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

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 185-192

  Gosnell, Hannah ^a   Kline, Jeffrey D ^b   Chrostek, Garrett ^a   Duncan, James ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation methodology; Farmland protection; Forest land protection; Land use change; Land use planning; Oregon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; FOREST COVER; FORESTRY; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956756356     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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