Economic analysis of land use changes in forests and rangelands: Developing conservation strategies

Jahanifar, Komeil; Hamid, Abdul; Azadi, Hossein; Adenle, Ademola A.; Scheffran, Jürgen

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.05.022

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“…The lives of tens of thousands of villagers depend on the health of rangelands and grassland ecosystems (Jahanifar, Amirnejad, Azadi, Adenle, & Scheffran, 2019; Nyima, 2019). This purpose of this study was to assess the conditions of rangelands in Firozkuh County, Iran and to determine where the trends in rangeland quality are downward.…”

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Assessment of land degradation using machine‐learning techniques: A case of declining rangelands

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Increased use and increasing demands pose serious threats to rangelands. In this study, we document a pronounced downward trend in rangeland quality in the Alborz Mountains in Firozkuh County, Iran using analysis of three machine‐learning models (MLMs). A total of 1,147 transects were established to evaluate the rangeland quality trends from field data collected over a 7‐year period. Twelve independent conditional factors were analyzed for their relationships to range quality through three MLMs—Random Forest (RF), classification and regression tree (CART), and support vector machine (SVM). Based on assessments of the trained and validated models, RF, with a ROC‐AUC = 0.96, was determined to be the most robust. The results show that about 20% of the rangeland in the study area is in a critically degraded condition. Distances from roads and livestock density are the two factors most strongly linked to degradation. These results, in combination with field observations, indicate that the rangelands of the study area face two major challenges (overgrazing and early grazing) that require new strategies to mitigate and prevent damages. This study may provide important guidance for evaluating rangeland conditions in other regions of the world.

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“…Land is a basic requirement for human existence and has great ecological, socio-cultural and economic value [1]. In regional land-use planning and decision-making, specific land-use arrangements and layouts are often made to achieve specific objectives [2,3]. Many different demands for often-limited land resources must be weighed against each other.…”

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A land-use benefit evaluation system with case study verification

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Cheng²,

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In regional land-use planning, many different demands for often-limited land resources must be weighed against each other. Analysis of the benefits of different land-use types is of great significance in land-use design. However, a good evaluation methodology does not exist. To facilitate a comparative analysis of land-use benefits, this paper presents an evaluation system consisting of four steps: (1) Connotation dissection to determine the land-use benefits, (2) construction of a land-use benefit classification system to summarize a limited number of land-use benefit types by an inductive method, (3) land-use benefit valuation, which includes a biophysical model, direct and indirect market valuations, and The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity value conversion method, and (4) case analysis of the evaluation results according to local conditions. Empirical results from a case study of Mentougou District, Beijing, China, show that (i) the evaluation results of land-use benefit groups provides information on each land-use type and the spatial distribution of land-use benefits in Mentougou District, (ii) the topography of Mentougou District has an important influence on economic and ecological land-use benefits, and (iii) there is a synergistic effect of economic and social land-use benefits.

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“…From the perspective of supply, the effects of cultivated land protection in quantity were measured by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) [12], and some scholars developed models to evaluate the effectiveness of three soil and water conservation countermeasures in quality [13]. Considering the economic costs, some scholars used cost-benefit analysis and Farrell's method to analyze the effectiveness of the cultivated land protection program, assessed changes in land use damage to the environment, and calculated the value of the ecological network in order to obtain an optimal strategy for natural resource protection [14][15][16][17]. From the perspective of demand, research focuses on the performance of cultivated land and other natural resource conservation projects or policies by measuring willingness to pay or farmers' satisfaction [18][19][20].…”

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Exploring the Effectiveness of Multifunctional Cultivated Land Protection Linking Supply to Demand in Value Engineering Theory: Evidence from Wuhan Metropolitan Area

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Huang

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of multifunctional cultivated land protection based on the value engineering theory. The study area is the Wuhan Metropolitan Area. Entropy method, comprehensive index method, opportunity cost method and most suitable regional method were employed. The coefficients for importance of functions, for costs, and for values in production, social and ecological of cultivated land were measured. Significant spatial differences in the effectiveness of multifunctional cultivated land protection were found. According to the effectiveness of multifunctional cultivated land protection, the study area can be divided into the following three regions: the “most suitable region”, where the functions of cultivated land and their costs are matched in most parts of the study area; the “optimization region for functional structure”, mostly located in the Jianghan Plain, where the structure of multifunctional cultivated land needs further optimization; and the “improvement region for functional level”, including the mountainous areas, such as Yingshan and Wuxue in the East, and the municipal districts, such as Wuhan and Ezhou, where the potential for improving level of multifunctional cultivated land is relatively large. The article contributes to firstly introducing value engineering theory into the research of cultivated land protection, linking demand to supply of functions of cultivated land. We suggest that different policies might be implemented to optimize the spatial layout of cultivated land protection, and to manifest and coordinate multiple functions of cultivated land. It is vital to improve the use efficiency of funds for multifunctional cultivated land protection, and in the end to realize effective protection of cultivated land in quantity, quality and ecology at a lower cost in a sustainable way.

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Economic analysis of land use changes in forests and rangelands: Developing conservation strategies

Cited by 7 publications

References 33 publications

Assessment of land degradation using machine‐learning techniques: A case of declining rangelands

Assessment of land degradation using machine‐learning techniques: A case of declining rangelands

A land-use benefit evaluation system with case study verification

Exploring the Effectiveness of Multifunctional Cultivated Land Protection Linking Supply to Demand in Value Engineering Theory: Evidence from Wuhan Metropolitan Area

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