The effects of land-use development policies on forest management

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Autor(a) principal: Cunha-e-Sá, Maria A.
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Fernandes Franco, Sofia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11094
Resumo: This paper develops a model of a forest owner operating in an open-city environment, where the rent for developed land is increasing concave in nearby preserved open space and is rising over time reflecting an upward trend in households’ income. Thus, our model creates the possibility of switching from forestry to residential use at some point in the future. In addition it allows the optimal harvest length to vary over time even if stumpage prices and regeneration costs remain constant. Within this framework we examine how adjacent preserved open space and alternative development constraints affect the private landowner´s decisions. We find that in the presence of rising income, preserved open space hastens regeneration and conversion cuts but leads to lower density development of nearby unzoned parcels due to indirect dynamic effects. We also find that both a binding development moratorium and a binding minimum-lot-size policy can postpone regeneration and conversion cut dates and thus help to protect open space even if only temporarily. However, the policies do not have the same effects on development density of converted forestland. While the former leads to high-density development, the latter encourages low-density development.
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spelling The effects of land-use development policies on forest managementurban growthdevelopment moratoriumminimum lot sizeopen space conservationforest management practicesThis paper develops a model of a forest owner operating in an open-city environment, where the rent for developed land is increasing concave in nearby preserved open space and is rising over time reflecting an upward trend in households’ income. Thus, our model creates the possibility of switching from forestry to residential use at some point in the future. In addition it allows the optimal harvest length to vary over time even if stumpage prices and regeneration costs remain constant. Within this framework we examine how adjacent preserved open space and alternative development constraints affect the private landowner´s decisions. We find that in the presence of rising income, preserved open space hastens regeneration and conversion cuts but leads to lower density development of nearby unzoned parcels due to indirect dynamic effects. We also find that both a binding development moratorium and a binding minimum-lot-size policy can postpone regeneration and conversion cut dates and thus help to protect open space even if only temporarily. However, the policies do not have the same effects on development density of converted forestland. While the former leads to high-density development, the latter encourages low-density development.FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia)Nova SBERUNCunha-e-Sá, Maria A.Fernandes Franco, Sofia2014-01-21T14:44:40Z2013-042013-04-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/11094enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T03:45:24Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/11094Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:20:02.835041Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The effects of land-use development policies on forest management
title The effects of land-use development policies on forest management
spellingShingle The effects of land-use development policies on forest management
Cunha-e-Sá, Maria A.
urban growth
development moratorium
minimum lot size
open space conservation
forest management practices
title_short The effects of land-use development policies on forest management
title_full The effects of land-use development policies on forest management
title_fullStr The effects of land-use development policies on forest management
title_full_unstemmed The effects of land-use development policies on forest management
title_sort The effects of land-use development policies on forest management
author Cunha-e-Sá, Maria A.
author_facet Cunha-e-Sá, Maria A.
Fernandes Franco, Sofia
author_role author
author2 Fernandes Franco, Sofia
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cunha-e-Sá, Maria A.
Fernandes Franco, Sofia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv urban growth
development moratorium
minimum lot size
open space conservation
forest management practices
topic urban growth
development moratorium
minimum lot size
open space conservation
forest management practices
description This paper develops a model of a forest owner operating in an open-city environment, where the rent for developed land is increasing concave in nearby preserved open space and is rising over time reflecting an upward trend in households’ income. Thus, our model creates the possibility of switching from forestry to residential use at some point in the future. In addition it allows the optimal harvest length to vary over time even if stumpage prices and regeneration costs remain constant. Within this framework we examine how adjacent preserved open space and alternative development constraints affect the private landowner´s decisions. We find that in the presence of rising income, preserved open space hastens regeneration and conversion cuts but leads to lower density development of nearby unzoned parcels due to indirect dynamic effects. We also find that both a binding development moratorium and a binding minimum-lot-size policy can postpone regeneration and conversion cut dates and thus help to protect open space even if only temporarily. However, the policies do not have the same effects on development density of converted forestland. While the former leads to high-density development, the latter encourages low-density development.
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