ISBN:
9781845425517
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 242 p)
,
ill., maps
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Parallel Title:
Available in another form
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Campari, João Santo The economics of deforestation in the Amazon
DDC:
333.75/137/09811
Keywords:
Entwaldung
;
Amazonasgebiet
;
Brasilien
;
Deforestation
;
Deforestation
;
Deforestation Economic aspects
;
Deforestation Economic aspects
;
Electronic books
;
Amazonastiefland
;
Entwaldung
Abstract:
This provocative new book presents the results of twenty years of research on deforestation in the Amazon. By carefully observing the changing character of human settlements and their association with deforestation over such a prolonged period, the author is able to reject much of the "perceived wisdom". He skillfully dissects various models of deforestation and provides hard evidence on what is myth and what is reality
Abstract:
1. Deforestation and its myths -- 2. Occupation, changing migration dynamics, and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon -- 3. The political economy of frontier expansion and deforestation in the Amazon -- 4. Deforestation and the rules of land allocation -- 5. The Turnover hypothesis of Amazon deforestation : conceptual framework -- 6. Colonization projects : field work -- 7. Turnover on farming plots -- 8. Deforestation and land re-concentration in the Amazon frontier -- 9. Dispelling other myths about the Amazon -- 10. Policy implications and recommendations
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-230) and index
DOI:
10.4337/9781845425517
URL:
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