The ability of zoning and land acquisition to increase property values and maintain largemouth bass growth rates in an amenity rich region

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-78

  Butsic, Van ^a,b   Gaeta, Jereme W ^a   Radeloff, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coupled models; Land acquisition; Land use simulation; Land use policy; Zoning

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; LAKES; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOFTWARE TESTING; ZONING;

COUPLED MODELS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; LAND ACQUISITION; LAND USE POLICY; LAND-USE SCENARIO; LANDSCAPE SIMULATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GROWTH RATE; LAND MARKET; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDOWNERSHIP; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCIFORM; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; ZONING POLICY;

UNITED STATES; VILAS COUNTY; WISCONSIN;

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 84861823279     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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