The physical, economic and policy drivers of land conversion to forestry in Ireland.

Abstract:

:Land use change is fundamentally a product of the interaction of physical land characteristics, economic considerations and agricultural and environmental policies. Researchers are increasingly combining physical and socio-economic spatial data to investigate the drivers of land-use change in relation to policy and economic developments. Focusing on Ireland, this study develops a panel data set of annual afforestation over 2811 small-area boundaries between 1993 and 2007 from vector and raster data sources. Soil type and other physical characteristics are combined with the net returns of converting agricultural land to forestry, based on the micro-simulation of individual farm incomes, to investigate land conversion. A spatial econometric approach is adopted to model the data and a range of physical, economic and policy factors are identified as having a significant effect on afforestation rates. In addition to the financial returns, the availability and quality of land and the implementation of environmental protection policies are identified as important factors in land conversion. The implications of these factors for the goal of forest expansion are discussed in relation to conflicting current and future land use policies.

journal_name

J Environ Manage

authors

Upton V,O'Donoghue C,Ryan M

doi

10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.10.017

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-01-01 00:00:00

pages

79-86

eissn

0301-4797

issn

1095-8630

pii

S0301-4797(13)00663-4

journal_volume

132

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Performance of lime-BHA solidified plating sludge in the presence of Na2SiO3 and Na2CO3.

    abstract::This research investigated the performance of lime-BHA (black rice husk ash) solidified plating sludge with 2 wt% NaO from Na(2)SiO(3) and Na(2)CO(3) at the level of 0, 30 and 50 wt%. The sludge was evaluated for strength development, leachability, solution chemistry and microstructure. The lime-BHA solidified plating...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.04.004

    authors: Piyapanuwat R,Asavapisit S

    更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00

  • Correlations and complementarities in data and methods through Principal Components Analysis (PCA) applied to the results of the SPIn-Eco Project.

    abstract::This paper demonstrates how the results from different methods can be interpreted on the basis of a statistical approach that can help find new hints in the evaluation of sustainability at the territorial level. The SPIn-Eco Project for the Province of Siena (Italy) is an example of an environmental sustainability ass...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.04.018

    authors: Bastianoni S,Pulselli FM,Focardi S,Tiezzi EB,Gramatica P

    更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00

  • A review of the impacts of nature based recreation on birds.

    abstract::Nature based recreation such as wildlife viewing, hiking, running, cycling, canoeing, horse riding and dog walking can have negative environmental effects. A review of the recreation ecology literature published in English language academic journals identified 69 papers from 1978 to 2010 that examined the effect of th...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.05.005

    authors: Steven R,Pickering C,Guy Castley J

    更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00

  • Cost effectiveness in site selection to protect native plant communities from the weed, bitou bush, in New South Wales, Australia.

    abstract::Government funding to protect native plant communities is usually limited. For cost effectiveness, priority sites for conservation must therefore be identified and funds allocated to protect these sites according to the quantity of communities conserved per dollar of cost. In 1999, invasion of coastal vegetation in Ne...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.06.018

    authors: Sinden J,Downey P,Cacho O,Hester S

    更新日期:2013-10-15 00:00:00

  • Computational techniques applied to volume and biomass estimation of trees in Brazilian savanna.

    abstract::The Brazilian Savannah, known as Cerrado, has the richest flora in the world among the savannas, with a high degree of endemic species. Despite the global ecological importance of the Cerrado, there are few studies focused on the modeling of the volume and biomass of this forest formation. Volume and biomass estimatio...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109368

    authors: Martins Silva JP,Marques da Silva ML,Ferreira da Silva E,Fernandes da Silva G,Ribeiro de Mendonça A,Cabacinha CD,Araújo EF,Santos JS,Vieira GC,Felix de Almeida MN,Fernandes MRM

    更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00

  • Use of strategic environmental assessment in the site selection process for a radioactive waste disposal facility in Slovenia.

