Determinants of land use changes: A spatial multinomial probit approach*

Raja Chakir and Olivier Parent

Papers in Regional Science, 2009, vol. 88, issue 2, 327-344

Abstract: Abstract We propose a spatial multinomial probit model to examine the determinants of land use change, at the parcel level, in the French Département du Rhones from 1992 to 2003. It is based on an economic model that assumes that landowners have a choice between four land use categories for a given parcel at a given date: (1) agricultural, (2) forest, (3) urban, and (4) no use. We estimate a model that allows for both covariates and spatial dependence, and we use these features to explore the relative importance of factors that drive landowners to choose a specific land use category. Resumen Proponemos un modelo probit multinomial espacial para examinar los determinantes del cambio en el uso del suelo, a escala de parcela, en el Département du Rhones francés desde 1992 hasta 2003. Esta basado en un modelo económico que asume que los propietarios de la tierra pueden elegir entre cuatro categorías de uso del suelo para una parcela en una fecha dada: (1) agrícola, (2) forestal, (3) urbano, y (4) sin uso. Estimamos un modelo que permite tanto covariables como dependencia espacial, y lo utilizamos para explorar la importancia relativa de los factores que impulsan a los propietarios del suelo a elegir una categoría de uso del suelo en particular.

Date: 2009
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