understanding of livelihood, and providing a deeper understanding of the district from the livelihood approach. The results indicate a stable growth of livelihood during the period of analysis.</p></abstract>

The livelihood approach aims at the analysis, understanding and restrictions that the poorest people have to face in order to recover from difficult situations. The Department for International Development model is applied to an urban zone with the purpose of making an assessment of the livelihood of the district ’la Comuna 1’ in Medellin, Colombia, which has been recognised as the poorest and one of the most dangerous districts of the city. The case study presents both a quantitative analysis (macro) and qualitative (micro) analysis, as a mixed method that allows a more complete analysis and understanding of livelihood, and providing a deeper understanding of the district from the livelihood approach. The results indicate a stable growth of livelihood during the period of analysis.

Livelihood assessment in district 1 of Medellin – Colombia

Universidad de Manizales, Director of the PhD program in Sustainable Development, Columbia

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

Coordinator of the International Relations and Business Group School as Economic and Administrative Sciences, Universidad de Medellin, Colombia.

Professor International Business, Universidad de Medellin, Colombia

Miscellanea Geographica

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The livelihood approach aims at the analysis, understanding and restrictions that the poorest people have to face in order to recover from difficult...

Livelihood assessment in district 1 of Medellin – Colombia

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 9 - 20

Received: Jun 26, 2015

Accepted: Nov 19, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2015-0025

Keywords
Livelihood, poverty, human development, vulnerability, index, Medellin

© 2015 Ciro Alfonso Serna Mendoza et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Livelihood assessment in district 1 of Medellin – Colombia

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 9 - 20

Received: Jun 26, 2015

Accepted: Nov 19, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2015-0025

KeywordsLivelihood, poverty, human development, vulnerability, index, Medellin

© 2015 Ciro Alfonso Serna Mendoza et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Livelihood, poverty, human development, vulnerability, index, Medellin