An assessment of the influence of bioenergy and marketed land amenity values on land uses in the Midwestern US

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 713-720

  Choi, Suk Won ^a   Sohngen, Brent ^b   Alig, Ralph ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy scenario; Land use change; Land use projection; Marketed environmental rents; Multinomial logit

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOENERGY; CENSUS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGIT ANALYSIS; TIMBER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ILLINOIS; INDIANA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79451470913     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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