Economic growth, biodiversity loss and conservation effort

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-35

  Dietz, Simon ^a   Adger, W Neil ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation effort; Environmental Kuznets curve; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIODIVERSITY LOSS; CONSERVATION EFFORT; CROSS SECTION DATA; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNET'S CURVE; GROWTH LOSS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BIODIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HYPOTHESIS; POLICY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 0038347427     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4797(02)00231-1     Document Type: Article

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