Tracking urban sprawl: Using spatial data to inform farmland preservation policy

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-202

  Thompson, Aaron W ^a   Prokopy, Linda Stalker ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmland conversion; Farmland preservation policy; Spatial analysis; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY STRATEGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ILLINOIS; INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56949087076     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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