The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion in the Magat and Pantabangan Watersheds

Francisco, Herminia A. Author_Email:, Cruz, Wilfrido Author_Email: and Conway, Zenaida T. Author_Email:

Philippine Journal of Development, 1988

Abstract: This article report is a condensed version of “The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion,†PIDS Technical Report 87-04 of the Upland Resource Policy Program. It estimates the economic costs arising from indiscriminate exploitation of the uplands. It also offers a practical methodology for assessing the economic impact of soil erosion and illustrates the methodology with results from two major watersheds--Magat and Pantabangan.

Keywords: watershed; uplands; soil erosion; soil conservation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.62986/pjd1988.15.1d

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