Tropical deforestation and land use / Edward B. Barbier and Joanne C. Burgess, guest editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barbier, Edward, 1957-

Burgess, Joanne C.

Series:

Land Economics

Land economics, 0023-7639 ; v. 77, no. 2 (May 2001)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deforestation--Tropics.

Deforestation.

Land use--Tropics.

Land use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents ; The Economics of Tropical Deforestation and Land Use: An Introduction to the Special Issue by Edward B. Barbier ; Predicting the Location of Deforestation: The Role of Roads and Protected Areas in North Thailand by Maureen Cropper, Jyotsna Puri, and Charles Griffiths ; Deforestation, Land Use, and Property Rights: Empirical Evidence from Darien, Panama by Gerald C. Nelson, Virginia Harris, and Steven W. Stone ; Spatial Variability and Disincentives to Harvest: Deforestation and Fuelwood Collection in South Asia by Gunnar Kohlin and Peter J. Parks

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Comparing the Impacts of Macroeconomic Shocks, Land Tenure, and Technological Change by Andrea Cattaneo Land Use Impacts of Agricultural Intensification and Fuelwood Taxation in Uganda by Bernards Bashaasha, David S. Kraybill, and Douglas D. Southgate ; How Do National Markets and Price Policies Affect Land Use at the Forest Margin? Evidence from the Philippines by Ian Coxhead, Agnes Rola, and Kwansoo Kim ; Agricultural Change, Rural Labor Markets, and Forest Clearing: An Illustrative Case from the Philippines by Gerald E. Shively

Playing Games in the Forest: State-Local Conflicts of Land Appropriation by Arild Angelsen Royalty Systems, Government Revenues, and Forest Condition: An Application from Malaysia by Gregory S. Amacher, Richard J. Brazee, and Meindert Witvliet

Notes:

"Special issue."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612594878

9781282594876

1282594877