Applying tradable permits to biodiversity conservation: Effects of space-dependent conservation benefits and cost heterogeneity on habitat allocation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1083-1092

  Drechsler, Martin ^a   Wätzold, Frank ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Complex system; Cost heterogeneity; Ecological economic model; Habitat banking; Pattern formation; Spatial interaction; Tradable development rights

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58749107149     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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