Is a sustainable land-use policy in Germany possible?

• Verfasst von: Fischer, Beate [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Jöst, Frank [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Klauer, Bernd [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schiller, Johannes [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Is a sustainable land-use policy in Germany possible?
• Titelzusatz: insights from an analysis applying the concept of stocks
• Verf.angabe: Beate Fischer; Frank Jöst; Bernd Klauer; Johannes Schiller
• Ausgabe: This version: July 30, 2009
• Verlagsort: Heidelberg
• Verlag: University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
• E-Jahr: 2009
• Jahr: July 30, 2009
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 28 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Discussion paper series / Universität Heidelberg, Department of Economics ; no. 484
• ComputerInfo: Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader.
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Sustainability
• Sach-SW: Land use
• Sach-SW: Stocks
• Sach-SW: Institutional Reform
• Form-SW: Graue Literatur
• K10plus-PPN: 605923523

Abstract

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.