Settler welfare on tropical forest frontiers in Latin America

Population and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 397-444

  Marquette, Catherine Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Gender; Household lifecycle effects; Human welfare; Latin America; Settlers; Sustainable development; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST; WELFARE IMPACT;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33751109716     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-006-0029-y     Document Type: Article

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