New perspectives on agri-environmental policies a multidisciplinary and transatlantic approach /

• Other Authors: Goetz, Stephan J., Brouwer, Floor.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
• Series: Routledge explorations in environmental economics ; 22.
• Subjects: Environmental policy > Europe.; Environmental policy > United States.; Agriculture and state > Europe.; Agriculture and state > United States.; NATURE > Natural Resources.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
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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 side...

Table of Contents:

• A multidisciplinary and transatlantic approach to agri-environmental policies : motivation and overview / Stephan J. Goetz and Floor Brouwer
• Demographic change and land use transitions / Jill Findeis, Kathryn Brasier, and Rodrigo Salcedo du Bois
• Payments for agri-environmental services : an OECD perspective / Wilfrid Legg
• Comparing agri-environmental programs in the United States and the EU / Christina von Haaren and Nelson Bills
• Evaluation of agricultural land preservation programs / Lori Lynch, Wayne Gray and Jacqueline Geoghegan
• Modeling the economic impacts of critical habitat designation / Thomas Foulke, David T. Taylor and Roger H. Coupal
• Multi-scale and integrated modeling of landscape functionality / Louise Willemen ... [et al.]
• Nonmarket valuation of multifunctional farm and forest preservation / Joshua M. Duke and Robert J. Johnston
• Agent-based land use models for collaborative learning about agri-environmental policies / Thomas Berger and Pepijn Schreinemachers
• Castles or cattle? : a regional analysis of working lands policies / Andrew Seidl, Lindsey Ellingson and C.J. Mucklow
• Compliance with agri-environmental standards in Europe and the United States / Roel Jongeneel and Floor Brouwer
• Public preferences for protecting working landscapes / Kathleen P. Bell
• Improving agri-environmental benefits within the CAP
• Bettina Mtazdorf ... [et al.]
• Soil carbon sequestration as an ecosystem service / Madhu Khanna ... [et al.]
• Emerging public preferences and the sustainability of farmland preservation / Soji Adelaja ... [et al.].