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dc.contributor.authorDavies, Tamara Ellen
dc.contributor.authorPettorelli, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorCresswell, Will
dc.contributor.authorFazey, Ioan R.A.
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-04T10:10:03Z
dc.date.available2015-06-04T10:10:03Z
dc.date.issued2014-12
dc.identifier118992463
dc.identifierb2b52dcf-45c2-41be-8e74-be687cfb26f3
dc.identifier84908892667
dc.identifier000344540500007
dc.identifier.citationDavies , T E , Pettorelli , N , Cresswell , W & Fazey , I R A 2014 , ' Who are the poor? Measuring wealth inequality to aid understanding of socioeconomic contexts for conservation : a case study from the Solomon Islands ' , Environmental Conservation , vol. 41 , no. 4 , pp. 357-366 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892914000058en
dc.identifier.issn0376-8929
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-4684-7624/work/60426914
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/6748
dc.descriptionTD was supported by a Natural Environment Research Council studentship (DTG: AGS6-NERC10). Additional funding for fieldwork was provided by Chester Zoo and Rufford Small Grants (11022-1) Date of Acceptance: 30/01/2014en
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding the local socioeconomic context is important for the design of appropriate conservation initiatives and associated monitoring strategies, especially in areas with high degrees of inequality, to ensure conservation interventions do not inadvertently further disadvantage vulnerable people. Typical assessments of wealth inequality in remote rural areas are constrained by limited engagement with a cash economy, complex family and tribal ties, and an absence of basic infrastructure. This paper presents a simple participatory approach to measure wealth inequality that does not predefine indicators, such as income or assets, but allows the local people choose the most appropriate indicators. A case study from the Solomon Islands revealed poor households in Kahua were characterized by fewer members, fewer members of working age, and fewer male members than wealthier households. The poor also owned fewer of the locally defined indicators of wealth that were collectively correlated with limited land tenure, and, consequently, conservation or development initiatives that are tied to land in Kahua will be less likely to assist the poorest. Adopting this participatory approach could improve the effectiveness of community-based conservation, through facilitating opportunities to explore local poverty and routes for alleviation.
dc.format.extent633098
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Conservationen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectParticipatoryen
dc.subjectMonitoringen
dc.subjectSolomon Islandsen
dc.subjectMelanesiaen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectG Geography (General)en
dc.subjectSDG 15 - Life on Landen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccG1en
dc.titleWho are the poor? Measuring wealth inequality to aid understanding of socioeconomic contexts for conservation : a case study from the Solomon Islandsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversityen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892914000058
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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