Integrating GIS into farmland preservation policy and decision making

Tulloch, David; Myers, James R.; Hasse, John; Parks, Peter J.; Lathrop, Richard G.

doi:10.1016/s0169-2046(02)00181-0

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“…Thus far, GIS has been used largely to identify parcels for preservation and to keep track of preserved properties (Hoobler, Vance, Hamerlinck, Munn, & Hayward, 2003;Tulloch et al, 2003). Yet GIS offers a compelling method to analyze the spatial performance of a farmland preservation program and to provide insights about both accomplishments and adjustments that would enable a farmland preservation program to better achieve its landscape-scale preservation goal (Stoms et al, 2009).…”

Section: Farmland Preservation In Lancaster County Pennsylvaniamentioning

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“…But if a major goal is to preserve large agricultural landscapes, a farmland preservation program must prioritize land for conservation easement acquisition (Sokolow & Zurbrugg, 2003;Tulloch, Myers, Hasse, Parks, & Lathrop, 2003). To assess the effectiveness of a prioritization strategy, it is important to determine whether farmland is being preserved in contiguous blocks rather than in scattered parcels, and in locations consistent with public policies, such as comprehensive plans and agricultural zoning, and to manage the location and pattern of growth by limiting or directing urban expansions, such as preservation consistent with an urban growth boundary (Lynch & Liu, 2007;Machado, Stoms, Davis, & Kreitler, 2006;Sokolow, 2006b;Stoms et al, 2009).…”

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Preserving Large Farming Landscapes: The Case of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Daniels

Payne-Riley

2017

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Preserving large farming landscapes is one of the main goals of farmland preservation programs. Other goals include protecting highly productive soils, maintaining and enhancing the local farming economy, and promoting locally produced fresh food. Farmland preservation programs take time, however, because of the hefty funding requirements and the detailed process of preserving farmland through the acquisition of conservation easements by purchase or donation. The standard measures of dollars spent and farmland acres preserved do not give an accurate picture of the spatial outcomes of preservation and preservation effectiveness. Three other measures better reflect the spatial effectiveness of farmland preservation: acreage and percentage of preserved farm parcels located in agricultural zones, number and acreage of preserved farm parcels in large contiguous blocks, and number and acreage of preserved farm parcels along growth boundaries. Scattered preserved farms and preserved farms not located in agricultural zones are likely to face more nonfarm development nearby as well as problems with nonfarm neighbors. The farmland preservation effort in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, provides an important case study of the pattern of farmland preservation over time. Other counties and land trusts can employ geographic information systems (GIS) methods in this study to monitor and evaluate the progress of their farmland preservation efforts.

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Section: Farmland Preservation In Lancaster County Pennsylvaniamentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Preserving Large Farming Landscapes: The Case of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Daniels

Payne-Riley

2017

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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“…Policies pursued a broad range of goals, including protecting as many acres as possible, preserving the most productive farmland (based on soil quality), protecting a "critical mass" of farmland, and designating areas that would be devoted to farming or food production to protect farmers from conflicts with nonfarm neighbors (Daniels & Bowers, 1997;Furuseth & Pierce, 1982;Lynch & Musser, 2001;Tulloch, Myers, Hasse, Parks, & Lathrop, 2003).…”

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Exurban Farmers' Perceptions of Land Use Policy Effectiveness: Implications for the Next Generation of Policy Development

Clark

Inwood

Jackson-Smith

2014

JAFSCD

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Many local governments have enacted land use policies to address farmland loss and farm viability by protecting large blocks of farmland from residential growth. While the rate of suburban "sprawl" has slowed since the burst of the housing bubble in 2008, these policies remain the dominant approach to agricultural land use policy. Given the importance of exurban agricultural production, the growing diversity of exurban farms, and the increasing interest in local food systems by the public, it is time to revisit land use policy. Little is known about how farmers perceive land use policy environments, and whether diverse types of farmers have distinctive views on policy effectiveness. Therefore in this study we document land use policy environments of eight U.S. exurban counties. With farmer survey results we examine factors associated with farmers' perceptions of policy effectiveness. We find that the overall policy environment and differences in farmer and farm characteristics explain less variation in views of effectiveness than do farmers' perceptions of local community support, pressure from global markets, intensity of nonfarm development, and overall optimism about the future of agriculture. Farmers who market directly to consumers are particularly pessimistic about land use policies, as these policies were likely not designed with small farms in mind.

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“…The core of land use planning is the arrangement of the uses of agricultural and urban land [10][11][12][13][14][15]. In most developed countries, it is common to protect farmland through land use planning [16,17]. In Japan, land use master plans were developed using four different zones (urbanization promotion zones, urbanization control zones, agricultural land zones and agricultural promotion zones) based on multiple levels of legislation to protect farmland [18].…”

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Developing Planning Measures to Preserve Farmland: A Case Study from China

Huang

et al. 2015

Sustainability

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Farmland preservation is a national issue in modern China. Most studies have focused on farmland preservation policies in the agricultural, commercial and financial industries but have devoted relatively little attention to land use planning. Land use planning is crucial for farmland preservation. This paper selected Dachang County, a typical rural county bordering Beijing, as the study area and reviews previous management policies, analyzes changes in farmland management and the socio-economic background over the past ten years. Next, this study presents land use planning decisions regarding farmland preservation measures. These measures included the establishment of farmland preservation zones and the creation of construction expansion zones and land consolidation zones. All of the findings would be useful for researchers as a reference for the study of land resource management and planning.

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Integrating GIS into farmland preservation policy and decision making

Cited by 31 publications

References 20 publications

Preserving Large Farming Landscapes: The Case of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Preserving Large Farming Landscapes: The Case of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Exurban Farmers' Perceptions of Land Use Policy Effectiveness: Implications for the Next Generation of Policy Development

Developing Planning Measures to Preserve Farmland: A Case Study from China

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