Is Oregon's land use planning program conserving forest and farm land? A review of the evidence

Gosnell, Hannah; Kline, Jeffrey D.; Chrostek, Garrett; Duncan, James

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.05.012

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“…Urban sprawl caused by the conversion of farmland to urban uses may follow various spatial patterns: from spill-over or leapfrog in dense urban developments (Yaping, 2009;Altes, 2009) to the low-density scattering of buildings within agricultural areas (Millward, 2006;Gosnell et al, 2011). Many driving factors explain these various patterns.…”

Section: Farmland Conversion: Forms and Stakeholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Governance changes in peri-urban farmland protection following decentralisation: A comparison between Montpellier (France) and Rome (Italy)

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Section: Farmland Conversion: Forms and Stakeholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Governance changes in peri-urban farmland protection following decentralisation: A comparison between Montpellier (France) and Rome (Italy)

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“…Cultivated land is a resource that has spatial-temporal variation, and therefore this should be taken into account especially in terms of quantity, quality and spatial distribution. Oregon, USA has the experience of more than 40 years on its land-use planning program, and is often cited as an exemplary approach to farmland conservation [53]. While compared with the neighboring Washington State where the land use restrictions had not been imposed, Oregon showed more effective in concentrating development and preserving forest and cultivated lands [54].…”

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Quality Perspective on the Dynamic Balance of Cultivated Land in Wenzhou, China

Lin

Gan

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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Cultivated land in China has faced severe challenges in recent years due to rapid urbanization. In 1997, the "cultivated land requisition-compensation balance" policy was implemented by the government to maintain the quantity and quality of cultivated land. Previous studies mainly focused on the quantity changes of cultivated land. In this study, from a quality perspective, we characterized the occupation and compensation of cultivated land in Wenzhou City utilizing remote sensing and geographic information systems during 2005-2010 and 2010-2014. Our results indicated that although the quantity balance of cultivated land has been achieved in Wenzhou, there was a trend of consuming prime cultivated land for urbanization while compensating with less productive land. It was also found that topography, water resources, and accessibility play important roles in cultivated land changes, with urbanization occurring on the eastern coastal plain where high quality lands are prevalent. Less than 60% of the gained lands were under cultivation, with the majority of reclaimed land from forests and coastal areas and located in remote regions. Therefore, we suggest that a "cultivated land protection red line" policy should be implemented to protect the best cultivated lands, while preventing random land reclamation to secure agricultural and environmental sustainability.

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“…Rural LULC change research has important and direct linkages to natural resource health issues such as forestland conversion [2][3][4][5][6]; crop land abandonment and afforestation [7][8][9]; agricultural crop support programs [10][11][12][13]; and land fragmentation effects on timber base [14]; water quality; and wildlife habitat degradation. Urban LULC change studies explore sprawl and quality of life by modeling growth patterns that reflect zoning, land use regulation policy, urban amenities, and land value [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. Recent studies measure and forecast direct and indirect effects on LULC change through climate change models [10,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36].…”

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Assessing Independent Variables Used in Econometric Modeling Forest Land Use or Land Cover Change: A Meta-Analysis

Jeuck

Cubbage

Abt

et al. 2014

Forests

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Abstract:We conducted a meta-analysis on 64 econometric models from 47 studies predicting forestland conversion to agriculture (F2A), forestland to development (F2D), forestland to non-forested (F2NF) and undeveloped (including forestland) to developed (U2D) land. Over 250 independent econometric variables were identified from 21 F2A models, 21 F2D models, 12 F2NF models, and 10 U2D models. These variables were organized into a hierarchy of 119 independent variable groups, 15 categories, and 4 econometric drivers suitable for conducting simple vote count statistics. Vote counts were summarized at the independent variable group level and formed into ratios estimating the predictive success of each variable group. Two ratios estimates were developed based on (1) proportion of times the independent variables had statistical significance and (2) proportion of times independent variables met the original study authors' expectations. In F2D models, we confirmed the success of popular independent variables such as population, income, and urban proximity estimates but found timber rents and site productivity variables less successful. In F2A models, we confirmed success of popular explanatory variables such as forest and agricultural rents and costs, governmental programs, and site quality, but OPEN ACCESSForests 2014, 5 1533 we found population, income, and urban proximity estimates less successful. In U2D models, successful independent variables found were urban rents and costs, zoning issues concerning forestland loss, site quality, urban proximity, population, and income. In F2NF models, we found poor success using timber rents but high success using agricultural rents, site quality, population, and income. Success ratios and discussion of new or less popular, but promising, variables was also included. This meta-analysis provided insight into the general success of econometric independent variables for future forest-use or -cover change research.

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Is Oregon's land use planning program conserving forest and farm land? A review of the evidence

Cited by 37 publications

References 17 publications

Governance changes in peri-urban farmland protection following decentralisation: A comparison between Montpellier (France) and Rome (Italy)

Governance changes in peri-urban farmland protection following decentralisation: A comparison between Montpellier (France) and Rome (Italy)

Quality Perspective on the Dynamic Balance of Cultivated Land in Wenzhou, China

Assessing Independent Variables Used in Econometric Modeling Forest Land Use or Land Cover Change: A Meta-Analysis

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