Risk and forest policy: Issues and recent trends in the U.S.

Ecological Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-72

  Montgomery, Claire A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem management; Forest policy; Risk and uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST POLICY; POLICY MAKING; RISK PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY;

USA;

EID: 0029667380     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(95)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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