Sustainable livelihoods approaches used in international development are applied to a vulnerable New Zealand catchment. The Waiapu Catchment has a high proportion of indigenous residents, and is one of the most remote and deprived areas in the country. Linear and centralised approaches to indigenous development have failed to bring about desired changes. We identify “capitals” (social, human/political, physical, natural, financial and cultural) present in the catchment. From this assessment, we propose capital‐based holistic approaches to bring about community‐led change. The assessment and resulting approaches can be used in other vulnerable environments around the world.

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可持续生计方法在脆弱环境中为政府与地方之间的伙伴关系和决策提供信息

国际发展中使用的可持续生计方法适用于脆弱的新西兰流域。Waiapu流域的土著居民比例很高，是该国最偏远和最贫困的地区之一。线性和集中化的土著发展方法未能带来预期的变化。我们确定流域中存在的“资本”（社会，人类/政治，自然，自然，财务和文化）。通过此评估，我们提出了基于资本的整体方法来实现社区主导的变革。评估和得出的方法可以在世界其他脆弱的环境中使用。