The physical, economic and policy drivers of land conversion to forestry in Ireland

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-86

  Upton, Vincent ^a   O'Donoghue, Cathal ^a   Ryan, Mary ^a  

^a Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Land use change; Policy conflicts; Spatial panel model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FARMS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; IRELAND; LAND CONVERSION; LANDUSE CHANGE; PANEL MODEL; POLICY CONFLICT; POLICY DRIVERS; SPATIAL PANEL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND USE CHANGE; PANEL DATA; SOIL TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FORESTRY; HUMAN; INCOME; IRELAND; LAND USE; MICROSIMULATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; SOIL; SOIL ACIDIFICATION;

IRELAND;

AFFORESTATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; POLICY CONFLICTS; SPATIAL PANEL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IRELAND; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84888413922     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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