The dissertation studies factors and attitudes influencing farmers’ behavior and societal preferences in context of pasture-based livestock production systems. The particular topics are the adoption of grazing practices from the farmers and preferences for pasture landscapes from the public...

Die Deutschen, so heißt es, lieben ihren Wald, aber diese Liebe ist verunsichert. Vor allem wird an der menschlichen Fähigkeit gezweifelt, ihn angesichts der hohen natürlichen und sozialen Dynamik unserer Gegenwart ökologisch umzubauen. Sollte man das nicht lieber allein der Natur...

This book applies an economic and environmental perspective to the history of landscape and the rural economy, highlighting their inter-connections through specific case studies. After explaining how the author made his discoveries and when they started, it analyses relations between documentary...

Part 1. Preliminaries -- Chapter 1. Strategic Locations -- Chapter 2. Sources: Artefacts -- Chapter 3. Sources: Documents -- Chapter 4. Post-war Time Shift -- Part Two: Localities -- Chapter 5. Chalk Downs -- Chapter 6. Heathland -- Chapter 7. Lot Meads -- Chapter 8. Drove Roads -- Chapter 9....

We apply the hedonic model to the Geneva-Switzerland rental market, in order to assess the value of view and landscape use. In that purpose, we construct a large database of about 10 500 observations containing dwellings structural characteristics and combine it with environmental variables on...

Modern geographic information system (GIS) tools have allowed a more careful examination of how the physical characteristics of a property's neighborhood and surrounding land uses are capitalized into property values. The ArcGIS Viewshed tool is a case in point: it identifies the cells in an...

This book is a revised and expanded edition of Colin Price's seminal original publication, providing a richly comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of landscape economics. Chapters address key issues like natural resources and environmental economics, while presenting a wide and integrative view...

"Environment, Modernization and Development in East Asia critically examines modernization's long-term environmental history. Using local-level studies and the idea of co-production, it suggests new frameworks for understanding as inter-related processes environmental, social, and economic...

Professional translation services are often perceived as quite expensive and people tend to go for the lowest price possible when commissioning a translation. To stay capable of competing with lay translators, professional translators have to continuously increase the efficiency of their work...

Welche Entwicklungstendenzen lassen die ländlichen Räume in Baden-Württemberg erkennen? Wie wirkt sich die Multifunktionalität von Räumen auf die Entwicklung der ländlichen Kulturlandschaft aus? Welche Einflüsse sind vom demographischen Wandel, welche vom Klimawandel zu erwarten? Diesen...

"This book aims to explore the avenue of landscape economics and provides the building blocks (from different scientific disciplines) for an economic analysis of landscapes. What exactly constitutes and determines the value of a landscape? It focuses on the value of landscapes in its broadest...

Suburbane Räume als Kulturlandschaften zu denken, stellt in der deutschen Forschungstradition noch immer eine Provokation dar. Genau diese Perspektive findet sich aber zunehmend in der internationalen Raumforschung. Zudem wird ein solches Denken auch in einigen europäischen Dokumenten zur...