New pattern of socio-economic development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Land Use Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 446-455

  Tritsch, Isabelle ^a   Arvor, Damien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ SORBONNE NOUVELLE PARIS 3   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

Author keywords

Boom bust cycles; Brazilian Amazon; Deforestation; Environmental governance; Environmental Kuznets curve; Socio economic development

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; KUZNETS CURVE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84988941369     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.09.018     Document Type: Article

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