Open AccessConditions of Environmental Degradation in Brazilian Countryside Areas
Author(s) -
Francisco José Silva Tabosa,
Jair Andrade Araújo,
Arthur Pereira Sales
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of agricultural studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2166-0379
DOI - 10.5296/jas.v8i3.16364
Subject(s) - microdata (statistics) , rural area , environmental degradation , geography , environmental pollution , sample (material) , sustainable development , socioeconomics , economics , environmental protection , political science , demography , ecology , census , population , chemistry , chromatography , sociology , law , biology
This study aims to analyze the relationship between environmental degradation and economic growth in Brazil’s countryside areas and describe the situation of countryside households in relation to environmental pollution. For this, we used the microdata from the National Sample Survey (PNAD, Brazil) for the year 2015 and the econometric analysis occurred through the ordered logit model. The results allowed us to conclude that the Northeast, followed by the North and the Midwest, are the regions in which households are most inadequate; on the other hand, the South-Southeast axis presents the households with the best sustainable conditions. By analyzing the relationship between environmental degradation and economic growth for the Brazilian countryside environment, it was concluded that economic growth presented the inverted “N” format in relation to degradation for all regions, in which income and dimensions of access to education, health and information were crucial to this achievement.