Fire in the Brazilian Amazon: A spatially explicit model for policy impact analysis

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 541-567

  Arima, Eugenio Y ^a,b   Simmons, Cynthia S ^c   Walker, Robert T ^c   Cochrane, Mark A ^d  

^a HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^b Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazonia   (Brazil)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST FIRE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROTECTED AREA; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS;

EID: 34447274493     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2007.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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