Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Reports |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45213 |
| Document | publication document |
| Title (Primary) | Applying tradable permits to biodiversity conservation: effects of space-dependent ecological benefits and cost heterogeneity on habitat allocation |
| Author | Drechsler, M.; Wätzold, F. |
| Source Titel | UFZ-Diskussionspapiere |
| Year | 2007 |
| Department | OEKON; OESA |
| Volume | 1/2007 |
| Page To | 20 |
| Language | englisch |
| Abstract | This paper is concerned with the cost-effective allocation of habitat for endangered species under spatio-temporally heterogeneous economic development. To address the dynamic dimension of the problem we consider tradable development rights (TDR) as the instrument of choice. A particular challenge in applying TDR is that the ecological benefit of an individual habitat patch depends on its spatial relationship with other habitats and thus is an emergent rather than a fixed property. We analyse the spatial and temporal dynamics of habitats in a region under a TDR market that takes spatial interaction of habitats explicitly into account. We show that depending on the levels of spatial interaction and cost heterogeneity, two different outcomes may emerge: an “ordered” structure where habitats are clustered in space and stable over time, and a “disordered” structure where habitats are scattered in space and subject to high turnover of destruction and recreation. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=1729 |
| Drechsler, M., Wätzold, F. (2007): Applying tradable permits to biodiversity conservation: effects of space-dependent ecological benefits and cost heterogeneity on habitat allocation UFZ-Diskussionspapiere 1/2007 UFZ Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, 20 pp. |
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