Social and ecological determinants of land clearing in the Brazilian amazon: A spatial analysis

Land Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 699-721

  Hansen, Winslow D ^a   Naughton, Helen T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; ECONOMETRICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST CLEARANCE; LAND USE PLANNING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84886908431     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.89.4.699     Document Type: Article

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