Applying tradable permits to biodiversity conservation: effects of space-dependent ecological benefits and cost heterogeneity on habitat allocation

Arbeitspapier

This paper is concerned with the cost-effective allocation of habitat for endangered species under spatio-temporally heterogeneous economic development. To address the dynamic dimension of the problem we consider tradable development rights (TDR) as the instrument of choice. A particular challenge in applying TDR is that the ecological benefit of an individual habitat patch depends on its spatial relationship with other habitats and thus is an emergent rather than a fixed property. We analyse the spatial and temporal dynamics of habitats in a region under a TDR market that takes spatial interaction of habitats explicitly into account. We show that depending on the levels of spatial interaction and cost heterogeneity, two different outcomes may emerge: an "ordered" structure where habitats are clustered in space and stable over time, and a "disordered" structure where habitats are scattered in space and subject to high turnover of destruction and recreation.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: UFZ Discussion Paper ; No. 1/2007

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy ; Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services; Biodiversity Conservation; Bioeconomics; Industrial Ecology
• Thema: ecological-economic model ; cost heterogeneity ; phase transition ; spatial interaction ; tradable development rights ; Biodiversität ; Emissionsrechte ; Räumliche Interaktion ; Kosten-Wirksamkeits-Analyse ; Theorie

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Drechsler, Martin ; Wätzold, Frank
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ)
• (wo): Leipzig
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45213
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