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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809284803321

Autore

Delacote Philippe <1978->

Titolo

Forests and development : local, national, and global issues / / by Philippe Delacote

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2012

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-87388-4

1-136-30410-X

0-203-11858-8

1-136-31055-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in global competition ; ; 59

Altri autori (Persone)

ThisseJacques François

Disciplina

577.3

Soggetti

Forests and forestry - Economic aspects

Forest policy - Environmental aspects

Deforestation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Forests and Development: Local, national and global issues -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword -- Part I: Overview -- Introduction -- Part II: Local: forests and people -- 1. Agricultural expansion, forest products as safety nets and deforestation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Review of the literature -- 1.3 Diversification strategy, risk-aversion and the household's optimal land use -- 1.4 Conclusion -- 2. Commons as insurance: safety nets or poverty traps? -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Insurance properties of common resources -- 2.3 Commons as insurance -- 2.4 Tragedy of the commons and poverty trap -- 2.5 Inter-households insurance -- 2.6 Private insurance mechanism -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Part III: National: forest management, corruption and illegal logging -- 3. How size of concessions may influence systemic corruption in forest harvesting: A theoretical assessment -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Corruption and the environment -- 3.3 The size of concessions and bureaucratic corruption -- 3.4 Lobbying and the forest policy design -- 3.5 How size of concessions may influence systemic corruption -- 3.6



Conclusion -- 4. Unsustainable timber harvesting, deforestation and the role of certification -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Is timber harvesting sustainable? -- 4.3 A panel-data analysis of the links between timber harvesting and deforestation -- 4.4 The influence of timber certification -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Part IV: Global: citizen consumption -- 5. Political consumerism and public policy: good complements against market failures? -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Political consumerism in the light of economic theory -- 5.3 Political consumerism against market failures? -- 5.4 Political consumerism and public policies -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6. On the sources of consumer boycotts ineffectiveness -- 6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Boycotts and collective action shortcomings -- 6.3 Boycott as a war of attrition with perfect information -- 6.4 Case studies -- 6.5 Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Behind the mystery of economic growth stands another mystery: why do some places fare better than others? Casual evidence shows that sizable differences exist at very different spatial scales (countries, regions and cities). This book aims to discuss the main economic reasons for the existence of peaks and troughs in the spatial distribution of wealth and people, with a special emphasis on the role of large cities and regional agglomerations in the process of economic development.