Farmland and forest conservation: evaluation of smart growth policies and tools

David Newburn, Lori Lynch and Haoluan Wang

Chapter 4 in Handbook on Smart Growth, 2022, pp 75-91 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The preservation of open space, farmland, and critical environmental areas is one of the main smart growth principles. Although the majority of people reside in urban and suburban areas, exurban large-lot development has been a greater cause of farmland and forest loss in the United States. We discuss four policy approaches used to manage growth and aid in land conservation: regulatory techniques, incentive-based policies, participatory preservation programs, and transfer of development rights programs. We then draw several policy implications to reframe urban-rural planning and describe synergistic policies for improving land preservation. We conclude with several research challenges in policy evaluation and future research needs to develop a new smart growth agenda for land conservation.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Sustainable Development Goals; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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