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A Comparision of Two Methods of Linking Spatial and Economic Data from Farm Surveys
Author(s) -
Kokic Philip,
Lawson Kenton,
Elliston Lisa,
Liang Chun,
Shafron Walter
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-842X
pISSN - 1369-1473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2012.00683.x
Subject(s) - georeference , boundary (topology) , economic data , point (geometry) , resource (disambiguation) , spatial analysis , geography , econometrics , mathematics , operations research , statistics , computer science , physical geography , mathematical analysis , computer network , geometry
Summary Linking scientific and economic data potentially has many benefits for natural resource management and policy analysis. This paper compares a sophisticated method for bringing these data together in farm surveys using detailed farm boundary data collected during an interview, with a less onerous approach requiring only a single point from each surveyed farm. A comparison is made by modelling land values using regression analysis in central New South Wales. It was found that there were only minor additional benefits from using the more sophisticated approach in this case. Additionally, there are significant costs in collecting and processing the detailed georeferencing data that make it considerably less practical than the simpler approach.