Amazonian Peasants, Rain Forest Use, and Income Generation: The Role of Wealth and Geographical Factors
In: Society and natural resources, Band 14, Heft 4, S. 291-308
ISSN: 1521-0723
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In: Society and natural resources, Band 14, Heft 4, S. 291-308
ISSN: 1521-0723
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 28, Heft 11, S. 1961-1977
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 58, S. 456-471
ISSN: 0264-8377
In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Band 96, Heft 3, S. 711-732
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In: Canadian public policy: Analyse de politiques, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 356-367
ISSN: 1911-9917
In this article, we track the historical movement in Canada's economic centre of gravity (ECG) since the early 20th century. A simple weighted mean centre approach is applied to a novel data set containing long-run estimates of household income at the provincial level. The analysis reveals that from 1926 to 2013, Canada's ECG shifted westward by a net distance of 204 kilometres. Concomitant with this broad geographical shift, we identify six distinct historical moments during which major spatial realignments occurred, including a significant west-to-east move during the Great Depression years and two important east-to-west shifts during the energy-driven resource booms of the 1970s and post-2000 period. Time series modeling confirms that the ups and downs of resource commodity prices are indeed strongly associated with historical movements of the ECG in Canada.
In: Society and natural resources, Band 8, Heft 2, S. 177-186
ISSN: 1521-0723
In: Land-Use and Land-Cover Change; Global Change - The IGBP Series, S. 71-116