Land Use Problems and Conflicts: Causes, Consequences and Solutions (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics) - Hardcover

Bergstrom, John C.; Goetz, Stephen J; Shortle, James S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415700280 ISBN 13: 9780415700283

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

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 area. Sections are devoted to problems in the United States and Europe, the 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 and economists.

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About the Author

James S. Shortle, John C. Bergstrom, Stephen J Goetz

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415700280
• ISBN 13: 9780415700283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 380