An adaptive agent model for analysing co-evolution of management and policies in a complex rangeland system

Marco A. Janssen, Brian H. Walker and Jenny Langridge
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Marco A. Janssen: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie (Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Business Administration and Economitrics

No 53, Serie Research Memoranda from VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics

Abstract: This paper describes an adaptive agent model of rangelands based on concepts of complex adaptive systems. The behavioural and biological processes of pastoralists, regulators, livestock, grass and shrubs are modelled as well as the interactions between these components. The evolution of the rangeland system is studied under different policy and institutional regimes that affect the behaviour and learning of pastoralists, and hence the state of the ecological system. Adaptive agent models show that effective learning and effective ecosystem management do not necessarily coincide and can suggest potentially useful alternatives to the design of policies and institutions.

Keywords: Complex Adaptive Systems; Ecosystem Management; Rangelands; adaptive agents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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