Agricultural Land Use in the Regulated Metropolitan Periphery

Farming in urban periphery contributes to welfare of
urbanites thorough incomes, jobs, and open spaces.
Approximately, half of the US s total agricultural
sales originate from these areas where urban
expansion also creates conflict and competition
between farming and urban uses. Since 1980s,
Portland, Oregon, has experienced a dramatic urban
growth, along with increasing land speculation,
fragmentation, and conversion to urban uses. In
response, Oregon instituted statewide planning
measures to manage its urban growth and to protect
its prime farmland from conversion. This book
analyzes effects of uncertainty, planning measures,
urban uses on Christmas trees and horticultural
farming in Portland Metropolitan periphery. A
GIS-based-Hedonic Thunian Land Value and a Discrete
Choice model show that planning measures may have
different impacts for farming dependent on their
locations. The study also sheds light on effects of
access to local markets, urban land uses,
externalities, uncertainty, and expectations on land
use value and choice. Hence, this book will be useful
to planers, and persons interested in urban
management, agricultural economics, policy analysis,
and urban studies.

Autorentext
Ph.D in Urban Studies at Portland State University, OR, US, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at Kahramanmaras Sutcuimam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Published in various journals, including Urban Affairs Review, Urban Policy and Research ,and many Turkish Journals.

Klappentext
Farming in urban periphery contributes to welfare of urbanites thorough incomes, jobs, and open spaces. Approximately, half of the US's total agricultural sales originate from these areas where urban expansion also creates conflict and competition between farming and urban uses. Since 1980s, Portland, Oregon, has experienced a dramatic urban growth, along with increasing land speculation, fragmentation, and conversion to urban uses. In response, Oregon instituted statewide planning measures to manage its urban growth and to protect its prime farmland from conversion. This book analyzes effects of uncertainty, planning measures, urban uses on Christmas trees and horticultural farming in Portland Metropolitan periphery. A GIS-based-Hedonic Thunian Land Value and a Discrete Choice model show that planning measures may have different impacts for farming dependent on their locations. The study also sheds light on effects of access to local markets, urban land uses, externalities, uncertainty, and expectations on land use value and choice. Hence, this book will be useful to planers, and persons interested in urban management, agricultural economics, policy analysis, and urban studies.