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Marull, Joan; Barcelona Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies (IERMB), Autonomous University of Barcelona; joan.marull@uab.cat; Tello, Enric; Department of Economic History and Institutions, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Barcelona; tello@ub.edu; Diana, Giovanna L.; Barcelona Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies (IERMB), Autonomous University of Barcelona; gio.diana87@libero.it; Pons, Manel; Barcelona Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies (IERMB), Autonomous University of Barcelona; manel.pons.sanvidal@uab.cat; Coll, Francesc; Barcelona Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies (IERMB), Autonomous University of Barcelona; Francesc.Coll@uab.cat. |
The effects of land abandonment on biodiversity have received considerable attention by scholars, but results are far from conclusive. Different cultural traditions of scientists seem to underlie the contrasting ways in which land abandonment is understood. Although the forest transition (FT) framework considers land abandonment as an opportunity for biodiversity conservation, European landscape ecologists characterize it as a threat. We use insights from both traditions to analyze the effects of land abandonment on landscape and biodiversity in a mountain area of metropolitan Barcelona. We do so through an in-depth historical case study covering a period of 160 years. A set of landscape metrics was applied to land-cover maps derived from cadastral... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Cultural landscape; Forest transition; Land abandonment; Landscape changes; Landscape structure; Land-use change; Land-use mosaic; Mediterranean; Peasant management. |
Ano: 2015 |
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Wu, Ziping. |
Using panel data of 450 farm households for the period of 1996-2001 in Zhejiang, China, we measured land distributional effect and income effect of the land rental market. It is found that the rental market had contributed for a less equal land distribution among the households, and for the concentration of land to households with higher efficiency. With a land rental market in a dynamic economic development process, improvements in overall production efficiency of the households, however, mainly come from the reduction of land abandonment and the contribution from land changing hands is very limited. |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land rental market; Distribution; Efficiency; Land abandonment; Land Economics/Use; Q12; O1; Q15. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25294 |
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Schneider, Laura; Geoghegan, Jacqueline. |
Plant invasions and their impact on land use pose difficult research questions, due to the complex relationships between the ecological nature of the invasion and the human responses to the invasion. This paper focuses on the linkages between an invasion of bracken fern and land use decisions in an agricultural frontier in southern Mexico. Agriculture in this region is practiced on an extensive basis, using traditional slash-and-burn techniques of temporary cultivation and continuous rotation through forest fallow. We investigate the factors that affect the decision of a subsistence farmer to either continue cultivating an invaded agricultural plot or permanently abandon the plot and cultivate elsewhere. We develop an agricultural household model of land... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Bracken fern invasion; Land abandonment; Agricultural household model; Mexico; Land Economics/Use. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10184 |
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