Land use change and agricultural intensification: Key research questions and innovative approaches

This paper reviews land use modeling approaches for assessing the economic and environmental impacts of agri-cultural intensification. It discusses the theoretical foundations of the modeling approaches, describes how to parameterize such models when micro-level data are available, and examines how...

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Main Authors: Wu, JunJie, Li, Man
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149734
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Summary:This paper reviews land use modeling approaches for assessing the economic and environmental impacts of agri-cultural intensification. It discusses the theoretical foundations of the modeling approaches, describes how to parameterize such models when micro-level data are available, and examines how to integrate them with bio-physical models for policy evaluation. Based on the literature review, the paper identifies key research questions and discusses appropriate methods and data and promising areas for investigating those questions.