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Is a sustainable land-use policy in Germany possible?: insights from an analysis applying the concept of stocks

Land is an essential but limited natural resource. We employ the concept of stocks to analyse driving forces for land-use conversion and to assess, whether the German political "30- hectares-goal" is feasible given the current institutional setting. In this paper major driving forces for l...

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Main Authors: Fischer, Beate (Author) , Jöst, Frank (Author) , Klauer, Bernd (Author) , Schiller, Johannes (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics July 30, 2009
Edition:This version: July 30, 2009
Series:Discussion paper series / Universität Heidelberg, Department of Economics no. 484
In: Discussion paper series (no. 484)

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Graue Literatur
Online Access:Resolving-System, Volltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/127303
Verlag, Volltext: http://www.awi.uni-heidelberg.de/with2/Discussion%20papers/papers/dp484.pdf
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Author Notes:Beate Fischer; Frank Jöst; Bernd Klauer; Johannes Schiller
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Summary:Land is an essential but limited natural resource. We employ the concept of stocks to analyse driving forces for land-use conversion and to assess, whether the German political "30- hectares-goal" is feasible given the current institutional setting. In this paper major driving forces for land-use conversion are identified and underlying stocks and persistent institutional structures as well as their dynamics are investigated. It will be shown that meeting the 30- hectares-goal is unlikely. We further argue that due to persistent stocks and institutional structures land-use conversion from agricultural into urbanised land takes place on smaller time scales than its reconversion. We conclude that demographic change and regional migration processes may result in further land-use conversion even with declining population. Economic structural change as well as an increasing traffic volume will likewise contribute to further land-use conversion.
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