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The Oxford handbook of land economics / edited by Joshua M. Duke and Junjie Wu.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford handbooks.
- Oxford handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land use.
- Economic development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (769 p.)
- Other Title:
- Handbook of land economics
- Land economics
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Land use change is one of the most pervasive socioeconomic forces affecting ecological systems, economic systems, and human wellbeing. This handbook draws on recent advances in several economic fields that investigate land use behaviour, making this a must-read for those who want to understand the frontier of land economics.
- Contents:
- Cover; Series; The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction: Land as an Integrating Theme in Economics; PART I DETERMINANTS AND DRIVERS OF LAND USE CHANGE; 1 Integrating Regional Economic Development Analysis and Land Use Economics; 2 Technology Adoption and Land Use; 3 Are Large Metropolitan Areas Still Viable?; 4 Modeling the Land Use Change with Biofuels; 5 Modeling the Determinants of Farmland Values in the United States; 6 Land Use and Sustainable Economic Development: Developing World
- PART II ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF LAND USE AND LAND USE CHANGE7 The Economics of Wildlife Conservation; 8 Connecting Ecosystem Services to Land Use: Implications for Valuation and Policy; 9 Land Use and Climate Change; 10 Land Use, Climate Change, and Ecosystem Services; 11 Fire: An Agent and a Consequence of Land Use Change; 12 Land Use and Municipal Profiles; PART III METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; 13 An Assessment of Empirical Methods for Modeling Land Use; 14 Equilibrium Sorting Models of Land Use and Residential Choice
- 15 Landscape Simulations with Econometric-Based Land Use Models16 An Economic Perspective on Agent-Based Models of Land Use and Land Cover Change; 17 Spatial Econometric Modeling of Land Use Change; 18 Using Quasi-Experimental Methods to Evaluate Land Policies: Application to Maryland's Priority Funding Legislation; 19 Applying Experiments to Land Economics: Public Information and Auction Efficiency in Ecosystem Service Markets; PART IV THE ECONOMICS OF LAND USE LAW AND POLICY; 20 Open Space Preservation: Direct Controls and Fiscal Incentives; 21 Land Conservation in the United States
- 22 European Agri-Environmental Policy: The Conservation and Re-Creation of Cultural Landscapes23 Agri-Environmental Policies: A Comparison of US and EU Experiences; 24 Stigmatized Sites and Urban Brownfield Redevelopment; 25 Regulatory Takings; 26 Eminent Domain and the Land Assembly Problem; 27 Future Research Directions in Land Economics; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 27, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9780199983995
- 0199983992
- 9780199393497
- 0199393494
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