    abstract::The benefits of strategic environmental considerations in the process of siting a repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (LILW) are presented. The benefits have been explored by analyzing differences between the two site selection processes. One is a so-called official site selection process, whi...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.08.010

    authors: Dermol U,Kontić B

    更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00

  • Influential parameters on natural weathering under harsh climatic conditions of mechanically recycled plastic film specimens.

    abstract::In this work, real life reclaimed plastic solid waste (PSW) secured from the municipal sector was mechanically recycled and compounded with virgin linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE). The compounding of the plastic film samples utilised the means of extrusion and blown filming to produce various formulations of th...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.09.044

    authors: Al-Salem SM

    更新日期:2019-01-15 00:00:00

  • Assessment of carbon sequestration potential of revegetated coal mine overburden dumps: A chronosequence study from dry tropical climate.

    abstract::Development of secondary forest as post-mining land use in the surface coal mining degraded sites is of high research interest due to its potential to sequester atmospheric carbon (C). The objectives of this study were to assess the improvement in mine soil quality and C sequestration potential of the post-mining recl...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.003

    authors: Ahirwal J,Maiti SK

    更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00

  • Carbon emission analysis and evaluation of industrial departments in China: An improved environmental DEA cross model based on information entropy.

    abstract::Environmental protection and carbon emission reduction play a crucial role in the sustainable development procedure. However, the environmental efficiency analysis and evaluation based on the traditional data envelopment analysis (DEA) cross model is subjective and inaccurate, because all elements in a column or a row...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.062

    authors: Han Y,Long C,Geng Z,Zhang K

    更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00

  • Decoupling factors affecting plant diversity and cover on extensive green roofs.

    abstract::Supplemental irrigation systems are often specified on green roofs to ensure plant cover and growth, both important components of green roof performance and aesthetics. Properties of the growing media environment too can alter the assemblage of plant species able to thrive. In this study we determine how plant cover, ...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.09.014

    authors: MacIvor JS,Margolis L,Puncher CL,Carver Matthews BJ

    更新日期:2013-11-30 00:00:00

  • Towards a systematic method for assessing the impact of chemical pollution on ecosystem services of water systems.

    abstract::Chemical pollution impinges on the quality of water systems and the ecosystem services (ESs) they provide. Expression of ESs in monetary units has become an essential tool for sustainable ecosystem management. However, the impact of chemical pollution on ESs is rarely quantified, and ES valuation often focuses on indi...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111873

    authors: Wang J,Lautz LS,Nolte TM,Posthuma L,Koopman KR,Leuven RSEW,Hendriks AJ

    更新日期:2020-12-29 00:00:00

  • Revisiting the temperature-economic growth relationship using global subnational data.

    abstract::Previous studies have used national data to demonstrate that higher annual temperatures negatively affect economic output and growth. Yet, annual temperatures and productivity can also vary greatly across space within countries. With this in mind, we revisit the relationship between temperature and economic growth usi...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.022

    authors: Zhao X,Gerety M,Kuminoff NV

    更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00

  • Incentives for low-input land-use types and their influence on the attractiveness of landscapes.

    abstract::Changes in agricultural policy have traceable effects on landscape aesthetics. For the catchment area of Lake Greifensee, an economic land-use model predicted land-use changes caused by agricultural policy. Three scenarios implementing different direct payment schemes show that land-use intensity will decrease by 2011...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.060

    authors: Schüpbach B,Zgraggen K,Szerencsits E

    更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00

  • A comprehensive modeling framework to evaluate soil erosion by water and tillage.

    abstract::Soil erosion is significantly increased and accelerated by unsustainable agricultural activities, resulting in one of the major threats to soil health and water quality worldwide. Quantifying soil erosion under different conservation practices is important for watershed management and a framework that can capture the ...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111631

    authors: Lee S,Chu ML,Guzman JA,Botero-Acosta A

    更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00

  • Comparison of three different wastewater sludge and their respective drying processes: Solar, thermal and reed beds - Impact on organic matter characteristics.

