The Land Use in Rural New Zealand Model Version 1 (LURNZv1: Model Description)

Joanna Hendy (), Suzi Kerr and Troy Baisden ()
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Joanna Hendy: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Troy Baisden: GNS Science

No 07_07, Working Papers from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

Abstract: This paper documents the first version of the Land Use in Rural New Zealand Model (LURNZv1). It describes the overall modelling approach, the database underlying the model, and the construction of each module within the model. The model is econometrically estimated from national time series data and spatially extrapolated using economic and geophysical variables. It is primarily a simulation model but is also set up to produce predictions based on future price scenarios. The model output includes projections of four types of rural land use under different scenarios and 25 ha grid maps of where land use, and changes in land use, are likely to occur.

Keywords: simulation model; land use; dairy; sheep; beef; forestry; reverting indigenous forest (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C88 Q25 Q28 R14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63 pages
Date: 2007-06
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