Valuing future development rights: The costs of conservation easements

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 437-446

  Anderson, Kathryn ^a   Weinhold, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation easements; Land price; Land use; Q24; Q51; R52

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LEGAL RIGHTS; PRICE DYNAMICS; TAX INCENTIVE; VALUATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 53649101941     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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