Spatially explicit micro-level modelling of land use change at the rural–urban interface |
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Authors: | Kathleen P. Bella Elena G. Irwin |
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Affiliation: | Department of Resource Economics and Policy, 5782 Winslow Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5782, USA;Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper describes micro‐economic models of land use change applicable to the rural‐urban interface in the US. Use of a spatially explicit micro‐level modelling approach permits the analysis of regional patterns of land use as the aggregate outcomes of many, disparate individual land use decisions distributed across space. In contrast to the models featured by Nelson and Geoghegan, we focus on models that require spatially articulated data on parcel‐level land use changes through time. In characterising the spatially disaggregated models, we highlight issues uniquely related to the management and generation of spatial data and the estimation of micro‐level spatial models. |
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Keywords: | Spatial models Land use change Rural–urban interface Land economics |
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