TY - BOOK
T1 - Economics of poverty, environment and natural-resource use
A2 - Dellink, R.B.
A2 - Ruijs, A.J.W.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Reduction of poverty is a tremendous and persistent challenge for the global community. Given that the livelihood of millions is at stake, there is an urgent need to reconsider the causes of and the remedies for poverty. Poverty and its reduction are closely linked to the natural-resources base. The quality and bounty of the local environment certainly affect living conditions of the poor and their poverty is often seen as a contributing factor to the degraded condition of the local environment. Teasing apart the direction of causality in this resource–poverty nexus is a serious empirical challenge. This book contributes to an improved understanding of the economic dimensions of environmental and natural-resource management and poverty alleviation. The ten chapters of the book offer an overview of the current knowledge concerning the relation between poverty, environment and natural-resource use. Three sides of the debate receive particular attention. First, the relation between resource use and poverty is discussed from a theoretical point of view. Second, it is questioned whether payments for environmental services or considering values of resources can be an effective tool for stimulating both sustainable resource use and poverty alleviation. Third, alternative strategies to break the land degradation–poverty cycle are discussed.
AB - Reduction of poverty is a tremendous and persistent challenge for the global community. Given that the livelihood of millions is at stake, there is an urgent need to reconsider the causes of and the remedies for poverty. Poverty and its reduction are closely linked to the natural-resources base. The quality and bounty of the local environment certainly affect living conditions of the poor and their poverty is often seen as a contributing factor to the degraded condition of the local environment. Teasing apart the direction of causality in this resource–poverty nexus is a serious empirical challenge. This book contributes to an improved understanding of the economic dimensions of environmental and natural-resource management and poverty alleviation. The ten chapters of the book offer an overview of the current knowledge concerning the relation between poverty, environment and natural-resource use. Three sides of the debate receive particular attention. First, the relation between resource use and poverty is discussed from a theoretical point of view. Second, it is questioned whether payments for environmental services or considering values of resources can be an effective tool for stimulating both sustainable resource use and poverty alleviation. Third, alternative strategies to break the land degradation–poverty cycle are discussed.
KW - economische ontwikkeling
KW - armoede
KW - natuurlijke hulpbronnen
KW - hulpbronnenbeheer
KW - milieubeheer
KW - economische hulpbronnen
KW - ontwikkelingslanden
KW - ontwikkelingseconomie
KW - milieueconomie
KW - economic development
KW - poverty
KW - natural resources
KW - resource management
KW - environmental management
KW - economic resources
KW - developing countries
KW - development economics
KW - environmental economics
M3 - Book editing
SN - 9781402083037
T3 - Wageningen UR Frontis series
BT - Economics of poverty, environment and natural-resource use
PB - Springer
CY - Dordrecht [etc.]
ER -