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The dynamics of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The dynamics of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon // Lykke E. Andersen [and others].
remainder title:	The Dynamics of Deforestation & Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon
Author:	Andersen, Lykke E.,
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 259 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Deforestation - Brazil. -
Subject:	Brazil - Description and travel. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511493454
ISBN:	9780511493454 (ebook)

The dynamics of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon /
Andersen, Lykke E.,

The dynamics of deforestation and economic growth in the Brazilian Amazon /The Dynamics of Deforestation & Economic Growth in the Brazilian AmazonLykke E. Andersen [and others]. - 1 online resource (xxi, 259 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction --1.

A multi-disciplinary team of authors analyze the economics of Brazilian deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. They survey the most up to date work in this field and present their own dynamic and spatial econometric analysis based on municipality level panel data spanning the entire Brazilian Amazon from 1970 to 1996. By observing the dynamics of land use change over such a long period the team is able to provide quantitative estimates of the long-run economic costs and benefits of both land clearing and government policies such as road building. The authors find that some government policies, such as road paving in already highly settled areas, are beneficial both for economic development and for the preservation of forest, while other policies, such as the construction of unpaved roads through virgin areas, stimulate wasteful land uses to the detriment of both economic growth and forest cover.

ISBN: 9780511493454 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1444355
Deforestation
--Brazil.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

797851
Brazil
--Description and travel.

LC Class. No.: SD418.3.B6 / A64 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 333.75/137/0981

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