Urban poor living with risk : exploring the dimensions of urban poverty: a case study on risk management capacities among the urban poor in Colombo, …

2012

Master thesis in development management- University of Agder, 2012 The complex nature of urban poverty cannot be grasped by numbers and graphs. Urban poor survival strategies are subject to a number of challenges, derived from internal and external risks. Domestic illness or global economic fluctuations can have a severe impact on the livelihoods of the urban poor depending on day-to-day income. A contemporary trend within poverty research is to analyse urban vulnerability through a bottom-up approach, giving a voice to the poor. In order to enhance the prospects of poverty eradication strategies in a globalised world, there is a need to approach urban poverty as a contextual phenomenon, id…