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Tools for Land Use Analysis on Different Scales

With Case Studies for Costa Rica

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Bas A. M. Bouman

    1. International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, The Philippines

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  2. Hans G. P. Jansen

    1. Agricultural Economics Research Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands

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  3. Robert A. Schipper

    1. Department of Economics and Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  4. Huib Hengsdijk

    1. Department of Crop Science, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  5. André Nieuwenhuyse

    1. ZONISIG Project, La Paz, Bolivia

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Part of the book series: System Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural Development (SAAD, volume 8)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Johan Bouma, Hans G. P. Jansen, Arie Kuyvenhoven, Martin K. Van Ittersum, Bas A. M. Bouman
    Pages 1-7

  3. The physical and socio-economic setting: the northern Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica

    • André Nieuwenhuyse, Bas A. M. Bouman, Hans G. P. Jansen, Robert A. Schipper, Rodrigo Alfaro
    Pages 9-34

  4. Using the CLUE framework to model changes in land use on multiple scales

    • Kasper Kok, Tom (A.) Veldkamp
    Pages 35-63

  5. Spatial equilibrium modeling for evaluating inter-regional trade flows, land use and agricultural policy

    • Peter C. Roebeling, Hans G. P. Jansen, Aad Van Tilburg, Robert A. Schipper
    Pages 65-96

  6. Technical Coefficient Generators for quantifying land use systems

    • Huib Hengsdijk, Bas A. M. Bouman, André Nieuwenhuyse, Robert A. Schipper, Janette Bessembinder
    Pages 97-114

  7. Integrated biophysical and socio-economic analysis of regional land use

    • Robert A. Schipper, Bas A. M. Bouman, Hans G. P. Jansen, Huib Hengsdijk, André Nieuwenhuyse
    Pages 115-144

  8. Exploring future land use options: combining biophysical opportunities and societal objectives

    • Janette Bessembinder, Martin K. Van Ittersum, Robert A. Schipper, Bas A. M. Bouman, Huib Hengsdijk, André Nieuwenhuyse
    Pages 145-169

  9. Farm modeling for policy analysis on the farm and regional level

    • Peter C. Roebeling, Hans G. P. Jansen, Robert A. Schipper, Fernando S·Enz, Edmundo Castro, Ruerd Ruben et al.
    Pages 171-198

  10. Linking information technology and farmer knowledge in a decision support system for improved banana cultivation

    • Jetse J. Stoorvogel, Romano A. Orlich, Ronald Vargas, Johan Bouma
    Pages 199-212

  11. A toolbox for land use analysis

    • Bas A. M. Bouman, Hans G. P. Jansen, Robert A. Schipper, Johan Bouma, Arie Kuyvenhoven, Martin K. Van Ittersum
    Pages 213-232

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 233-275
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Regional development is intrinsically related to the way in which the land is used. Given the rising awareness of the multifunctionality of the world's land resources, policy makers now face the complex task of accommodating multiple objectives of an increasing number of stakeholders in regional development. This implies a need for tools that can be employed to provide insights into the opportunities and limitations of land use. Those tools should be capable of quantifying trade-offs between socio-economic, sustainability, and environment-related policy objectives.
This book offers a detailed account of a range of interdisciplinary methodologies for land use analysis, developed over a twelve-year period (1986-1998) in Costa Rica, through collaborative research between three institutions: one from the North (Wageningen Agricultural University of The Netherlands), and two from the South (the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center [CATIE] and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock [MAG]). The methodologies span a number of spatial scales, ranging from the field level all the way to the national level. Concepts of systems analysis and information technology play a pivotal role in each of the methodologies. Together, they form a unique toolbox that deserves ample use in the process of agricultural policy design. 

Reviews

`The volume does a great job of demonstrating that established and tested techniques continue to be used in new and exciting ways. The strength of this volume lies in its thorough treatment of a number of land-use and land-cover change modelling topics from a policy-oriented view. ... This book is therefore valuable to professionals working in the field and useful to researchers embarking on their own land-use or sustainability projects. Finally, it offers one of the relatively few examples of research projects that successfully use technology to integrate across academic disciplines at multiple spatio-temporal scales.'
JASSS, 5/4 (2002)

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, The Philippines

    Bas A. M. Bouman

  • Agricultural Economics Research Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Hans G. P. Jansen

  • Department of Economics and Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Robert A. Schipper

  • Department of Crop Science, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Huib Hengsdijk

  • ZONISIG Project, La Paz, Bolivia

    André Nieuwenhuyse

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