Spatial analysis of agri-environmental policy uptake and expenditure in Scotland

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-115

  Yang, Anastasia L ^a,b,c   Rounsevell, Mark D A ^b,c   Wilson, Ronald M ^b   Haggett, Claire ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c FP7 Spatial Analysis of Rural Development Measures   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environmental expenditure; Determining factors; Participation; Rural development policy; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENDITURE; DETERMINING FACTOR; DEVELOPMENT POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENDITURES; PARTICIPATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY; SCOTLAND; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AUTOCORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; EXPENDITURE; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; PRIORITIZATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; LAND USE; POPULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENDITURE; DETERMINING FACTORS; PARTICIPATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION; SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84891139689     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.038     Document Type: Article

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