The role of uncertainty and expectations in modeling (range)land use strategies: An application of dynamic optimization modeling with recursion

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2475-2485

  Domptail, Stéphanie ^a   Nuppenau, Ernst August ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bio economic model; Rainfall expectations; Rangelands; Recursive modeling; State and Transition; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; LAND USE; OPTIMIZATION; RAINFALL; RANCHING; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 77957007671     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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