Environmental Risks and Poverty : Analyzing Geo-Spatial and Household Data from Vietnam

This study combines high-resolution, geo-spatial data and household data from the Vietnam Living Standard Measurement Surveys in 2010, 2012, and 2014 to investigate the relationship between environmental risks and poverty. Using recently developed...

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Main Authors:	Narloch, Ulf, Bangalore, Mook
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	climate change consumption environment households livelihoods poverty vulnerability living standards measurement survey environment risks
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26597191/environmental-risks-poverty-analyzing-geo-spatial-household-data-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24844

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spelling	okr-10986-248442021-04-23T14:04:27Z Environmental Risks and Poverty : Analyzing Geo-Spatial and Household Data from Vietnam Narloch, Ulf Bangalore, Mook climate change consumption environment households livelihoods poverty vulnerability living standards measurement survey environment risks This study combines high-resolution, geo-spatial data and household data from the Vietnam Living Standard Measurement Surveys in 2010, 2012, and 2014 to investigate the relationship between environmental risks and poverty. Using recently developed data on air pollution, tree cover loss, land degradation, slope, rainfall and temperature variability, and flood and drought hazards, the study shows: (i) at the district level, there are hotspots of high poverty and environmental risks; (ii) ethnic minorities and poor households are much more exposed to multiple environmental risks than other groups, and also within rural and urban areas poorer households live in communes exposed to higher environmental risks; and (iii) environmental risks relate to lower consumption levels, but less so to lower consumption growth over time. Altogether these findings suggest that Vietnam’s poor are disproportionally exposed to environmental risks, which can result in livelihood impacts that in many ways go beyond consumption. In light of growing pressures due to population growth, economic development and climate change, green growth actions, ecosystem-based adaptation, and land-use planning could be important strategies to reduce the environmental burden on poor people. 2016-08-09T19:50:46Z 2016-08-09T19:50:46Z 2016-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26597191/environmental-risks-poverty-analyzing-geo-spatial-household-data-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24844 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7763 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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spellingShingle	climate change consumption environment households livelihoods poverty vulnerability living standards measurement survey environment risks Narloch, Ulf Bangalore, Mook Environmental Risks and Poverty : Analyzing Geo-Spatial and Household Data from Vietnam
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7763
description	This study combines high-resolution, geo-spatial data and household data from the Vietnam Living Standard Measurement Surveys in 2010, 2012, and 2014 to investigate the relationship between environmental risks and poverty. Using recently developed data on air pollution, tree cover loss, land degradation, slope, rainfall and temperature variability, and flood and drought hazards, the study shows: (i) at the district level, there are hotspots of high poverty and environmental risks; (ii) ethnic minorities and poor households are much more exposed to multiple environmental risks than other groups, and also within rural and urban areas poorer households live in communes exposed to higher environmental risks; and (iii) environmental risks relate to lower consumption levels, but less so to lower consumption growth over time. Altogether these findings suggest that Vietnam’s poor are disproportionally exposed to environmental risks, which can result in livelihood impacts that in many ways go beyond consumption. In light of growing pressures due to population growth, economic development and climate change, green growth actions, ecosystem-based adaptation, and land-use planning could be important strategies to reduce the environmental burden on poor people.
format	Working Paper
author	Narloch, Ulf Bangalore, Mook
author_facet	Narloch, Ulf Bangalore, Mook
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title	Environmental Risks and Poverty : Analyzing Geo-Spatial and Household Data from Vietnam
title_short	Environmental Risks and Poverty : Analyzing Geo-Spatial and Household Data from Vietnam
title_full	Environmental Risks and Poverty : Analyzing Geo-Spatial and Household Data from Vietnam
title_fullStr	Environmental Risks and Poverty : Analyzing Geo-Spatial and Household Data from Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed	Environmental Risks and Poverty : Analyzing Geo-Spatial and Household Data from Vietnam
title_sort	environmental risks and poverty : analyzing geo-spatial and household data from vietnam
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26597191/environmental-risks-poverty-analyzing-geo-spatial-household-data-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24844
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Environmental Risks and Poverty : Analyzing Geo-Spatial and Household Data from Vietnam

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