Economic development and farmland protection: An assessment of rewarded land conversion quotas trading in zhejiang, china

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 467-476

  Zhang, Weiwen ^a,b   Wang, Wen ^c   Li, Xuewen ^a   Ye, Fangzhi ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Economic development; