Impacts of Road Expansion on Deforestation and Biological Carbon Loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 433-469

  Li, Man ^a   De Pinto, Alessandro ^a   Ulimwengu, John M ^a   You, Liangzhi ^a   Robertson, Richard D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop allocation; Deforestation; Greenhouse gas emissions; Land use; Road construction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CARBON; CROPS; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPANSION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; FOREST PROTECTION; FOREST RESOURCES; LAND USE MODELS; ROAD DEVELOPMENT;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 84922834593     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-014-9775-y     Document Type: Article

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