A5085704072- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Water resources management and optimization
- Housing Market and Economics
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Rural development and sustainability
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
University of Exeter
2016-2025
University of East Anglia
2013-2015
Norwich Research Park
2013
Monitoring Land Use Land-use decisions are based largely on agricultural market values. However, such can lead to losses of ecosystem services, as the provision wildlife habitat or recreational space, magnitude which may overwhelm any benefits. In a research project forming part UK National Ecosystem Assessment, Bateman et al. (p. 45 ) estimate value these net losses. Policies that recognize diversity and complexity natural environment target changes different areas so radically improve land...
One of Georgina Mace’s many transformational research contributions was to provide a universally applicable framework for incorporating any or all elements and connections the natural environment within conventional economic decision-making. We apply this capital consider overall effects suite land-use policy options intended promote conservation renewal biodiversity. Options considered include sharing, sparing, three-compartment rewilding organic farming regimes. Each is assessed in terms...
By embedding a spatially explicit ecosystem services modelling tool within policy simulator we examine the insights that natural capital analysis can bring to design of policies for nature recovery. Our study is illustrated through case example incentivising establishment new habitat in England. We find mirroring current practice offering payments per hectare creation fails break even, delivering less value improved flows than public money spent and only 26% which theoretically achievable....
Abstract Nature recovery requires the provisioning of resources in right place and sufficient quantities to support wildlife populations improve ecological processes. Agri‐environment schemes (AES) have been a major mechanism for delivering environmental management across EU‐farmed landscapes, but measured benefits nature are often negligible large part due lack strategic spatial targeting actions. As an example, AES England delivered using participatory strategy, typically at individual...
Significance Protected public lands are insufficient to halt the loss of global biodiversity. However, most commercial landowners need incentives engage in conservation. Through an interdisciplinary study examining palm-oil plantations Sumatra, we demonstrate that ( i ) joint consideration both biodiversity and economic relationships permits spatial targeting areas enhance conservation International Union for Conservation Nature Red Listed species at relatively low cost landowner ii...
Understanding how the value of environmental goods and services is influenced by their location relative to where people live can help identify economically optimal spatial distribution conservation interventions across landscapes. However, capturing these relationships within confines a stated preference study has proved challenging. We propose implement novel approach incorporating space design presentation choice experiments (CE). Using an investigation preferences concerning land use...
In most equilibrium sorting models (ESMs) of residential choice across neighborhoods, the question whether households rent or buy their home is either ignored else tenure status treated as exogenous.Of course, not exogenous and households' choices may have important public policy implications, particularly since higher levels homeownership been shown to correlate strongly with various indicators improved neighborhood quality.Indeed, numerous policies including that mortgage interest...
Land use change is crucial to addressing the existential threats of climate and biodiversity loss while enhancing food security [M. Zurek et al. , Science 376 1416–1421 (2022)]. The interconnected spatially varying nature impacts land means that these challenges must be addressed simultaneously [H.-O. Pörtner 380 eabl4881 (2023)]. However, governments commonly focus on single issues, incentivizing via “Flat-Rate” subsidies offering constant per hectare payments, uptake which determined by...
This paper examines the pivotal role played by property markets in determining magnitude and distribution of welfare changes resulting from localised environmental change. We address that issue using an equilibrium sorting model (ESM) calibrated, way example, to circumstances a road infrastructure project English town Polegate. Previous ESM research has tended assume all households rent fixed stock. The narrative arises those models concerns gentrification, wherein access environmentally...
Coastal ecosystems, such as saltmarsh, produce a range of ecosystem services that underpin human well-being. In the UK, and globally, saltmarsh extent quality is declining due to coastal squeeze, deteriorating water quality, agricultural activities. Here, we develop general framework evaluate changes in defence. Using this framework, identify priority areas for re-alignment: re-creation have been past – but claimed variety land uses, particularly agriculture. We base our re-alignment...
This paper focuses on the issue of payments for ecosystem services (PES) mechanism design when activity incentivised through scheme benefits multiple groups, each whom might be prepared to contribute made scheme. In particular, we examine spatial coordination demand side market; that is say, question which beneficiary PES buys land-management changes land parcels. We show simulation modelling it possible negotiation lead Pareto improvements compared solutions reached non-cooperative...