Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, 342 Waters Hall, Manhattan, KS, 66506-4011, USA,
Environ Manage. 2014 Jan;53(1):55-66. doi: 10.1007/s00267-013-0116-7. Epub 2013 Jul 4.
Many economic processes are intertwined with landscape change. A large number of individual economic decisions shape the landscape, and in turn the changes in the landscape shape economic decisions. This article describes key research questions about the economics of landscape change and reviews the state of research knowledge. The rich and varied economic-landscape interactions are an active area of research by economists, geographers, and others. Because the interactions are numerous and complex, disentangling the causal relationships in any given landscape system is a formidable research challenge. Limited data with mismatched temporal and spatial scales present further obstacles. Nevertheless, the growing body of economic research on these topics is advancing and shares fundamental challenges, as well as data and methods, with work in other disciplines.
许多经济过程都与景观变化交织在一起。大量的个人经济决策塑造了景观，而景观的变化反过来又影响了经济决策。本文描述了关于景观变化经济学的一些关键研究问题，并回顾了研究知识的现状。经济学家、地理学家和其他学科的人都在积极研究丰富多样的经济-景观相互作用。由于这些相互作用众多且复杂，要理清任何特定景观系统中的因果关系都是一项艰巨的研究挑战。数据有限且时空尺度不匹配进一步带来了障碍。然而，这些主题的经济研究不断发展，与其他学科的工作一样，面临着共同的挑战，包括数据和方法。
