Abstract The Copperbelt region in Zambia experienced significant economic destabilization after the 1970s which led to massive job losses in the mining and manufacturing sectors, forcing the local population into a range of informal sector activities and food self‐provisioning. Resilience thinking and the concepts of adaptation and adaptability in particular provide a lense through which to understand how the mining industry was re‐established, albeit in a radical altered form and how local individuals and households have had to cope through creative local responses. The practice of urban agriculture serves as a case‐study of how, in the absence of formal sector employment opportunities, households have had to strengthen their food security through their own actions.

Etienne Nel

Category	Quartile
经济学	3
经济学, 发展研究	3
经济学, 区域与城市规划	4

Resilience to Economic Shocks: Reflections from Zambia's Copperbelt

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Category	Quartile
REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING	2