How the Location of Roads and Protected Areas Affects Deforestation in North Thailand

How the Location of Roads and Protected Areas Affects Deforestation in North Thailand

Using plot-level data, the authors estimate a bi-variate probit model to explain land clearing, and the siting of protected areas in North Thailand in 1986. Their model suggests that protected areas (national parks, together with wildlife sanctuari...

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Main Authors: Cropper, Maureen, Puri, Jyotsna, Griffiths, Charles
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURE
BIODIVERSITY
BOUNDARIES
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
CONSERVATION
CULTIVATION
DEFORESTATION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ENDANGERED SPECIES
EQUILIBRIUM
FOREST
FOREST AREAS
FOREST CLEARING
FOREST COVER
FOREST DEPARTMENT
FOREST FRINGE
FOREST PROTECTION
FORESTRY
FORESTS
GIS
HILLS
HOUSING
INCOME
LAND AREA
LAND CLEARING
LAND ECONOMICS
LAND USE
LAND USE CATEGORIES
LAND USES
LOGGING
NITROGEN
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PARKS
PHOSPHOROUS
PLAINS
PLOTS
POINT
POPULATION PRESSURES
PRESERVATION
RAINFALL
RIVERS
SAMPLE PLOTS
SATELLITE IMAGES
SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES
SOIL
SOIL CHARACTERISTICS
SOIL PROPERTIES
SOIL QUALITY
SOIL TEXTURE
SOILS
STUDY AREA
SUPPLY CURVES
TOPOGRAPHY
VALLEYS
VECTOR
WAGES
WATERSHED
WATERWAYS
WEST
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1089562/location-roads-protected-areas-affects-deforestation-north-thailand
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19683

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1089562/location-roads-protected-areas-affects-deforestation-north-thailand
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19683

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