Growth oriented policies of economic development are based on assumption that more income improves standards of living for everyone in the population. The first part of this assumption may be as untrue as the second. Lower cost options can be more appropriate for individuals and deliver higher use value. Because cost is often determined environmentally. High price of houses in Center City Philadelphia does not mean they are better, but derive from their being in neighborhoods where people have more money to spend on housing.
Poor environments make rich people poor.
Dengue fever epidemic in Bangladesh is good example. B. Rich environments raise cost of living and thus real poverty, whereas poverty lines are fixed by income per capita across diverse environments. US Department of Commerce.