New Perspectives on Agri-environmental Policies [Elektronisk resurs] A Multidisciplinary and Transatlantic Approach.

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1 A multidisciplinary and transatlantic approach to agr-environmental policies: Motivation and overview; Part I Understanding current relations between agriculture and environment; 2 Demographic change and land use transitions; 3 Payments for agri-environmental services: An OECD perspective; 4 Comparing agri-environmental programs in the United States and the EU; 5 Evaluation of agricultural land preservation programs; 6 Modeling the economic impacts of critical habitat designation. 
• Part II New perspectives on modeling agri-environmental relations7 Multi-scale and integrated modeling of landscape functionality; 8 Nonmarket valuation of multifunctional farm and forest preservation; 9 Agent-based land use models for collaborative learning about agri-environmental policies; 10 Castles or cattle?: A regional analysis of working lands policies; Part III The scope for emerging policies; 11 Compliance with agri-environmental standards in Europe and the United States; 12 Public preferences for protecting working landscapes; 13 Improving agri-environmental benefits within the CAP. 
• 14 Soil carbon sequestration as an ecosystem service15 Emerging public preferences and the sustainability of farmland preservation; Index. 

• 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. 

Ämnesord

Agriculture and state -- Europe. 

Agriculture and state -- United States. 

Environmental policy -- Europe. 

Environmental policy -- United States. 

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

GE170 .N495 2009 (LCC)

333.76 (DDC)

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