New Perspectives on Agri-environmental Policies: A Multidisciplinary and Transatlantic Approach

by Goetz; Stephan J.

• ISBN13: 9780415777025
• ISBN10: 041577702X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Significant advances have occurred in recent years in Europe and in North America in addressing agri-environmental policies, but whilst important institutional and legal differences still exist between the two continents, the sharing of recent scientific advances will benefit scientists on both sides of the Atlantic. This is the main purpose of this book.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. x
List of tables	p. xii
A multidisciplinary and transatlantic approach to agri-environmental policies: motivation and overview	p. 1
Understanding current relations between agriculture and environment	p. 11
Demographic change and land use transitions	p. 13
Payments for agri-environmental services: an OECD perspective	p. 41
Comparing agri-environmental programs in the United States and the EU	p. 52
Evaluation of agricultural land preservation programs	p. 72
Modeling the economic impacts of critical habitat designation	p. 93
New perspectives on modeling agri-environmental relations	p. 107
Multi-scale and integrated modeling of landscape functionality	p. 109
Nonmarket valuation of multifunctional farm and forest preservation	p. 124
Agent-based land use models for collaborative learning about agri-environmental policies	p. 143
Castles or cattle? A regional analysis of working lands policies	p. 156
The scope for emerging policies	p. 175
Compliance with agri-environmental standards in Europe and the United States	p. 177
Public preferences for protecting working landscapes	p. 199
Improving agri-environmental benefits within the CAP	p. 219
Soil carbon sequestration as an ecosystem service	p. 241
Emerging public preferences and the sustainability of farmland preservation	p. 260
Index	p. 283
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