An economic framework for forecasting land-use and ecosystem change

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-116

  Lewis, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Land use; Landscape forecasting; Shoreline development; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; LAND-USE POLICIES; MARKET CONDITION; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; SIMULATION METHODS; SIMULATION MODEL; SPATIAL MODELING; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

FORECASTING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECONOMETRICS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 77249169683     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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