Economics of Poverty, Environment and Natural-Resource Use

By Dellink

Book Overview

Searching for explanations for the resource-poverty nexus: 1. Economics of poverty, environment and natural-resource use: introduction; A. Ruijs, R.B. Dellink andD.W. Bromley.-2. Poverty traps and resource dynamics in smallholder agrarian systems; C.B. Barrett.- 3. Water resource management and the poor; P. Hellegers, K. Schoengold and D. Zilberman.- Payments for and values of environmental and forestry resources: 4. The role of measurement problems and monitoring in PES schemes; G. Meijerink.- 5. Can ecotourism be an alternative to traditional fishing?An analysis with reference to the case of the Saloum Delta (Senegal); O. Sarr, J. Boncoeur, M. Travers and M.C. Cormier-Salem.- 6. Effects of poverty on deforestation: distinguishing behaviour from location; A. Pfaff, S. Kerr, R. Cavatassi, B. Davis, L. Lipper, A. Sanchez and J. Timmins.- 7. Willingness to pay for systematic management of community forests for conservation of non-timber forest products in Nigeria's rainforest region: implications for poverty Alleviation; N.A. Chukwuone and C.E. Okorji.- Sustainable land use: 8. Traditional institutions and sustainable livelihood: evidences from upland agricultural communities in the Philippines; M. Omura.- 9. Farmers investing in sustainable land use at a tropical forest fringe, the Philippines; M.R. Romero) and W.T. de Groot.- 10. A bargaining model of migration: getting the permission of the farm household; A. Mensah-Bonsu and K. Burger.- List of contributo

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402083033
• ISBN13: 9781402083037
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"