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Slippage effects of land‐based policies: Evaluating the Conservation Reserve Program using satellite imagery
Author(s) -
Fleming David A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/pirs.12049
Subject(s) - slippage , land cover , satellite imagery , agricultural land , land use , agriculture , satellite , conservation reserve program , geography , land management , environmental resource management , environmental science , remote sensing , economics , ecology , engineering , archaeology , aerospace engineering , financial economics , biology
The C onservation R eserve P rogram ( CRP ) is the largest land‐based agricultural policy in the US . Several economic studies have studied this programme; however, only a few have studied its implications for non‐enrolled land, that is, its regional effects on land use decisions. This paper examines the CRP 's indirect effect on the conversion of non‐agricultural land to agriculture, phenomenon known as land slippage. Building on earlier studies, I model county‐level slippage empirically using satellite imagery, which allows observation of specific land cover changes (e.g., forest to agriculture). Results suggest the existence of CRP slippage, but at varying rates according to initial land covers.