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dc.contributor.authorOlbrich, Rolanden
dc.contributor.authorQuaas, Martin F.en
dc.contributor.authorBaumgärtner, Stefanen
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-24-
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-26T12:05:06Z-
dc.date.available2010-04-26T12:05:06Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/30213-
dc.description.abstractStudying the sustainable use of ecosystem services under uncertainty requires the consideration of the stochastic dynamics of the system under study, risk and time preferences, risk management strategies and normative views pertaining to sustainability. To gather this information for an important ecological-economic system, we conducted a survey of commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands of Namibia, a system that features risks on various space and time scales. Here we present a description of the research aims, design and conduction of the survey, and analyze and discuss the homogeneity and representativeness of our survey population. The survey consisted of a mail-in questionnaire and in-field experiments. We combined two existing farm-address databases, reaching 77% of the estimated 2,500 cattle farmers. The return rate of questionnaires exceeded 20%, and response rate to individual questions surpassed 95% and 90% for the majority of non-sensitive and sensitive questions, respectively. Distinct sub-sample groups within the survey population did not differ in the analyzed characteristics with the exception of ethnicity, regional location of farmland and an intentionally induced bias for residency on farm. It has turned out that we have undersampled distinct population segments of farmers, such as indigenous farmers or farmers not belonging to the main interest group of commercial cattle farming. Notwithstanding, we consider the survey to be highly successful, yielding a rich dataset which allows diverse analyses.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aLeuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre |cLüneburgen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper Series in Economics |x137en
dc.subject.jelQ12en
dc.subject.jelQ15en
dc.subject.jelQ24en
dc.subject.jelQ56en
dc.subject.jelQ57en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordSurveyen
dc.subject.keywordcattle farmingen
dc.subject.keywordsemi-ariden
dc.subject.keywordrangeland managementen
dc.subject.keywordsustainabilityen
dc.subject.keywordrisken
dc.titleSustainable use of ecosystem services under multiple risks: a survey of commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn609491903en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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