Additionality and Forest Conservation Regulation for Residential Development
| Autor: | Jeffrey Ferris, David A. Newburn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Land use business.industry Agroforestry Forest management 05 social sciences Fragmentation (computing) Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Forest restoration Additionality Forest cover 0502 economics and business Environmental science Satellite imagery 050202 agricultural economics & policy 050207 economics business Subdivision Panel data |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 99:1228-1245 |
| ISSN: | 1467-8276 0002-9092 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ajae/aax038 |
| Popis: | We analyze the potential effects that a unique forest conservation regulation has on residential development, and assess the additionality in forest cover due to this regulation. We combine panel data on forest cover change from satellite imagery and parcel‐level modeling on residential development, including residential subdivisions occurring before and after the regulation is adopted. Our results suggest that after adoption, there was a 21% increase in forest cover within subdivisions relative to the amount without the regulation. The heterogeneous effects of this regulation suggest that on average, forest cover increased for parcels with lower levels of existing forest cover. However, parcels with the highest levels of forest cover continue to have significant decreases in forest cover, despite the regulation, thereby resulting in fragmentation in regions with the most intact forest cover. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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