The economic impact of sea-level rise on nonmarket lands in Singapore

Ambio

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 289-296

  Ng, Wei Shiuen ^a,b   Mendelsohn, Robert ^b,c  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b School of Forestry and Environmental Studies ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LAND MARKET; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33845316105     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/05-A-076.1     Document Type: Article

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37. First submitted 1 August 2005. Accepted for publication 25 January 2006.