Economics of rural land-use change

Pt. I. Introduction and background. Objectives and perspectives / Kathleen P. Bell... [et al.] ; A discussion of recent land-use trends / Mary Clare Ahearn and Ralph J. Alig ; Effects of policy and technological change on land use / Ralph J. Alig and Mary Clare Ahearn ; Transportation and land-use change / Jonathan Rubin ; Patterns and processes in the demographics of land-use change in the United States / Deidre M. Mageean and John G. Bartlett. Pt. II. Determinants of land-use change. Theoretical background / Kathleen Segerson, Andrew J. Plantinga, and Elena G. Irwin ; Overview of empirical methods / Andrew J. Plantinga and Elena G. Irwin ; An application of the land-use shares model / Andrew J. Plantinga ; Estimating a spatially explicit model of residential land-use change to understand and predict patterns of urban growth at the rural-urban fringe / Elena G. Irwin and Kathleen P. Bell.

Pt. III. Consequences of land-use change. Land-use change and ecosystems: anticipating the consequences of private and public decisions in the South Florida landscape / J. Walter Milon ; Conserving biodiversity by conserving land / Stephen J. Polasky and Christian A. Vossler ; Land-use changes and regulations in five western states of the United States / JunJie Wu.

Pt. IV. Valuation of land-use change. Valuation and land-use change / Kevin J. Boyle, Kathleen P. Bell, and Jonathan Rubin ; Valuing changes in rural land uses: measuring the willingness to pay for changes in forest management practices / Mario F. Teisl and Kevin J. Boyle ; Using hedonic techniques to estimate the effects of rural land-use change on property values: an example / Raymond B. Palmquist.

Pt. V. Conclusions. Summary and conclusions / Kathleen P. Bell, Kevin J. Boyle, and Jonathan Rubin.