Agricultural Land Use in the Regulated Metropolitan Periphery
Mehmet C. Marin
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Agricultural Land Use in the Regulated Metropolitan Periphery

Planning, Urban Growth and Farming

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Farming in urban periphery contributes to welfare ofurbanites thorough incomes, jobs, and open spaces.Approximately, half of the US s total agriculturalsales originate from these areas where urbanexpansion also creates conflict and competitionbetween farming and urban uses. Since 1980s,Portland, Oregon, has experienced a dramatic urbangrowth, along with increasing land speculation,fragmentation, and conversion to urban uses. Inresponse, Oregon instituted statewide planningmeasures to manage its urban growth and to protectits prime farmland from conversion. This bookanalyzes effects of uncertai...