    abstract::Drying process aims at minimising the volume of wastewater sludge (WWS) before disposal, however it can impact sludge characteristics. Due to its high content in organic matter (OM) and lipids, sludge are mainly valorised by land farming but can also be considered as a feedstock for biodiesel production. As sludge com...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.05.070

    authors: Collard M,Teychené B,Lemée L

    更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00

  • Use of humic substances in froth flotation processes.

    abstract::Continual growing demand for metals in regular and emerging markets has led to an increasing use of chemicals and reagents in ore processing. This trend force to incur in an increasing use of commodities which inevitable leads to higher operational costs and environmental concern. The chemicals and reagents used in fl...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109699

    authors: Reyes-Bozo L,Vyhmeister E,Godoy-Faúndez A,Higueras P,Fúnez-Guerra C,Valdés-González H,Salazar JL,Herrera-Urbina R

    更新日期:2019-12-15 00:00:00

  • Assessing the knock-on effects of flooding on road transportation.

    abstract::Flooding can affect every aspect of our lives and road transportation is not an exception. However, the interaction between floods and transportation was not investigated closely in the past. As transportation is the lifeline of any economy, it is essential to analyse potential dangers and threads that can lead to net...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.013

    authors: Pyatkova K,Chen AS,Butler D,Vojinović Z,Djordjević S

    更新日期:2019-08-15 00:00:00

  • Implications of leading crop production practices on environmental quality and human health.

    abstract::Globally, much weight is currently being placed on agriculture to provide food for the growing population as well as feedstock for the bioenergy industry. Unfortunately, the intensification of agricultural operations to satisfy these growing needs has been associated with a number of environmental and human health ris...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.11.024

    authors: Udeigwe TK,Teboh JM,Eze PN,Stietiya MH,Kumar V,Hendrix J,Mascagni HJ Jr,Ying T,Kandakji T

    更新日期:2015-03-15 00:00:00

  • Measurement differences between turbidity instruments, and their implications for suspended sediment concentration and load calculations: A sensor inter-comparison study.

    abstract::The use of turbidity for indicating environmentally detrimental levels of suspended and colloidal matter in freshwater systems, and for defining acceptable water quality standards in national and European drinking water regulations, is well established. Turbidity is therefore frequently adopted as a surrogate for susp...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.05.017

    authors: Rymszewicz A,O'Sullivan JJ,Bruen M,Turner JN,Lawler DM,Conroy E,Kelly-Quinn M

    更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00

  • Pesticide environmental indicators and environmental policy.

    abstract::A current concern in many European countries is the environmental impact of agricultural pesticide usage and appropriate policy development to reduce impact. Currently, relatively hazardous pesticides that might be targeted for replacement by other products or management practices are not positively identified, with c...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1006/jema.2002.0550

    authors: Falconer K

    更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00

  • A decision support process to compare riparian revegetation options in Scheu Creek catchment in north Queensland.

    abstract::While riparin vegetation can play a major role in protecting land, water and natural habitat in catchments, there are high costs associated with tree planting and establishment and in diverting land from cropping. The distribution of costs and benefits of riparian revegetation creates conflicts in the objectives of va...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1006/jema.2001.0422

    authors: Qureshi ME,Harrison SR

    更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00

  • Household income inequality aggravates high-temperature exposure inequality in urban China.

    abstract::The exposure to extremely high temperatures varies across population groups. Those with better adaptation strategies (such as air conditioning) suffer less. This paper combines China's daily mean temperature data with comprehensive national survey data at the household level and estimates the relationship between high...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111224

    authors: Deng H,Sun W,Yip W,Zheng S

    更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00

  • Rewetting in Mediterranean reclaimed peaty soils and its potential for phyto-treatment use.

