Ecological and economic analysis of watershed protection in Eastern Madagascar

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-295

  Kramer, Randall A ^a   Richter, Daniel D ^a   Pattanayak, Subhrendu ^a   Sharma, Narendra P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop losses; Deforestation; Economic evaluation; Flooding; Forest valuation; Madagascar; Productivity analysis; Protected areas; Stormflow; Tropical rain forests; Watershed protection

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TROPICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

CROP LOSS; ECONOMICS EVALUATIONS; FLOODINGS; FOREST VALUATIONS; MADAGASCAR; PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREAS; STORM FLOW; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WATERSHED PROTECTION;

DEFORESTATION;

RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; LAND USE; MADAGASCAR; MODEL; POLICY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL; TROPICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FLOOD ALLEVIATION; FLOOD MITIGATION; FOREST; FOREST CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED PROTECTION;

MADAGASCAR, MANTADIA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0031082104     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1995.0085     Document Type: Article

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