Investigating the Impact of Agricultural Land Losses on Deforestation: Evidence From a Peri-urban Area in Canada

Ecological Economics

Volumn 139, Issue , 2017, Pages 9-18

  Wang, Haoluan ^a   Qiu, Feng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural land loss; Alberta Capital Region; Deforestation; Forest to agriculture conversion; Peri urban; Population growth

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE PLANNING; POPULATION GROWTH; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN AREA;

CANADA;

EID: 85017529936     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.04.002     Document Type: Article

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