Subsistence crisis

A crisis which occurs when access to basic necessities are challenged

A subsistence crisis affects individuals or communities unable to obtain basic necessities due to either man-made or natural factors such as inflation, drought or war.^[1] Severe subsistence crises are considered famines. While John Meuvret first coined the term in France in 1946, economic historian Pierre Goubert popularized the concept during the 1960s with his study of economic inequality and mortality in Beauvais 1709–10.^[2]A Subsistance crises is a extreme situation where basic needs of livelihood are endangered.subsistence crisis affects individuals or communities unable to obtain basic necessities due to either man-made or natural factors such as inflation, drought or war.

Historical Subsistence Crises

See also

• Famine
• Hail
• Drought

References

1. "The European subsistence crisis of 1845–1850: a comparative perspective", http://www.helsinki.fi/iehc2006/papers3/Vanhaute.pdf, 20 June 2012
2. Walter, John; Schofield, Roger; Appleby, Andrew B. (26 April 1991). Famine, Disease and the Social Order in Early Modern Society. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-40613-0.
3. Charts, History in (19 March 2021). "The Causes and Effects of the Irish Potato Famine". History in Charts. Retrieved 10 September 2023.