EconSearch Completed Project

Project: “Drivers of Land Use Change” presented to the 2010 Connecting the Catchments Forum (2010)

Client: South East NRM Board

Summary: The presentation considered the drivers of land use change and the distinguishing characteristics of land from an economic perspective:

Factors affecting land supply?
Factors affecting demand for land?
Land not like other goods- wine, milk, motor vehicles or variable inputs - fuel or fertiliser
A fixed input, a factor of production like labour & capital

Report: To download the presentation click here.

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