Poverty and Inequality in the Rural Brazilian Amazon: A Multidimensional Approach

dc.creatorGuedes, GR
dc.creatorBrondizio, ES
dc.creatorBarbieri, AF
dc.creatorAnne, R
dc.creatorPenna-Firme, R
dc.creatorD'Antona, AO
dc.date2012
dc.dateFEB
dc.date2014-08-01T18:35:20Z
dc.date2015-11-26T18:04:18Z
dc.date2014-08-01T18:35:20Z
dc.date2015-11-26T18:04:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:46:25Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:46:25Z
dc.identifierHuman Ecology. Springer/plenum Publishers, v. 40, n. 1, n. 41, n. 57, 2012.
dc.identifier0300-7839
dc.identifierWOS:000302748900005
dc.identifier10.1007/s10745-011-9444-5
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/81140
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/81140
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1292811
dc.descriptionThis paper analyses poverty and inequality dynamics among smallholders along the Transamazon Highway. We measure changes in poverty and inequality for original settlers and new owners, contrasting income-based with multidimensional indices of well-being. Our results show an overall reduction in both poverty and inequality among smallholders, although poverty decline was more pronounced among new owners, while inequality reduction was larger among original settlers. This trend suggests that families have an initial improvement in livelihood and well-being which tends to reach a limit later-a sign of structural limitations common to rural areas and maybe a replication of boom and bust trends in local economies among Amazonian municipalities. In addition, our multidimensional estimates of well-being reveal that some economically viable land use strategies of smallholders (e. g., pasture) may have important ecological implications for the regional landscape. These findings highlight the public policy challenges for fostering sustainable development among rural populations.
dc.description40
dc.description1
dc.description41
dc.description57
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer/plenum Publishers
dc.publisherNew York
dc.publisherEUA
dc.relationHuman Ecology
dc.relationHum. Ecol.
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rightshttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights?SGWID=0-176704-12-683201-0
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectInequality
dc.subjectBrazilian Amazon
dc.subjectRural livelihoods
dc.subjectMultidimensional approach
dc.subjectLand-use
dc.subjectIncome Diversification
dc.subjectDeforestation
dc.subjectCover
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.subjectDimensions
dc.subjectLivelihood
dc.subjectMigration
dc.subjectPatterns
dc.subjectFrontier
dc.titlePoverty and Inequality in the Rural Brazilian Amazon: A Multidimensional Approach
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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