The cost of soil erosion in Nicaragua

Ecological Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-145

  Alfsen, Knut H ^a   De Franco, Mario A ^b   Glomsrød, Solveig ^a   Johnsen, Torgeir ^a,c  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b University of New York   (Nicaragua)

^c Ministry of Finance   (Norway)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Environmental valuation; Nicaragua; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0029669127     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(95)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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