Deforestation and land use change: Sparse data environments

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-216

  Nelson, Gerald C ^a   Geoghegan, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Land use in developing countries; Remotely sensed data; Spatial analysis; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036864973     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(02)00080-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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