Abstract
The main reason for government intervention in land markets is market failure. Open space is a non-market output or externality of farmland and, although it might be important to people, there is no actual market for the good as such. The Netherlands and the Province of British Columbia in Canada both experience similar problems of expanding cities and pressure on open space, and they both use zoning to regulate land use and its externalities. The objective of this research is to evaluate the effect of zoning on the preservation of open space in the urban-rural fringe and to quantify the externalities that different types of land use impose on residential properties
| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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| Award date | 17 Sept 2008 |
| Place of Publication | [S.l.] |
| Print ISBNs | 9789085049470 |
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| Publication status | Published - 17 Sept 2008 |
Keywords
- land use
- open spaces
- land use planning
- rural urban relations
- agricultural land
- geographical information systems
- economic evaluation
- agricultural economics
- econometrics
- econometric models
- property transfers
- non-market benefits
- bayesian theory
- netherlands
- canada
- part time farming
- spatial analysis
- regional economics
- spatial economics
- spatial models
