Soil erosion produces both on‐site private costs and off‐site social costs, such as
desertification, rural depopulation, siltation of waterways and reductions in biodiversity. To …

The paper estimates the benefits of programmes to mitigate the off-site impacts of soil
erosion for a watershed in Andalusia, Spain. Two stated preference methods are used …

As agricultural policies affect land use, they have effects on the amount of soil erosion in
agricultural regions through changes of the economic conditions of agricultural production …

Economics is about problems of choice. In erosion control, both public authorities and
private land users are faced with such problems. What is the impact of erosion, both on-site …

Soil erosion, the physical movement of soil particles from one location in the landscape to
another, has attracted the attention of concerned soil scientists and conservationists for more …

The cost of soil erosion is not so much dependent on the physical amount of soil lost as
determined by the economic effects of these losses. Soil erosion has both onsite and offsite …

Soil erosion has been recognized as a serious natural resource problem in the United
States at least since 1935. At that time the Soil Conserva-tion Service (SCS) was established …

Farmer decisions with regard to production and land use are strongly influenced by socio-
economic factors. In the developed world, the role of agricultural subsidies, quotas and …

Resource conservation programs have often been launched without careful evaluation of
farmers' intertemporal tradeoffs in undertaking conservation investments. Such investments …

Soil is an essential natural resource for humans and an important part of the environment.
However, soil is often used and managed inappropriately, causing its erosion and …