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Document: Modelling biodiversity and land use: urban growth, agriculture and nature in a wetland area (Doc-453)

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Authors
Eppink, F.V., van den Bergh, J.C.J.M, and P. Rietveld
Year
2004
Title
Modelling biodiversity and land use: urban growth, agriculture and nature in a wetland area
Document Type
Journal Article
Journal
Ecological Economics
Volume
51
Pages
201-216
Abstract
Wherever human land use is located near sensitive natural areas, such as wetlands, it has significant impacts on biodiversity in those areas. Both species richness and species composition are affected. As biodiversity is lost, conservation efforts increase and act as a constraint on land use options. Given these links, land use is a central factor in an ecological–economic analysis of biodiversity. This paper presents a general, dynamic simulation model of the interaction between wetland biodiversity and land use. Results for a set of scenarios suggest that urban growth is unsustainable and that there may be a conflict between conservation of distinct aspects of biodiversity.
URL Exit
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800904002289
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