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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.73/13/0973
• Soggetto topico: Land use - Economic aspects - United States; Land use - Economic aspects - Europe; Land use - Environmental aspects - United States; Land use - Environmental aspects - Europe; Urbanization - United States; Urbanization - Europe; Agricultural conservation - United States; Agricultural conservation - Europe
• Classificazione: 74.74
• Altri autori: GoetzStephan J (Stephan Juergen) ShortleJ. S (James S.) BergstromJohn C (John Clark)
• Note generali: Papers from a conference sponsored by the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-353) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contemporary land use problems and conflicts / Stephan J. Goetz, James S. Shortle and John C. Bergstrom -- Rural land use problems and policy options: overview from a US perspective / Lawrence W. Libby -- Land use problems: a European perspective / Nick D. Hanley and Fiona Watson -- Employment growth, population growth and electronic technologies as determinants of land use / Charles Barnard -- Failing markets and fragile institutions in land use: Colorado's experience / Andrew F. Seidl -- Postproductivism and changing rural land use values and preferences / John C. Bergstrom -- Urban development impacts on ecosystems / Elizabeth P. Marhsall and James S. Shortle -- Urban growth, rural land conversion and the fiscal well-being of local municipalities / Steven Deller -- Sense of place as an integrated framework for understanding human impacts of land use change / Richard C. Stedman -- Socioeconomic and health outcomes of land use / Stephan J. Goetz -- Spatial analysis and applied land use research / Kathleen P. Bell -- Public preferences for farmland attributes in conservation easement programs / Robert W. Paterson,...[et al.] -- Value conflict and land use planning: an example at the rural-urban interface / Max J. Pfeffer,...[et al.] -- The impacts of land use on nearby property values: estimates from a hedonic house price model / Richard C. Ready and Charles W. Abdalla -- Agri-environmental complementaries: challenges and opportunities in an old world / Ian Hodge -- Multifuncitionality, land use and agricultural policy / David Abler -- Sprawl: contemporary land use planning's paradigm / Mark B. Lapping -- The smart growth approach to urban land use: implications for farmland protection / Alvin D. Sokolow -- Protecting farmland: why do we do it? Can we do it better? / Lori Lynch -- What would an ideal Federal rural land use policy look like? / Thomas Johnson -- Future research needs for rational land use decisions / Stephan J. Goetz, James S. Shortle and John C. Bergstrom.
• Sommario/riassunto: The causes, consequences and control of land use change have become topics of enormous importance in contemporary society. Not only is urban land use and sprawl a hot-button issue, but issues of rural land use have also been in the headlines. Policy makers and citizens are starting to realize that many environmental and economic issues have the question of land use at their very core.Comprising papers from a conference sponsored by the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Land Use Problems and Conflicts draws together some of the most up-to-date research in this
• Titolo autorizzato: Land use problems and conflicts
• ISBN: 1-135-99611-3; 1-135-99612-1; 1-280-17778-0; 0-203-79983-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813414403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in environmental economics ; ; 2.