Income Inequality And Its Effect On The Environment

INCOME INEQUALITY AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT- III Student’s Name Course Dated INCOME INEQUALITY AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCTION Income inequality and its effect on environment have been highlighted by a number of authors. The previous paper in this regard highlighted general and government specific aspects of the two determinants of environment, environment degradation and health. The aim of this paper is to highlight the environmental emergency that emerges due income inequality. The two aspects to be studied under this emergency would be increasing environmental deterioration through pollution and the relationship of income inequality with mortality. The basic theme of this paper is sustainability and how†¦show more content†¦According to Beaglehole and Bonita, mortality refers to the rate of death in the society. Since the theme of this paper is sustainability, the focus is on mortality aspect of health in terms of variable household incomes. This implicates the severe consequences that may emerge as a result from lack of governmental focus on equal distribution of wealth in a society. A number of previous researches were considered in this regard to highlight the most vulnerable segments within the purr segment that reflect low mortality rates. The gist of this aspect lies in the relationship between income and mortality rates that result from inequitable resource allocation and income distribution (Beaglehole and Bonita, 1997). INCOME INEQUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION According to Laurent, democracy is aspired and sought by many countries however, environmental equality is not considered as one of the core reasons for it. Isolating the rich and the poor segments reveals that environmental consideration by the upper segments has a trickledown effect on the middle class. According to Indira Gandhi at an environmental summit in 1972, poverty should be regarded as the biggest pollutants. This is because social emergency leads to use of resources for pressing issues like catering to the growing needs of the people instead of focusing on sustainability or preservation of the environment.