Valuation and management of tropical forests: Implications of uncertainty and irreversibility

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-61

  Albers, Heidi J ^a   Fisher, Anthony C ^b   Hanemann, W Michael ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

irreversibility; Thai parks; tropical forests; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

IRREVERSIBILITY; THAI PARKS; TROPICAL FORESTS; UNCERTAINTY;

CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST VALUATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

THAILAND;

EID: 0029663655     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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