ABSTRACT: The objective is to analyze how climate change impacts affect rural poverty dimensions of residents of communities in the backlands of the Northeast and South of Brazil. This study has a qualitative design. Seven focus groups were conducted with 79 participants from impoverished rural communities in the Northeast and South of Brazil. The research participants simultaneously experience various levels of deprivation in the form of multiple shortcomings, such as food deprivation, improper housing and the lack of leisure areas. Also, a series of deficiencies linked to climate change is identified, such as the loss of production and the feeling of insecurity for the future.
Impacts of climate change on rural poverty in the Brazilian Northeast and South
2020
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ABSTRACT: The objective is to analyze how climate change impacts affect rural poverty dimensions of residents of communities in the backlands of the Northeast and South of Brazil. This study has a qualitative design. Seven focus groups were conducted with 79 participants from impoverished rural communities in the Northeast and South of Brazil. The research participants simultaneously experience various levels of deprivation in the form of multiple shortcomings, such as food deprivation, improper housing and the lack of leisure areas. Also, a series of deficiencies linked to climate change is identified, such as the loss of production and the feeling of insecurity for the future.
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