Climate Change Impacts on Rural Poverty in Low-Elevation Coastal Zones

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dc.creatorBarbier, Edward B.
dc.date2015-12-18T19:32:33Z
dc.date2015-12-18T19:32:33Z
dc.date2015-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:41:16Z
dc.descriptionThis paper identifies the low-elevation coastal zone populations and developing regions most vulnerable to sea-level rise and other coastal hazards, such as storm surges, coastal erosion, and salt-water intrusion. The focus is on the rural poor in the low-elevation coastal zone, as their economic livelihoods are especially endangered directly by coastal hazards and indirectly through the impacts of climate change on key coastal and near-shore ecosystems. Using geo-spatially referenced malnutrition and infant mortality data for 2000 as a proxy for poverty, this study finds that just 15 developing countries contain over 90 percent of the world’s low-elevation coastal zone rural poor. Low-income countries as a group have the highest incidence of poverty, which declines somewhat for lower-middle-income countries, and then is much lower for upper-middle-income economies. South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, and Sub-Saharan Africa account for most of the world’s low-elevation coastal zone rural poor, and have a high incidence of poverty among their rural low-elevation coastal zone populations. Although fostering growth, especially in coastal areas, may reduce rural poverty in the low-elevation coastal zone, additional policy actions will be required to protect vulnerable communities from disasters, to conserve and restore key coastal and near-shore ecosystems, and to promote key infrastructure investments and coastal community response capability.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25250348/climate-change-impacts-rural-poverty-low-elevation-coastal-zones
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23443
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-7475
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/409157
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7475
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectFLOODING
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY RATES
dc.subjectFISH
dc.subjectWETLAND RESTORATION
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectCULTURAL VALUES
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectADVERSE IMPACTS
dc.subjectCOASTAL HABITATS
dc.subjectPARKS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectSTORMS
dc.subjectLIVE BIRTHS
dc.subjectHYDROLOGY
dc.subjectSEAGRASSES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectHABITATS
dc.subjectMONITORING
dc.subjectMARINE RESOURCES
dc.subjectSHORELINES
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectCOASTAL ZONE
dc.subjectMALNOURISHED CHILDREN
dc.subjectLEVELS OF INFANT
dc.subjectMANGROVES
dc.subjectBAY
dc.subjectALLEVIATION OF POVERTY
dc.subjectQUALITY
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY
dc.subjectSHORE
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectRESOURCE USE
dc.subjectHABITAT DEGRADATION
dc.subjectHUMAN ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectSEDIMENT
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATIONS
dc.subjectCOASTAL ZONES
dc.subjectMARINE SCIENCE
dc.subjectRURAL‐POPULATION
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectSTUDY AREA
dc.subjectSEA‐LEVEL
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTER
dc.subjectECONOMIC BENEFITS
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectHABITAT QUALITY
dc.subjectSEA‐ LEVEL
dc.subjectCOASTAL EROSION
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectVULNERABLE POPULATIONS
dc.subjectWAVES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectSEAGRASS BEDS
dc.subjectDISASTERS
dc.subjectMORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectINDICATORS
dc.subjectVICIOUS CYCLE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectCOASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectPRECIPITATION
dc.subjectURBAN DWELLERS
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectCOASTAL AREAS
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectPOPULATION TRENDS
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectECOSYSTEM
dc.subjectSALTWATER INTRUSION
dc.subjectNATIONAL PARKS
dc.subjectMARSH
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectVEGETATION
dc.subjectSTUDIES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
dc.subjectPOLICIES
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectBEACHES
dc.subjectFRESHWATER
dc.subjectWETLAND VEGETATION
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF POPULATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectCOASTAL STORMS
dc.subjectCOASTAL WETLANDS
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectBARRIER ISLANDS
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectLAND AREA
dc.subjectMARSHES
dc.subjectSEA‐LEVEL RISE
dc.subjectPOLLUTANTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectLAND‐AREA
dc.subjectPONDS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectDIKES
dc.subjectPOPULATIONS
dc.subjectESTUARINE
dc.subjectSALT MARSHES
dc.subjectSTRATIFICATION
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectFOOD
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectBULLETIN
dc.subjectISLANDS
dc.subjectPOLICY
dc.subjectMARINE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectFISH POPULATIONS
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectEROSION
dc.subjectBOTANY
dc.subjectSEA LEVEL
dc.subjectLAND
dc.subjectECOSYSTEMS
dc.subjectRESOLUTION
dc.subjectMANGROVE WETLANDS
dc.subjectSALINITY
dc.subjectANALYSIS
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCOAST
dc.subjectGROUND WATER
dc.subjectESTUARIES
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectCONSERVATION
dc.subjectWETLAND
dc.subjectBROOKS
dc.subjectCOASTAL REGION
dc.subjectLAM
dc.subjectECOLOGY
dc.subjectSALT MARSH
dc.subjectNUMBER OF DEATHS
dc.subjectWETLANDS ECOLOGY
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectPOPULATION
dc.subjectSEA‐ LEVEL RISE
dc.subjectRESTORATION
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOPULATION DATA
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATIONS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectWETLANDS
dc.subjectSEA LEVEL
dc.subjectLIVE BIRTHS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectRIVER
dc.titleClimate Change Impacts on Rural Poverty in Low-Elevation Coastal Zones
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
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