Soil erosion in developing countries: A socio-economic appraisal

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-353

  Ananda, Jayanath ^a   Herath, Gamini ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Government policy; Institutions; Market approaches; Soil erosion; Technical change

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOILS;

COMPLEX PROBLEMS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC APPRAISAL; EROSION PROBLEM; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; MARKET APPROACH; POPULATION PRESSURE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOIL EROSION; TECHNICAL CHANGE;

EROSION;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; POPULATION PRESSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CAPITAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; MARKETING; POLICY; POPULATION; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TAX; THEORY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0141615531     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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