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Towards an integrated ecological-economic land-use change model
[working paper]
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Universität Göttingen, SFB 990 EFForTS, Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesien)
Universität Göttingen, Fakultät für Biologie und Psychologie, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie
Abstract Land-use changes have transformed tropical landscapes throughout the past decades dramatically. We describe here an ecologicaleconomicland-use change model to provide an integrated, exploratory tool to analyze how tropical land use and land-use change affect ecological and socio-conomic functions. T... view more
Land-use changes have transformed tropical landscapes throughout the past decades dramatically. We describe here an ecologicaleconomicland-use change model to provide an integrated, exploratory tool to analyze how tropical land use and land-use change affect ecological and socio-conomic functions. The guiding question of the model is what kind of landscape mosaic can improve the ensemble of ecosystem functioning, biodiversity and economic benefit based on the synergies and trade-offs that we have to account for. The economic submodel simulates smallholder land-use management decisions based on a profit maximization assumption and a Leontief production function. Each household determines factor inputs for all household fields and decides about land-use change based on available wealth. The ecological submodel includes a simple account of carbon sequestration in above- and belowground vegetation. Initialized with realistic or artificial land use maps, the ecological-economic model will advance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the trade-offs and synergies of ecological and economic functions in tropical landscapes.... view less
Keywords
arable farming; forestry; tropics; land use; environment; ecology; economic factors; ecological system; socioeconomic factors; Indonesia; simulation; model; biodiversity; farmer; small business
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Free Keywords
Weltweit; Global; Ökosystem; Kleinbauern
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
City
Göttingen
Page/Pages
49 p.
Series
EFForTS Discussion Paper Series, 17
ISSN
2197-6244
Status
Published Version; reviewed