Land use change in tropical watersheds : evidence, causes and remedies /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
• Subjects: Land use, Rural > Case studies. > Philippines; Watershed management > Case studies. > Philippines; Agencies and Organizations.; Agricultural Economics.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Water Resources.; Land Resources.; Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation.; Pollution and Degradation.; Agricultural development.; Case studies.; Deforestation.; Economic policy.; Erosion.; Institutions.; Land degradation.; Land use.; Soil conservation.; Tropics.; Upland areas.; Water conservation.; Water quality.; Watershed management.; Watersheds.; Electronic books.
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This book studies land use change in tropical landscapes, with particular emphasis on the economic processes that influence rates of land degradation and forest clearing. Multidisciplinary contributions draw lessons from data collected between 1992 and 2004 in the Manupali watershed in southern Phil...

Table of Contents:

• Economic Development and Watershed Degradation / I. Coxhead and G. Shively
• Agricultural Development and Institutional Transitions / A.C. Rola and I. Coxhead
• Water Quality Changes in the Manupali River Watershed : Evidence from a Community-based Water Monitoring Project / W.G. Deutsch and J.L. Orprecio
• How Do National Markets and Price Policies Affect Land Use at the Forest Margin? Evidence from the Philippines / I. Coxhead, A.C. Rola and K. Kim
• How Do Relative Price Changes Alter Land Use Decisions? Panel Data Evidence from the Manupali Watershed, Philippines / I. Coxhead and B. Demeke
• Economic Incentives and Agricultural Outcomes in Upland Settings / I. Coxhead and G. Shively
• Simulating Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield in Small Upland Watersheds using the WEPP Model / V.B. Ella
• Identifying Soil Erosion Hotspots in the Manupali River Watershed / E.P. Paningbatan Jr
• Alternatives to Traditional Annual Crop Agriculture in the Uplands : Biophysical Evidence from the Manupali River Watershed / D.J. Midmore, D.D. Poudel, T.M. Nissen, A. Daño and G. Zhu
• Linking Economic Policies and Environmental Outcomes at a Watershed Scale / G. Shively and C. Zelek
• Using Payments for Environmental Services (PES) to Assist in Watershed Management / S. Pagiola, M. delos Angeles and G. Shively
• Conclusions and Some Directions for Future Research / I. Coxhead, A.C. Rola and G. Shively.