Land Use Problems And Conflicts (routledge Research In Environmental Economics)

Land Use Problems and Conflicts 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 and remaining research issues in this area. Sections are devoted to problems in the United States and Europe, consequences of such problems, land use-related data and alternative solutions to conflict. With a lineup including some of the best scholarship on this subject to date, this volume will be of use to those studying environmental and land use issues in addition to policy makers, economists and other social scientists. Stephan J.Goetz is director of The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development at Pennsylvania State University and professor of agricultural and regional economics. James S.Shortle is University distinguished professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Pennsylvania State University. John C.Bergstrom is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia, Athens. Routledge research in environmental economics 1 The Origins of Ecological Economics The bioeconomics of Georgescu-Roegen Kozo Mayumi 2 Land Use Problems and Conflicts Causes, consequences and solutions Edited by Stephan J.Goetz, James S.Shortle and John C.Bergstrom Land Use Problems and Conflicts Causes, consequences and solutions Edited by Stephan J.Goetz, James S.Shortle and John C.Bergstrom LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2005 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2005 Selection and editorial matter, Stephan J.Goetz, James S.Shortle and John C.Bergstrom; individual chapters, the contributors All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this