The new economic geography of land use change: Supply chain configurations and land use in the Brazilian Amazon

Land Use Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 265-275

  Garrett, Rachael D ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^a   Naylor, Rosamond L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Amazon; Brazil; Land use; Soybean; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURE; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; MONOPOLY; SOYBEAN; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84877026241     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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