Tropical Deforestation and Land Use

Special Issue of Land Economics 77:2 (May 2001)

• Author(s): Edward B. Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess,
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
• Pages: 160
• ISBN_10: 0299237338
  ISBN_13: 9780299237332
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / General , Science / Environmental Science ,

Description:...

Country case studies investigate key factors that influence the economics of tropical deforestation and land use. Articles illustrate how innovative economic models can be used effectively to investigate a range of important influences on tropical land use changes in a variety of representative developing countries. The countries covered are: Brazil, India, Malaysia, Panama, the Philippines, Thailand, and Uganda.