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Population Change and Rural SocietyFifty Years of Farmland Change

Population Change and Rural Society: Fifty Years of Farmland Change CHAPTER 5 Urbanization, Population Growth, and the Changing Farm Economy MAX J. PFEFFER, JOE D. FRANCIS, AND ZEV ROSS INTRODUCTION Metropolitan areas of the United States are diverse landscapes that often include substantial tracts of agricultural and open land. This landscape of diverse activities is often referred to as the “rural/urban fringe.” These tracts are becoming increasingly contested spaces given conflicting pressures for urban development and environmental preservation. In this context, farmland preservation has become an important issue. For the environmental community, it is often a tool for pre- serving open space, habitat for wildlife, and functioning ecosystems. Land owners may see farmland preservation measures as a potential source of remuneration for environmental services they provide. Residents of the area see farmland and some forms of farm production as an amenity and as an asset in preserving property values. This chapter is intended to inform policy discussions about farmland preservation. While numerous state and local policies have been implemented to preserve farmland, evidence of their effectiveness is not strong. With a better understanding of the factors related to farmland change, we can examine how policy can preserve farmland most effectively and how scarce resources can be used to greatest http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Population Change and Rural SocietyFifty Years of Farmland Change

Part of the The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis Book Series (volume 16)
Editors: Kandel, William A.; Brown, David L.
Pfeffer, Max J.; Francis, Joe D.; Ross, Zev
Population Change and Rural Society — Jan 1, 2006
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer 2006
ISBN
978-1-4020-3911-9
Pages
103 –129
DOI
10.1007/1-4020-3902-6_5
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CHAPTER 5 Urbanization, Population Growth, and the Changing Farm Economy MAX J. PFEFFER, JOE D. FRANCIS, AND ZEV ROSS INTRODUCTION Metropolitan areas of the United States are diverse landscapes that often include substantial tracts of agricultural and open land. This landscape of diverse activities is often referred to as the “rural/urban fringe.” These tracts are becoming increasingly contested spaces given conflicting pressures for urban development and environmental preservation. In this context, farmland preservation has become an important issue. For the environmental community, it is often a tool for pre- serving open space, habitat for wildlife, and functioning ecosystems. Land owners may see farmland preservation measures as a potential source of remuneration for environmental services they provide. Residents of the area see farmland and some forms of farm production as an amenity and as an asset in preserving property values. This chapter is intended to inform policy discussions about farmland preservation. While numerous state and local policies have been implemented to preserve farmland, evidence of their effectiveness is not strong. With a better understanding of the factors related to farmland change, we can examine how policy can preserve farmland most effectively and how scarce resources can be used to greatest

Published: Jan 1, 2006

Keywords: Metropolitan Area; Spatial Autocorrelation; Population Change; Large Metropolitan Area; Ordinary Little Square Model

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