Local Commons and Cross-Effects of Population and Inequality on the Local Provision of environmental Services

Juan-Camilo Cardenas

Lecturas de Economía, 2005, issue 62, 75-121

Abstract: The potential effect of population density over natural resources has been present since the beginning of the environmental and resource debates. The role that inequality plays in this relationship has been less studied. This paper proposes that better distributions of land and by providing incentives for more sustainable farm and land-use practices. Using GIS technologies and data from more than 100 "veredas" in Boyacá region (Colombia), the econometric results support the proposition that under better distribution of land, the effect of population density on land degradation is smaller.

Keywords: Population; sustainable agriculture; land use; land degradation; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O12 Q12 Q15 Q20 Q24 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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Working Paper: LOCAL COMMONS AND CROSS-EFFECTS OF POPULATION AND INEQUALITY ON THE LOCAL PROVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (2004)
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