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Urban Forests : Environmental Health Values and Risks
Xing, Jianwei; Hu, Zhiren; Xia, Fan; Xu, Jintao; Zou, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Forests accompany the cities we build. There are an estimated 5.5 billion urban trees in the United States. Globally, about 25 percent of urban land is covered by tree canopy. This study examines urban forests as a policy tool for air pollution mitigation. We study an afforestation program in...
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Forest
OECD - 20XX
other forest products; have cultural values; deliver recreation benefits and ecosystem services, including regulation of … soil, air and water; are reservoirs for biodiversity; and act as carbon sinks. The impact from human activities on forest … health and on natural forest growth and regeneration raises widespread concern. Many forest resources are threatened by …
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Valuing environmental conservation in the Asean region: a contingent valuation study of Ulu Temburong national park
Tabrani, Andi; Lawrey, Roger; Pillarisetti, J. Ram - In: Journal of Developing Areas 49 (2015) 1, pp. 381-397
should enhance public awareness, promote forest-based small and medium enterprises, and involve indigenous and local …
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Economic analysis of natural forest disturbances : a century of research
Montagné-Huck, Claire; Brunette, Marielle - In: Journal of forest economics : JFE 32 (2018), pp. 42-71
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Insurance models and climate risk assessments in a historical context
Andersson, Lars Fredrik; Keskitalo, Eva Carina H. - In: Financial history review 23 (2016) 2, pp. 219-243
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Landscapes as drivers of ecotourism development : a case study in Northern Laos
Germaine, Marie-Anne; Ducourtieux, Olivier; Stone, … - In: Canadian journal of development studies 43 (2022) 3, pp. 370-392
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Efficiency of forest carbon policies at intensive and extensive margins
Li, Rong; Sohngen, Brent; Tian, Xiaohui - In: American journal of agricultural economics 104 (2022) 4, pp. 1243-1267
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Benefit sharing among local resource users : the role of property rights
Torpey-Saboe, Nichole; Andersson, Krister; Mwangi, Esther; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 72 (2015), pp. 408-418
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Exploring the influence of attitudes and experience on valuation of state forest lands via contingent valuation
Hafer, Joseph A.; Ran, Bing - In: Public performance & management review 45 (2022) 6, pp. 1461-1486
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Preserving or escaping? On the welfare effects of environmental self-protective choices
Antoci, Angelo; Borghesi, Simone - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 41 (2012) 2, pp. 248-254
In modern societies individuals often try to alleviate their personal damages from environmental degradation by increasing their consumption of private goods. Although this “self-protective” behavior is very frequent in industrial economies, insufficient attention has been paid to its...
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