A contingent valuation study of the environmental costs of mining in the brazilian amazon

Minerals and Energy - Raw Materials Report

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 21-32

  Mendonça, Augusto F ^a   Tilton, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; IRON ORE; MINING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 0034480545     PISSN: 14041049     EISSN: 16512286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14041040009362570     Document Type: Article

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