Some notes on the economic assessment of land degradation

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-298

  Requier Desjardins, M ^a   Adhikari, B ^b   Sperlich, S ^c  

^a CIHEAM Institute Agronomique Mediterraneen de Montpellier (IAMM)   (France)

^b United Nations University   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Economic valuation; Innovative financial mechanisms; Institutions; Land degradation; Market failure; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL MECHANISMS; INSTITUTIONS; LAND DEGRADATION; MARKET FAILURE; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; DEGRADATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAND USE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALUATION;

EID: 79953098833     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1056     Document Type: Review

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