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Avoiding the water-poverty trap: insights from a conceptual human-water dynamical model for coastal Bangladesh
- Abstract:
- Water-related risks impact development opportunities and can trap communities in a downward spiral of economic decline. In this article, the dynamic relationship between water-related risks and economic outcomes for an embanked area in coastal Bangladesh is conceptualized. The interaction between flood events, salinity, deteriorating and poorly maintained water infrastructure, agricultural production and income is modelled. The model is used to test the effect of improvements in the reliability, operation and maintenance of the water infrastructure on agricultural incomes and assets. Results indicate that interventions can have non-marginal impacts on indicators of welfare, switching the system dynamic from a poverty trap into one of growth.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/07900627.2017.1331842
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- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Journal:
- International Journal of Water Resources Development More from this journal
- Volume:
- 34
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 900-922
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-05-10
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1360-0648
- ISSN:
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0790-0627
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702675
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2017-07-04
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- Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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- Copyright © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Routledge at: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1331842
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