Sustainable Development and Biological Diversity: A Case Study of Deforestation in Panama - Couverture souple

Urza, Alexandra

 
9783639094534: Sustainable Development and Biological Diversity: A Case Study of Deforestation in Panama
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639094530 ISBN 13 : 9783639094534
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

Sustainable development is an emerging development model that has impacted the relationship between the environment and traditional development objectives. This work combines political ecology and natural resource economics in a rearticulation of sustainable development theory that draws on concepts from the biological sciences. Based on existing theory, biodiversity is identified as a critical (non-substitutable) resource. The case of Panama is then examined as an example of a country whose development has come into conflict with the health of its exceptionally diverse ecosystems through the conversion of forested land. An empirical model is created to test the statistical significance of several explanatory variables on rates of deforestation in Panama. This work should be useful for students or professionals in the environmental field who are interested in how the full value of natural resources can be incorporated into the development process and how, given a specific social and institutional structure, policies can be devised to tackle undesired environmental degradation.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Sustainable development is an emerging development model that has impacted the relationship between the environment and traditional development objectives. This work combines political ecology and natural resource economics in a rearticulation of sustainable development theory that draws on concepts from the biological sciences. Based on existing theory, biodiversity is identified as a critical (non-substitutable) resource. The case of Panama is then examined as an example of a country whose development has come into conflict with the health of its exceptionally diverse ecosystems through the conversion of forested land. An empirical model is created to test the statistical significance of several explanatory variables on rates of deforestation in Panama. This work should be useful for students or professionals in the environmental field who are interested in how the full value of natural resources can be incorporated into the development process and how, given a specific social and institutional structure, policies can be devised to tackle undesired environmental degradation.

Biographie de l'auteur

Alexandra Urza, B.A. in International Policy Studies from Reed College (Portland, Oregon).

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639094530
ISBN 13 
9783639094534
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
112
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible