Natural Resources and Rural Poverty: An Overview. Rural Development, Poverty, and Natural Resources Workshop Paper Series.

Autor/inn/en	Elo, Irma T.; Beale, Calvin L.
Institution	Resources for the Future, Inc., Washington, DC. National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy.
Titel	Natural Resources and Rural Poverty: An Overview. Rural Development, Poverty, and Natural Resources Workshop Paper Series.
Quelle	(1984), (142 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Laborers; Agriculture; American Indians; Blacks; Differences; Economic Factors; Forestry; Mining; Natural Resources; Poverty; Poverty Areas; Regional Characteristics; Reservation American Indians; Rural Development; Rural Farm Residents; Rural Population; Urban to Rural Migration + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agricultural labourers; Landarbeiter; Landwirtschaft; American Indian; Indianer; Black person; Schwarzer; Unterscheiden; Ökonomischer Faktor; Forstwissenschaft; Waldwirtschaft; Abbau; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Armut; Regionaler Faktor; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Landbevölkerung; Stadtflucht
Abstract	Natural resource and poverty relationships are regionally specific and are associated with particular segments of the nation's population, but have no overall direct causal tie. Although employment in natural-resource-based industries in rural areas accounts for only 16% of all rural employment nationally, these industries continue to make important contributions to local economies in particular regions. While the economy in large parts of rural America is unaffected by natural-resource development and more dependent on general economic trends, in certain regions the viability of rural communities and their residents is greatly affected by natural-resource industry. Agricultural laborers, resource-linked Southern Appalachians, rural Blacks of the southern Coastal Plain, and Great Plains and Western Indians are highly poverty-prone nonmetropolitan populations. Programs and policies to address resource-related poverty can't be sweeping but must be tailored to individual settings. To improve incomes through natural resources requires not only development of the resources, but a successful combination of all of the other factors that make a resource economic: capital, labor, technology, management, and markets. (PM)
Anmerkungen	National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future, 1616 P Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 (free).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC