Costing soil erosion: A state-wide approach

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 513-527

  Smyth, R E ^a   Young, M D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Economic impact; Land management policy; Natural resource accounting; Priority setting; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; LAND MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOIL EROSION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032416049     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199811/12)9:6<513::AID-LDR323>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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