    abstract::A pilot experimental field combining rewetting of reclaimed peaty soils and water phyto-treatment was set up in the Massaciuccoli Lake basin (Tuscany, Italy) to reduce the water eutrophication and peat degradation caused by almost a century of drainage-based agricultural use. In this paper, we investigated the restora...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.12.016

    authors: Giannini V,Bertacchi A,Bonari E,Silvestri N

    更新日期:2018-02-15 00:00:00

  • Phosphorus recovery from soil through phosphorus extraction and retention on material: A comparison between batch extraction-retention and column percolation.

    abstract::Phosphorus (P) recovery from wastewater and soil is important for preventing the depletion of P resources; however, a method for recovering P from soil has not yet been developed. We designed and tested systems to recover P from excavated and in situ soil. P extraction from soil using citric acid, EDTA, and water is c...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111435

    authors: Mizuki K,Katoh M

    更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00

  • Fixed bed column study for water defluoridation using neem oil-phenolic resin treated plant bio-sorbent.

    abstract::Fluoride has both detrimental and beneficial effects on living beings depending on the concentration and consumption periods. The study presented in this article investigated the feasibility of using neem oil phenolic resin treated lignocellulosic bio-sorbents for fluoride removal from water through fixed bed column s...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.037

    authors: Manna S,Saha P,Roy D,Adhikari B,Das P

    更新日期:2018-04-15 00:00:00

  • Reservoir water stratification and mixing affects microbial community structure and functional community composition in a stratified drinking reservoir.

    abstract::To investigate how the aquatic bacterial community of a stratified reservoir drives the evolution of water parameters, the microbial community structure and network characteristics of bacteria in a stratified reservoir were investigated using Illumina MiSeq sequencing technology. A total of 42 phyla and 689 distinct g...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110456

    authors: Shilei Z,Yue S,Tinglin H,Ya C,Xiao Y,Zizhen Z,Yang L,Zaixing L,Jiansheng C,Xiao L

    更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00

  • Water quality targets and maintenance of valued landscape character - experience in the Axe catchment, UK.

    abstract::The Water Framework Directive (WFD) (Directive 2000/60/EC) requires new ecological standards for rivers, lakes and coastal waters by 2015. In the United Kingdom the English Catchment Sensitive Farming Initiative has identified 40 catchments which are at risk of failing the European Commission WFD targets for good ecol...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.03.009

    authors: Glavan M,White SM,Holman IP

    更新日期:2012-07-30 00:00:00

  • Rapid and high-performance adsorptive removal of hazardous acridine orange from aqueous environment using Abelmoschus esculentus seed powder: Single- and multi-parameter optimization studies.

    abstract::In this research, the performance of naturally abundant lignocellulosic by-product, Abelmoschus esculentus, and its processed seed powder referred as AESP, as a potential biosorbent for the removal of acridine orange (AO) from the aqueous environment was examined. The AESP biosorbent was characterized by field emissio...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.03.137

    authors: Nayak AK,Pal A

    更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00

  • Fish mercury increase in Lago Manso, a new hydroelectric reservoir in tropical Brazil.

    abstract::It has been frequently demonstrated that mercury (Hg) concentrations in fish rise in newly constructed hydroelectric reservoirs in the Northern Hemisphere. In the present work, we studied whether similar effects take place also in a tropical upland reservoir during impoundment and discuss possible causes and implicati...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.09.025

    authors: Hylander LD,Gröhn J,Tropp M,Vikström A,Wolpher H,de Castro E Silva E,Meili M,Oliveira LJ

    更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00

  • Untapped renewable energy potential of crop residues in Pakistan: Challenges and future directions.

    abstract::Sustainability in power generation mainly depends on the transition from fossils to sustainable energy resources. Biomass from the crop residue has huge potential for renewable power generation, but it is still not utilized to its full potential. This study presents a comprehensive methodology to evaluate and forecast...

    journal_title:Journal of environmental management

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109924

    authors: Kashif M,Awan MB,Nawaz S,Amjad M,Talib B,Farooq M,Nizami AS,Rehan M

    更新日期:2020-02-15 00:00:00