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Land Use Planning and Land Allocation in the Upland of Northern Laos: Process Evaluation and Impacts

Manivong, Khamphay; Sophathilath, Phouthone - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2009

Shifting cultivation, a farming practice on which majority of the upland population in the Lao People Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has been heavily dependent upon, was identified as the main cause of rapid deforestation in the country. To address the problem, a Land Use Planning and Land...

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What Motivates Farmers? Tree Growing and Land Use Decisions in the Grasslands of Claveria, Philippines

Predo, Canesio D. - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2003

This study investigates which land use system would provide the most economic and environmental benefits to farmers of upland grassland areas in the Philippines. It analyses a number of different land use systems and focuses on the benefits that tree-based systems can bring. It also investigates...

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A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Environmental Taxation and "Rural-Urban" Migration Distrotions in China

Cao, Jing - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2008

This study investigates the potential impact of two environmental tax regimes on the movement of rural people to China … sheds light on the implications of future environmental taxes and how they would affect urbanization and "rural …-urban" migration in China. The study finds that both proposed taxes would discourage the flow of migrants from China's countryside to …

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Water Worries: The Hidden Costs of Water Conservation in China are not Working

Zhang, Junliang - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2006

be involved in their implementation - in other words, their "transaction costs" (TCs) . A new study from China has looked …

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Social Connections, Networks, and Social Capital Erosion: Evidence from Surveys and Field Experiments

Gong, Yazhen - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2010

village members in southwestern China's Yunnan province. A survey was done on 600 farmers in 30 administrative villages. A …

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Cost-Effectiveness of Policy Options for Sustainable Wetland Conservation: A Case Study of Qixinghe Wetland, China

Jian, Wu; Xiaoxia, Wang; Kunyu, Niu - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2010

damaged. This problem affects many wetland areas in China. The study is the work of a team of researchers from Renmin … University of China, led by Wu Jian. It assesses the best way to reduce the conflict between wetland water needs and off …

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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Ground-Level Ozone Control in and Around Beijing

Xuxuan, Xie; Dan, Wu - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2010

level ozone pollution is one of the most significant air pollution problems in big cities in China. Because of the complex …

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Securing Water for Wetland Conservation in China - An Assessment of Policy Options

Jian, Wu; Xiaoxia, Wang; Kunyu, Niu; Shushan, Li - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2010

wetland is diverted to other uses, the werland's ecosystme is damaged. This problem affects many wetland areas in China. This …

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Battling Beijing's Ozone Crisis - Options for Action

Xuxuan, Xie; Dan, Wu - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2010

Ground level ozone pollution is one of the most significant air pollution problems in Beijing. Because of the complex way in which ozone is formed, it is difficult for policy makers to decide which ozone control options are the most cost-effective. This study, assessed a range of options for...

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The Effects of China’s Rural Policies on the Sustainability of Agriculture in China

Lin, Justin Yifu; Zhang, Fan - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 1999

Major rural policies in China before the reform include the state-monopolized procurement and marketing system (SMPMS …

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