Climate-related disasters may provide opportunities for some rural poor, study suggests
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 15:31
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study in Honduras suggests that climate-related weather disasters may sometimes actually provide opportunities for the rural poor to improve their lives. Researchers found that that the poorest inhabitants of a small village in northeastern Honduras increased their land wealth and their share of earnings relative to more wealthy residents after Hurricane Mitch devastated their village in October 1998.