TY - GEN
T1 - Agent-based modeling of agricultural adaptation to climate change in a mountainous area of Southwest Germany
AU - Troost, C.
AU - Calberto, G.
AU - Berger, T.
AU - Ingwersen, J.
AU - Priesack, E.
AU - Warrach-Sagi, K.
AU - Walter, T.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We present an agent-based model of climate change adaptation for the agricultural sector of the Central Swabian Alps, a mountainous area in South Western Germany. Apart from climate effects on crop yields, the model also captures effects on crop rotation options, available time for fieldwork and exogenous price effects as potential pathways of climate change impact. First results underline the capacity of the model to simulate short-term adaptation and point to the importance of capturing future price developments to predict land-use effects of adaptation. For full dynamic simulations of the process of adaptation, the model will be extended with realistic learning algorithms and a land market module.
AB - We present an agent-based model of climate change adaptation for the agricultural sector of the Central Swabian Alps, a mountainous area in South Western Germany. Apart from climate effects on crop yields, the model also captures effects on crop rotation options, available time for fieldwork and exogenous price effects as potential pathways of climate change impact. First results underline the capacity of the model to simulate short-term adaptation and point to the importance of capturing future price developments to predict land-use effects of adaptation. For full dynamic simulations of the process of adaptation, the model will be extended with realistic learning algorithms and a land market module.
KW - Adaptation
KW - Agent-based modeling
KW - Agro-environmental policy
KW - Climate change
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84894189396
SN - 9788890357428
T3 - iEMSs 2012 - Managing Resources of a Limited Planet: Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society
SP - 631
EP - 639
BT - iEMSs 2012 - Managing Resources of a Limited Planet
T2 - 6th Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Managing Resources of a Limited Planet, iEMSs 2012
Y2 - 1 July 2012 through 5 July 2012
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