Land degradation and property regimes

Ecological Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-66

  Beaumont, Paul M ^a   Walker, Robert T ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Household production model; Land degradation; Optimal control; Peasant agriculture; Property regimes; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND OWNERSHIP; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 0030176974     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(95)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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