Not only subterranean forests: Wood consumption and economic development in Britain (1850-1938)

Ecological Economics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-184

  Iriarte Goñi, Iñaki ^a   Ayuda, María Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consumption function; Forest history; Industrialization; Wood

Indexed keywords

COAL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRON; LAND USE PLANNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOOD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860279342     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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