Where Nature and Poverty Meet: Developing a Multidimensional Environment-Poverty Measure.

Despite the intrinsic relationships between the natural environment, poverty and human wellbeing, measures of poverty do not adequately account for environmental dimensions of wellbeing. This paper furthers theoretical debates about environment-poverty relationships by developing environmental dimen...

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Publicado en:Journal of Development Studies Vol. 61; no. 6; pp. 869 - 890
Autores principales: Schleicher, Judith, van Soesbergen, Arnout, Schaafsma, Marije, Dyngeland, Cecilie, Oldekop, Johan A., Maioli, Veronica, Latawiec, Agnieszka E., Vira, Bhaskar
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          Schleicher, Judith
          van Soesbergen, Arnout
          Schaafsma, Marije
          Dyngeland, Cecilie
          Oldekop, Johan A.
          Maioli, Veronica
          Latawiec, Agnieszka E.
          Vira, Bhaskar
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          Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
          UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK
          Present address: Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany
          Department of Geography, King's College London, London, UK
          School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
          Department of Environmental Economics, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands
          Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway
          Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
          International Institute for Sustentability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
          Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
          Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
          Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
          School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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        Standard of living
        Sustainable development
        Poverty reduction
        Environmental indicators
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        Environmental education
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          Standard of living
          Sustainable development
          Administration of General Economic Programs
          Poverty reduction
          Environmental indicators
          Environmental auditing
          Environmental education
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        degradation
        environment
        natural hazards
        Sustainability
        wellbeing
        degradation
        environment
        natural hazards
        Sustainability
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      ab: Despite the intrinsic relationships between the natural environment, poverty and human wellbeing, measures of poverty do not adequately account for environmental dimensions of wellbeing. This paper furthers theoretical debates about environment-poverty relationships by developing environmental dimensions and indicators for integration into multidimensional poverty indices. We demonstrate that this integration is practically possible using public datasets that are part of regular data collection efforts. Using Brazil as a case study, we develop an environmentally-adjusted multidimensional poverty measure that combines data on proximity to natural land, floods, droughts and landslide risks with information on health, education and living standards. Our results show that the integration of environmental dimensions into a poverty measure can provide different estimates of the incidence and distribution of poverty in a country, shifting attention to new target areas for poverty reduction strategies. Our measure provides a complementary and broader understanding of poverty than traditional poverty indices and could be used to track changes over time. Our measure therefore provides a potentially useful avenue to assess progress towards achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals, while also accounting for environmental change.
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