What are the merits of endogenising land-use change dynamics into model-based climate adaptation planning?
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land use
adaptation planning
integrated assessment model

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What are the merits of endogenising land-use change dynamics into model-based climate adaptation planning?. (2019). Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 1, 16126. https://doi.org/10.18174/sesmo.2019a16126

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Integrated assessment models often treat land-use change as an external driving force. In reality, land-use is influenced by environmental conditions. This paper explores the merits of endogenising land-use change, i.e. making the land-use change a dynamic internal process, in models used for supporting climate adaptation planning. For this purpose, we extend the Waas model, a hypothetical case study used before for testing new model-based climate adaptation approaches. We use a utility-based land-use change model for endogenising the land-use dynamics, evaluate its implications, and identify the conditions under which it becomes important. We find that endogenising land-use dynamics changes the performance of the policies, allows for assessing policies that affect land-use, and widens the outcomes of interest that can be considered. The relevancy of endogenising land-use dynamics depends on (i) the expected severity of future climate change, (ii) the society's sensitivity to climate events, and (iii) the types of policy options that decision makers want to evaluate. Ignoring the interaction between the environment and the society (in this case land-use) can result in both under- and overestimation of the impacts of adaptation and might limit the adaptation options that are considered.

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