Alexander Pfaff

14.3k citations
117 papers · 7.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 43

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Alexander Pfaff

109 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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Evaluating the impacts of protected areas on human well-being across the developing world 2019 · 261 citations
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Alexander Pfaff
Comparison fields: 5 of 142
  • Global and Planetary Change 4.9k
  • Economics and Econometrics 3.2k
  • Ecological Modeling 380
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 762
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 488
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All Works

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Evaluating the impacts of protected areas on human well-being across the developing world
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2019261
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Roads & SDGs, tradeoffs and synergies: learning from Brazil's Amazon in distinguishing frontiers
20174
10 201767
11 201565
12 201323
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High & Far: How the World’s Protected Areas Have Avoided Threat
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Measuring the effectiveness of protected area networks in reducing deforestation
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Will Buying Tropical Forest Carbon Benefit the Poor? Evidence From Costa Rica
20073
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Effects of Poverty on Deforestation: Distinguishing Behaviour From Location
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19 200448
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Informal Economies, Information and the Environment
20008

About Alexander Pfaff

Alexander Pfaff is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Soil Science and Strategy and Management, having authored 117 papers that have together received 7.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (67 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (66 papers), Forest Management and Policy (24 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (14 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (11 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (9 papers), Land Rights and Reforms (9 papers) and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (4.9k citations), Economics and Econometrics (3.2k citations), Ecological Modeling (380 citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (762 citations) and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (488 citations). Alexander Pfaff has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Costa Rica and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Lucas Joppa, Juan Robalino, Arturo Sánchez‐Azofeifa, Paul J. Ferraro, Kwaw S. Andam, Diego Herrera, Catalina Sandoval, Alexander van Geen, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak and Robert Walker. Their work appears in journals such as Ecological Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, PLoS ONE, Annual Review of Resource Economics and World Development.

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