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RED versus REDD : biofuel policy versus forest conservation

Dixon, Peter B.; Meijl, Hans van; Rimmer, Maureen T.; … - In: Economic modelling 52 (2016), pp. 366-374

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Soil heterogeneity, agricultural supply and land-use change: an application to biofuels production

Martinet, Vincent - Économie Publique, Département Sciences Sociales, … - 2010

Biofuels policies (blend mandate or tax credit) have impacts on food and energy prices, and on land-use. The magnitude of these effects depends on the market response to price, and thus on the agricultural supply curve, which, in turn, depends on the land availability (quantity and agronomic...

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External Costs as Driving Forces of Land Use Changes

Loehr, Dirk - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 4, pp. 1035-1054

governance, unsustainable land use changes mostly have some patterns in common: The beneficiaries of land conversion are often … a whole. A sustainable land use policy has to look for a better coupling of benefits and costs of land use changes. In …

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Impact of the EU Biofuels Directive on the EU food supply chain

Tabeau, Andrzej A.; Banse, Martin; Woltjer, Geert B.; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

The paper investigates the impact of the EU Biofuels Directive (BFD) on the EU agri-food supply chain using the computable general equilibrium model of the world economy named LEITAP. LEITAP is an extended version of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model including an improved land...

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The influence of design dimensions on stated choices in an environmental context

Meyerhoff, Jürgen; Oehlmann, Malte; Weller, Priska - In: Environmental & resource economics : the official … 61 (2015) 3, pp. 385-407

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Impacts of Ethanol on Planted Acreage in Market Equilibrium

Babcock, Bruce Alan; Feng, Hongli - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2008

Land use impacts of biofuel expansion have attracted a tremendous amount of attention because of the implications for the climate, the environment, and the food supply. To examine these impacts, we set up an economic framework that links input use and land allocation decisions with ethanol and...

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Population Pressures and Land Use Changes in Southeast Asian Countries: Recent Evidences

Dhas, Albert Christopher - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

population growth and land use changes. The study observed a steady growth in the human population during the last three decades … Countries significantly. The effect of population pressure on land use changes are examined both in a broad and narrow sense … not available for cultivation. The variations in the effect of population pressure on land use changes are observed across …

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The Analysis of the Impact of Land-Use Changes on Flood Exposure of Wuhan in Yangtze River Basin, China

Liu, Jie; Wang, Shao-yu; Li, Dong-mei - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 9, pp. 2507-2522

This paper characterizes the land-use changes of Wuhan in Yangtze River Basin between 1954 and 2020, and its impact on … 2020, to explore the spatial and temporal distribution of land-use changes, particularly concerning the distribution of … urban areas near the Yangtze River Basin. This was followed by an analysis of the land-use changes during the 4 study …

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Environmental consequences of different carbon alternatives for increased manure-based biogas

Hamelin, Lorie; Naroznova, Irina; Wenzel, Henrik - In: Applied Energy 114 (2014) C, pp. 774-782

source-segregation of animal urine and feces. Soil carbon changes as well as direct and indirect land use changes were …

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Impacts of Land-use Changes on the Hydrology of the Grande River Basin Headwaters, Southeastern Brazil

Viola, M.; Mello, C.; Beskow, S.; Norton, L. - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 13, pp. 4537-4550

Land-use changes affect soil water balance. The Upper Grande River Basin (UGRB) headwaters have undergone intense … year<Superscript>−1</Superscript> and 156.78 mm year<Superscript>−1</Superscript>, respectively. This indicates that land-use changes … for the cultivation of grasslands, respectively. Results demonstrate that runoff would be reduced due to the land-use …

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