Tropical Deforestation and Land Use: Special Issue of Land Economics 77:2 (May 2001)

Description

Country case studies investigate key factors that influence the economics of tropical deforestation and land use. Articles illustrate how innovative economic models can be used effectively to investigate a range of important influences on tropical land use changes in a variety of representative developing countries. The countries covered are: Brazil, India, Malaysia, Panama, the Philippines, Thailand, and Uganda. The Role of Roads and Protected Areas in North Thailand by Maureen Cropper Jyotsna Puri and Charles Griffiths ..............172 Empirical Evidence from Darien Panama by Gerald C Nelson Virginia Harris and Steven W Stone ..............187 Deforestation and Fuelwood Collection in South Asia by Gunnar Kohlin and Peter J Parks ..............206 Comparing the Impacts of Macroeconomic Shocks Land Tenure and Technological Change by Andrea Cattaneo ..............219 Land Use Impacts of Agricultural Intensification and Fuelwood Taxation in Uganda by Bernards Bashaasha David S Kraybill and Douglas D Southga.................241