Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy
Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe
As external forces increase the demand for land conversion, communities are increasingly open to policies that encourage conservation of farm and forest lands. This interest in conservation notwithstanding, the consequences of land-use policy and the drivers of land conversions are often unclear. One of the first books to deal exclusively with the economics of rural-urban sprawl, Economics and Contemporary Land-Use Policy explores the causes and consequences of rapidly accelerating land conversions in urban-fringe areas, as well as implications for effective policy responses. This book emphasizes the critical role of both spatial and economic…
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Weitere Autoren: Swallow, Stephen K. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-136-52360-1
- EAN: 9781136523601
- Produktnummer: 13871977
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'950 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Robert J. Johnston is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and associate director of the Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, both at the University of Connecticut.Stephen K. Swallow is a professor in the Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at the University of Rhode Island.
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