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DOI	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31165
	The land degradation and desertification-socioeconomic nexus in Egypt's delta region: A case study on Alexandria and Beheira
	Elhini, Maha; Hassaballa, Hoda; Simpson, Nicholas P.; Balbaa, Maha; Ibrahim, Remah; Mansour, Sameh; Abou-Kota, Mohamed E.; Ganzour, Shimaa
通讯作者	Elhini, M
来源期刊	HELIYON
EISSN	2405-8440
出版年	2024
卷号	10 期号:10
英文摘要	The Nile Delta is Egypt 's primary source of agricultural production. However, the Delta 's capacity to remain Egypt 's vital source of food security, rural development and economic stability is diminishing amidst persistent climate change risks. In this regard, this research gauges the impacts of climatic and anthropogenic factors on agricultural revenues and household wealth in Alexandria and Beheira, two of the Delta 's most climatevulnerable governorates. The research employs the Ricardian model by applying Seemingly Unrelated Regressions (SUR), to test the impacts of climate change on real revenues from agriculture. Results show that quadratic temperature negatively impacts revenues from agriculture in Alexandria, while employment in agriculture, irrigation, livestock and machines positively contribute to revenues. In Beheira, results show that temperature and machines negatively contribute to agricultural revenues, while livestock contributes positively. The research further estimates the socioeconomic impacts of land degradation and desertification on individuals in Alexandria and Beheira by using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) robust standard errors. Individuals ' socio-economic status, proxied by their wealth index (WI), is regressed on the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI), gender, age, education, household size, work in agriculture and rural/urban residence. Outcomes reveal that individuals ' wealth status in Alexandria is positively correlated with ESI, age, and education. In Beheira, land degradation, household size, rural areas and fathers working in agriculture are negatively correlated with wealth. Education, however, contributes positively to wealth. The study proposes policy implications that aim to foster the growth and development of rural residents in the Delta region.
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001243071300001
WOS关键词	AGRICULTURE ; POVERTY
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/404030
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Elhini, Maha,Hassaballa, Hoda,Simpson, Nicholas P.,et al. The land degradation and desertification-socioeconomic nexus in Egypt's delta region: A case study on Alexandria and Beheira[J],2024,10(10).
APA	Elhini, Maha.,Hassaballa, Hoda.,Simpson, Nicholas P..,Balbaa, Maha.,Ibrahim, Remah.,...&Ganzour, Shimaa.(2024).The land degradation and desertification-socioeconomic nexus in Egypt's delta region: A case study on Alexandria and Beheira.HELIYON,10(10).
MLA	Elhini, Maha,et al."The land degradation and desertification-socioeconomic nexus in Egypt's delta region: A case study on Alexandria and Beheira".HELIYON 10.10(2024).