An economic analysis of shrimp farm expansion and mangrove conversion in Thailand

Land Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 389-407

  Barbier, Edward B ^a   Cox, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; LAND USE CHANGE; MANGROVE; SHRIMP CULTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 4344641402     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3654728     Document Type: Article

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