Optimal Location of New Forests in a Suburban Region

E. Moons, B. Saveyn, S. Proost, M. Hermy
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This paper looks at the optimal location of new forests in a suburban region under area constraints. The GIS-based methodology takes into account use benefits such as timber, hunting, carbon sequestration and recreation, non-use benefits (both bequest and existence values), opportunity costs of converting agricultural land, as well as planting and management costs of the new forest. The recreation benefits of new forest sites are estimated using function transfer techniques. We show that the net social benefit of the total afforestation project may vary up to a factor 6, depending on the forest sites that are selected. We show that the recreation value of a forest site varies considerably with the available substitutes.
郊区新森林的最优选址
本文研究了在面积约束下城郊新建森林的最优选址问题。基于地理信息系统的方法考虑了诸如木材、狩猎、碳固存和娱乐等使用效益、非使用效益(遗赠价值和存在价值)、农用地转化的机会成本以及新森林的种植和管理成本。利用功能转移技术估算了新立地的游憩效益。我们表明,根据所选择的森林地点的不同,整个造林项目的净社会效益可能相差高达6倍。研究表明,森林立地的游憩价值随可替代物的不同而有很大差异。
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