Land Use Problems and Conflicts (Routledge Research in Environmental Economics)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Figures......Page 10
Tables......Page 11
Contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 15
1 Contemporary land use problems and conflicts......Page 16
Part I  Land use problems and conflicts......Page 20
Land use change......Page 21
Congested roadways......Page 25
Competition among communities......Page 26
Long-term food security......Page 27
Natural resource services......Page 28
Regulate the use of land......Page 29
Spending......Page 30
Directed public spending......Page 31
Federal support for local planning......Page 32
Notes......Page 33
The 1850s......Page 34
2001......Page 35
Driving forces......Page 36
Current policy initiatives as partial solutions......Page 37
Conclusion......Page 38
Notes......Page 39
Introduction......Page 40
Trends in the spatial growth of cities......Page 41
Forces translating population growth into urban land consumption......Page 42
Forces translating employment growth into urban land consumption......Page 45
Rationale underlying suburbanization of population and employment......Page 46
The role of technological change......Page 47
g technologies .........Page 50
Conclusion......Page 51
Notes......Page 52
Private goods attributes of private land management......Page 54
Benefits to claimants......Page 55
Benefits to nonclaimants......Page 56
Free-riding......Page 57
Travel costs......Page 58
Fiscal impacts......Page 59
National scale......Page 60
Local scale......Page 62
Nongovernmental associations......Page 63
Conclusion......Page 64
Introduction......Page 65
Rural land value: why do we care?......Page 66
Rural land values: what are they?......Page 67
Land function and value linkages......Page 70
Rural land value management......Page 72
Summary and conclusion......Page 74
Part II  A closer look at consequences of land use problems and conflicts......Page 75
Introduction......Page 76
Environmental impacts of urban development and sprawl......Page 77
The effects of land conversion......Page 78
The effects of land-cover change......Page 80
The effects of landscape change......Page 83
Induced effects of landscape change......Page 84
Conclusion and future research......Page 85
Choosing futures and restructuring patterns of growth......Page 86
Introduction......Page 88
Impact assessment: what it is and is not......Page 90
Cost of community service studies......Page 92
Gross land use categories......Page 94
Basis measure bias......Page 98
Nature of public goods is ignored......Page 99
The impact of alternative land uses......Page 100
The case study and scenarios......Page 101
Scenario results......Page 103
An outline of a research agenda......Page 107
Conclusion......Page 108
Note......Page 109
Introduction......Page 110
Applying the framework to potential impacts of land use change......Page 111
A case study: rapid second home development in northern Wisconsin......Page 112
Cognitions......Page 113
Place attachment and satisfaction......Page 114
Relationships between variables......Page 116
Summary and conclusion......Page 117
Notes......Page 118
Population density and aggregate income......Page 119
New home construction and income......Page 120
Sprawl and congestion......Page 121
Sprawl and housing affordability......Page 124
Sprawl and social capital......Page 125
Sprawl and income distribution......Page 126
Health outcomes......Page 127
Air quality issues......Page 128
Sedentary lifestyles......Page 129
Conclusion......Page 130
Notes......Page 131
Part III  Data and empirical issues......Page 132
Introduction......Page 133
Data resources......Page 134
Spatial scale......Page 136
Temporal scale......Page 137
Scope......Page 138
Measurement and definition of spatial variables......Page 139
Spatial econometrics......Page 141
Conclusion......Page 142
Notes......Page 143
Introduction and background......Page 144
Focus group administration......Page 145
Data collected and analysis procedures......Page 146
Ohio......Page 148
Georgia......Page 150
Colorado......Page 152
Oregon......Page 154
Maine......Page 157
Discussion......Page 160
Notes......Page 162
Environmental value spheres......Page 163
Data and methods......Page 166
A case study in value conflict at the rural-urban interface......Page 167
Resolution......Page 170
Discussion......Page 171
Notes......Page 174
Previous research......Page 176
The study area: Berks County......Page 177
Data and methods......Page 178
Regression results—house characteristics......Page 179
Regression results: surrounding land use......Page 180
Regression results: potential local disamenities......Page 182
Proximity of housing and animals......Page 184
Illustrative calculations of the impact of potential local disamenities on property values......Page 185
Key findings of this research......Page 186
Strengths and limitations of the research......Page 187
Note......Page 188
Part IV A closer look at solutions to land use problems and conflicts......Page 189
Agriculture and environment in an “old world”......Page 190
Agricultural change and environmental quality......Page 193
Publicness and its consequences......Page 194
Approaches to agri-environmental policy......Page 197
The selection of a policy instrument and its implications......Page 198
Agricultural support......Page 199
Environmental contracts......Page 200
Linked markets......Page 201
Policy by intermediary......Page 202
Comparative evaluation of approaches......Page 203
Conclusion......Page 204
Notes......Page 205
Multifunctional attributes of agriculture......Page 206
Technical interdependencies......Page 209
Economic interdependencies......Page 210
Policy-related transaction costs and multifunctionality......Page 212
Conclusion......Page 215
Sprawl control antecedents......Page 216
Forest fragmentation and parcelization......Page 218
Brownfields redevelopment......Page 220
Exurban places......Page 222
Conclusion......Page 224
The sprawl problem......Page 225
Smart growth prescriptions......Page 226
Neighborhood design......Page 227
Regional processes......Page 228
Implementation: obstacles and achievements......Page 229
Farmland and smart growth......Page 231
Friendly and not so friendly policies in farmland protection......Page 232
Conclusion......Page 233
Note......Page 234
Protecting farmland......Page 235
Should farmland be retained?......Page 236
Why is farmland being lost?......Page 237
Spillover effects on land conversion, and overcoming the impermanence syndrome......Page 238
Mechanisms to retain farmland......Page 240
How effective are the techniques at preserving farmland?......Page 245
Development rights programs......Page 246
Preferential property tax valuation......Page 248
How much preserved agricultural land is enough?......Page 249
Who will buy (take over) the farms when current owners retire?......Page 250
Conclusion......Page 251
Notes......Page 252
Introduction......Page 253
Federal policy......Page 254
Food and agricultural policy......Page 255
Environmental policy......Page 256
Transportation policy......Page 257
State policies......Page 258
Notes......Page 259
21 Future research needs for rational land use decisions......Page 261
Four long-term research priority areas......Page 262
1 Improve databases and decision support systems related to land use......Page 264
A final word......Page 265
Bibliography......Page 266
Index......Page 295