Economics of dryland management
| dc.contributor.author | Dixon, John A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | James, David E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sherman, Paul B. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-12T03:17:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-03-12T03:17:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989 | |
| dc.description | For more about the East-West Center, see <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/">http://www.eastwestcenter.org/</a> | |
| dc.description.abstract | Contents: Dryland problem -- Dryland characteristics and the degradation process -- Role of public policy in dryland development and management -- General economic principles and techniques of analysis -- Managing drylands as renewable economic resources -- Economic appraisal of investments in dryland programmes and projects -- Valuation of on-site and off-site effects -- Risk and uncertainty in dryland development and management -- Models of dryland development planning -- Implementation of policies, programmes and projects -- Case study: benefit-cost analysis of soil conservation in Maphutseng, Lesotho | |
| dc.format.extent | 302 p. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/26546 | |
| dc.language.iso | en-US | |
| dc.publisher | London : Earthscan | |
| dc.rights | Joint Copyright East-West Center, United Nations Environment Programme, Government of Australia | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Desert resources development - Economic aspects | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Arid regions - Management | |
| dc.title | Economics of dryland management | |
| dc.type | Book | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |