Natural resource accounting: A case study of Zimbabwe

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-241

  Crowards, Tom M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental degradation; National income accounting; Natural resources; Net price method; Sustainable income; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; NATIONAL ACCOUNTS; NATURAL RESOURCES; POLICY IMPLICATION; RESOURCE ACCOUNTING; RESOURCES ACCOUNTING;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0029768548     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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