Ecosystem services and agricultural land-use practices: A case study of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 15-27

  Rasul, Golam ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Contingent valuation; Cost benefit analysis; Environmental effects; Land use; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649152060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15487733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15487733.2009.11908032     Document Type: Article

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