Navigating the landscape of global sustainable livelihood research: past insights and future trajectory

    Li, T and Singh, R K and Cui, L and Xu, Z and Liu, H and Fava, F and Kumar, S and Song, X and Tang, L and Wang, Y and Hao, Y (2023) Navigating the landscape of global sustainable livelihood research: past insights and future trajectory. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30. pp. 103291-103312. ISSN 1614-7499

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    Abstract

    Sustainable livelihoods (SL) have emerged as a crucial area of focus in global environmental change research, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This field is rapidly gaining prominence in sustainability science and has become one of the primary research paradigms. In our study, we conducted scientometrics analysis using the ISI Web of Science core collection database to examine research patterns and frontier areas in SL research. We selected 6441 papers and 265,759 references related to SL published from 1991 to 2020. To achieve this, we employed advanced quantitative analysis tools such as CiteSpace and VOSviewer to quantitatively analyze and visualize the evolution of literature in the SL research field. Our overarching objectives were to understand historical research characteristics, identify the knowledge base, and determine future research trends. The results revealed an exponential increase in SL research documentation since 1991, with the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Center (CGIAR) contributing the highest volume of research documents and citations. Key journals in this field included World Development, Global Environmental Change, Ecological Economics, and Ecology and Society. Notably, Singh RK and Shackleton CM emerged as prolific authors in SL research. Through our analysis, we identified six primary clusters of research areas: livelihoods, conservation, food security, management, climate change, and ecosystem services. Additionally, we found that tags such as rural household, agricultural intensification, cultural intensification, and livelihoods vulnerability remained relevant and represented active research hotspots. By analyzing keyword score relevance, we identified frontier areas in SL research, including mass tourism, solar home systems, artisanal and small-scale mining, forest quality, marine-protected areas, agricultural sustainability, sustainable rangeland management, and indigenous knowledge. These findings provide valuable insights to stakeholders regarding the historical, current, and future trends in SL research, offering strategic opportunities to enhance the sustainability of livelihoods for farmers and rural communities in alignment with the SDGs.

    Item Type: Article
    Divisions: Global Research Program - Enabling Systems Transformation
    CRP: UNSPECIFIED
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Frontiers of livelihoods, Environment management, Principal component analysis, Visualization, Farmers and rural communities
    Subjects: Others > Rural Development
    Others > Sustainable Development
    Depositing User: Mr Nagaraju T
    Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2024 03:21
    Last Modified: 23 Jan 2024 03:21
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12392
    Official URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-0...
    Projects: UNSPECIFIED
    Funders: UNSPECIFIED
    Acknowledgement: Thanks to Chen Chaomei for the computing support provided by CiteSpace software and Li Jie for answering questions related to his blog. Ranjay K. Singh was associated in this article based on his research skill and experience (during Endeavor research fellowship) gained at Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods, University of Charles Darwin (CDU), Darwin, NT, Australia. Griffith University being a part of research network established by several universities of Australia, and CDU is one of them. Resources and logistic help extended by both the universities to the affiliated authors during their different course of time are gratefully acknowledged. Comments and suggestions from anonymous reviewers, the Academic Editor, and the Editor are greatly appreciated.
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