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Land Use Change in Tropical Watersheds : Causes, Consequences and Policy Options.
Title:
Land Use Change in Tropical Watersheds : Causes, Consequences and Policy Options.
Author:
Coxhead, I.
ISBN:
9781845930141
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Economic Development and Watershed Degradation -- 2. Agricultural Development and Institutional Transitions -- 3. Water Quality Changes in the Manupali River Watershed: Evidence from a Community-based Water Monitoring Project -- 4. How Do National Markets and Price Policies Affect Land Use at the Forest Margin? Evidence from the Philippines -- 5. How Do Relative Price Changes Alter Land Use Decisions? Panel Data Evidence from the Manupali Watershed, Philippines -- 6. Economic Incentives and Agricultural Outcomes in Upland Settings -- 7. Simulating Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield in Small Upland Watersheds using the WEPP Model -- 8. Identifying Soil Erosion Hotspots in the Manupali River Watershed -- 9. Alternatives to Traditional Annual Crop Agriculture in the Uplands: Biophysical Evidence from the Manupali River Watershed -- 10. Linking Economic Policies and Environmental Outcomes at a Watershed Scale -- 11. Using Payments for Environmental Services (PES) to Assist in Watershed Management -- 12. Conclusions and Some Directions for Future Research -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- The colour plate section.
Abstract:
This book studies land use change in tropical landscapes, with particular emphasis on the economic processes that influence rates of land degradation and forest clearing. Multidisciplinary contributions draw lessons from a rich, decade-long collection of economic, social, and environmental data on the Manupali upland watershed in the southern Philippines.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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