New Farmland Preservation Programs in New York

Bryant, William R.; Conklin, Howard E.

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“…New York's Agricultural Districting Program Conklin, 1975, Conklin andBryant, 1974) is the best example of this multiple incentive type of approach although features of the districting idea can be found in Oregon and Maryland. In New York, farmers may voluntarily work collectively to form a district.…”

Section: (B) Agricultural Districtingmentioning

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“…Areas subject to rapid urbanization also have low participation rates. The pressures of urbanization are either felt to be too strong to be ameliorated by agricultural districts or too attractive, through land speculation, to be worth the effort of forming a district (Bryant and Conklin, 1975). The area immediately surrounding New York City is an example large enough to show up at the county level.…”

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Retaining agricultural activities under urban pressures: A review of land use conflicts and policies

Berry

Plaut

1978

Policy Sci

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From a national perspective it is unclear whether the continued expansion of urban development seriously affects America's potential food production over the long run. Yet there are clearly regional biases toward conversion of farmland to urban uses and locally important changes in the appearance of the landscape at the rural-urban fringe. Urbanization also generates spillover effects causing the idling of farmland and the shifting from one type of agriculture to another.Land use controls aimed at directly addressing the use of the land may be effective in preventing some conversion of farmland to urban uses but the methods are costly and possibly very complex. Incentives to farmers to keep land in agriculture are generally too weak to be effective in retaining agricultural land in the face of strong urban pressures.

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Section: (B) Agricultural Districtingmentioning

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Retaining agricultural activities under urban pressures: A review of land use conflicts and policies

Berry

Plaut

1978

Policy Sci

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“…First, landowners capture financial returns for the appreciation and development potential of their land, and therefore are less likely to oppose the preservation practices. Other counties and regions, such as Spain, Australia, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, have also adopted TDR programs (Bryant & Conklin, 1975;McConnell & Walls, 2009;Pruetz & Standridge, 2008;Shih, Chiang, Chang, Chiang, Chang, & Chang, 2017;Hou, Chan, & Li, 2018). Third, the program can be easily tailored to a county's specific market contexts and conditions.…”

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“…In the United States alone, Walls and McCormick (2007) estimated that by 2005, approximately 140 counties adopted a TDR program, and Rick Pruetz counted 254 by 2015 (Pruetz, 2016). Other counties and regions, such as Spain, Australia, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, have also adopted TDR programs (Bryant & Conklin, 1975;McConnell & Walls, 2009;Pruetz & Standridge, 2008;Shih, Chiang, Chang, Chiang, Chang, & Chang, 2017;Hou, Chan, & Li, 2018). With TDR programs blossoming around the world, it is important to empirically evaluate how effective they are in meeting one of their key goals-farmland conservation.…”

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Can transfer of development rights programs save farmland in metropolitan counties?

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Transfer development rights (TDR) programs have been gaining popularity as a tool for farmland preservation, as they compensate landowners at minimal public cost. This study shows that despite their wide adoption, TDR programs do not save much farmland on the urban fringe. We use Department of Agriculture data and apply two quasi‐experimental methods, synthetic control, and difference‐in‐difference, to evaluate the effect of TDR programs on farm retention for three fringe metropolitan counties in the state of Maryland. We also compare land use patterns before and after TDR implementation in these counties. The result shows limited effects of TDR programs on farm preservation, even in Montgomery County, one of the national models for TDR programs. TDR programs do contribute to low and medium density residential development. This cautions observation planners about their enthusiasm toward TDR programs and highlights the difficulty of preserving farmland on the fringe of metropolitan regions. We compare the features of the studied TDR programs, and highlight those that account for the programs’ relative success/failure. Based on these analyses, we make recommendations to planners to help improve TDR effectiveness.

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“…Most states have developed new tion of their property tax code (Hady, 1970 ; Hady mechanisms for the management of critical areas and Sibold, 1974), usually in the form of preferential such as coastlines, wetlands and uplands involving tax assessment for farmers although some states have the use of acquisition (direct public purchase), widened the application to protect open space and conservation, and scenic easements (Jordahl, 1963 ; recreational land . Two recent attempts to assess in Smith, 1971), regulation (zoning and subdivision detail the effect of particular state programmes are controls) (Delafons, 1969 ;Andrews, 1972), and provided by Bryant and Conklin (1975) and transfer of development rights (Woodbury, 1975) . Gustafson and Wallace (1975) .…”

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An Approach to Land-use Control: the California Land Conservation Act

Goodenough

1978

Urban Studies

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Recognition of the nature of problems caused by urban growth in California has led to new legislation to cope with some of the operational difficulties faced by farmers in the urban fringe. Within this environment the California Land Conservation Act (Williamson Act) is intended to have its greatest impact. The aim of the legislation is accomplished by a voluntary contract between the farmer and local government which restricts the land to agricultural use. In return land is taxed on its agricultural value rather than its urban potential. This article represents a contribution to the appraisal of a significant initiative in public policy making which currently involves land-use control over some 5.5 million hectares of agricultural and open space land.

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New Farmland Preservation Programs in New York

Cited by 21 publications

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Retaining agricultural activities under urban pressures: A review of land use conflicts and policies

Retaining agricultural activities under urban pressures: A review of land use conflicts and policies

Can transfer of development rights programs save farmland in metropolitan counties?

An Approach to Land-use Control: the California Land Conservation Act

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