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The Environmental Resource Management Paradox in an Impoverished Urban Population: A Case Study from Malaysia

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  • Murad, Wahid
  • Alam, Md. Mahmudul

    (Universiti Utara Malaysia)

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The extent and scope of understanding the nexus between poverty and environment are so extensive as well as complex that existing studies do not provide a concrete answer to the paradox. In the same vein, this study aims to contribute further to extent literature by assessing the attitude and behavior of the urban impoverished population concerning their management of solid wastes at household level. It also determines the factors that could potentially affect their willingness to pay for an improved access to solid waste collection and disposal services in their residential areas. The empirical findings obtained through some statistical and econometric analyses do not actually support the widely voiced assertion that the poor populations degrade the environment. But the findings strongly support the fact that urban impoverished populations do not actually degrade but they protect the environment by undertaking some environment-friendly waste management practices and contributing monetarily for an improvement in the environmental quality.

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  • Murad, Wahid & Alam, Md. Mahmudul, 2019. "The Environmental Resource Management Paradox in an Impoverished Urban Population: A Case Study from Malaysia," OSF Preprints dcsbr_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:dcsbr_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/dcsbr_v1
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