Crossing spatial analyses and livestock economics to understand deforestation processes in the Brazilian Amazon: The case of São Félix do Xingú in South Pará

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-294

  Mertens, Benoit ^a,b   Poccard Chapuis, R ^b   Piketty, M G ^b   Lacques, A E ^c   Venturieri, A ^d  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Deforestation; Livestock commodity chains; Spatial modelling; Typology of farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; DEFORESTATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0036862886     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(02)00076-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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