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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.07.019
Titel (primär) Applying tradable permits to biodiversity conservation: Effects of space-dependent conservation benefits and cost heterogeneity on habitat allocation
Autor Drechsler, M.; Wätzold, F.
Quelle Ecological Economics
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
Department OEKON; OESA
Band/Volume 68
Heft 4
Seite von 1083
Seite bis 1092
Sprache englisch
Keywords Biodiversity conservation; Complex system; Cost heterogeneity; Ecological-economic model; Habitat banking; Pattern formation; Spatial interaction; Tradable development rights
Abstract This paper is concerned with the cost-effective allocation of habitat for species under spatio-temporally heterogeneous economic development. To address the dynamic dimension of the problem we consider tradable development rights as the instrument of choice. A particular challenge in applying tradable development rights is that the conservation benefit of an individual habitat patch depends on its spatial relationship with other habitat patches and thus is an emergent rather than a fixed property. We analyse with a conceptual model the spatial and temporal dynamics of habitats in a region under a tradable development rights market that takes spatial interaction of habitats explicitly into account. In our analysis two different outcomes may emerge depending on the levels of spatial interaction and cost heterogeneity: an "ordered" structure where habitat patches are clustered in space and are stable over time, and a "disordered" structure where habitat patches are scattered in space and subject to high turnover of destruction and recreation. A high level of spatial interaction or a low level of cost heterogeneity favours an ordered structure while a low level of spatial interaction or a high level of cost heterogeneity favours a disordered structure.
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Drechsler, M., Wätzold, F. (2009):
Applying tradable permits to biodiversity conservation: Effects of space-dependent conservation benefits and cost heterogeneity on habitat allocation
Ecol. Econ. 68 (4), 1083 - 1092 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.07.019