Land use problems and conflicts : causes, consequences and solutions / / edited by Stephen J. Goetz, James S. Shortle and John C. Bergstrom.

• Superior document: Routledge research in environmental economics ; 2
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Goetz, Stephan J.; Shortle, J. S.; Bergstrom, John C.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge research in environmental economics ; 2.
• Physical Description: xvii, 361 p. :; ill., map.
• Notes: Papers from a conference sponsored by the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development.
• Other title: Contemporary land use problems and conflicts /; Rural land use problems and policy options: overview from a US perspective /; Land use problems: a European perspective /; Employment growth, population growth and electronic technologies as determinants of land use /; Failing markets and fragile institutions in land use: Colorado's experience /; Postproductivism and changing rural land use values and preferences /; Urban development impacts on ecosystems /; Urban growth, rural land conversion and the fiscal well-being of local municipalities /; Sense of place as an integrated framework for understanding human impacts of land use change /; Socioeconomic and health outcomes of land use /; Spatial analysis and applied land use research /; Public preferences for farmland attributes in conservation easement programs /; Value conflict and land use planning: an example at the rural-urban interface /; The impacts of land use on nearby property values: estimates from a hedonic house price model /; Agri-environmental complementaries: challenges and opportunities in an old world /; Multifuncitionality, land use and agricultural policy /; Sprawl: contemporary land use planning's paradigm /; The smart growth approach to urban land use: implications for farmland protection /; Protecting farmland: why do we do it? Can we do it better? /; What would an ideal Federal rural land use policy look like? /; Future research needs for rational land use decisions /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-353) and index.
• ISBN: 0415700280
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Stephen J. Goetz, James S. Shortle and John C. Bergstrom.