Economics

Forecasting residential land use change

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

Over the last decade, growth management has gained increased prominence as a policy issue. Coverage of growth-management issues by the popular press (e.g., Lacayo 1999; Mitchell 2001) has risen substantially, and terms such as “sprawl” and “smart growth” have become household phrases. Citizen polls (e.g., Pew Center for Civic Journalism 2000) demonstrate concern over urban sprawl, and organizations representing the full spectrum of political beliefs have published reports commenting on growth management (e.g., Shaw and Utt 2000; Sierra Club 2000). In addition, this issue has surfaced at the ballot box. From 1997 to 2003, some 800 initiatives dealing with growth management and the preservation of open space appeared on local and state ballots across the nation, and about three-quarters of them passed. Together these initiatives committed approximately $24 billion to public land acquisition (Land Trust Alliance 2003).

Publication Title

Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy: Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe

Publication Date

5-16-2006

First Page

55

Last Page

82

ISBN

9781936331659

DOI

10.4324/9781936331659

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