Farmland abandonment is a global problem and considered one of the most important areas in land use change research. Farmland abandonment research currently focuses on understanding the factors that affect farmland abandonment and developing scientific models to simulate farmland abandonment. The study reviewed the natural and political factors driving farmland abandonment and summarized the main models for farmland abandonment simulation together with their advantages and disadvantages. We discuss the main ecological effects of farmland abandonment and propose farmland abandonment research directions. The study found that: (1) the influence of labor cost change and ageing labor force on farmland abandonment needs further investigation, (2) simulation models for farmland abandonment must include the decision-making mechanism of individual farmers and focus on macro large-scale abandonment prediction models, and (3) the influence of farmland abandonment on landscape culture must be investigated in detail.
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5 August 2019
Farmland Abandonment Research Progress: Influencing Factors and Simulation Model
Song Wei,
Zhang Ying
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Journal of Resources and Ecology
Vol. 10 • No. 4
July 2019
Vol. 10 • No. 4
July 2019
driving factors
eco-environmental effects
farmland abandonment
model simulation
research progress