Conservation Contracting in Heterogeneous Landscapes: An Application to Watershed Protection and Threshold Constraints
| dc.creator | Ferraro, Paul J. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:18:31Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:12:53Z | |
| dc.description | A key issue in the design of land use policy is how to integrate information about spatially variable biophysical and economic conditions into a cost-effective conservation plan. Using common biophysical scoring methods, in combination with economic data and simple optimization methods, an illustration is provided for how to identify a set of priority land parcels for conservation investment. This study also demonstrates a way in which conservation agencies can incorporate concerns about biophysical thresholds in the identification of their priority land parcels. These methods are applied using Geographic Information System data from a New York conservation easement acquisition initiative for water quality protection. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.31351 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31351/files/32010053.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31351 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/546520 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31351 | |
| dc.title | Conservation Contracting in Heterogeneous Landscapes: An Application to Watershed Protection and Threshold Constraints | |
| dc.type | Text |