Poverty and environmental degradation in the Nicaraguan hillsides

Article discusses the link between poverty and environmental degradation, and argues for the distinction between poverty as a state of deprivation and poverty as a relational phenomenon.

Author Name(s): 
Ravnborg, H. M.
Citation: 

Ravnborg, H. M. 2003. Poverty and environmental degradation in the Nicaraguan hillsides. World Development 31(11): 1933-1946.

Publication type: 
Articles
Journal Article
Publication year: 
2003
DOI: 
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.06.005
Link(s): 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X03001530
Biome/Habitat: 
Agricultural Lands
Human Altered Lands
Mountains
Rural
Population: 
Poverty
Scale: 
Micro
Nat. Res. and Env. Stressors: 
Forest
Land
Soil
Methodology: 
Essay or Review
Policy Analysis
Qualitative
Major Region: 
Latin America and the Caribbean
Country: 
Nicaragua
Language: 
English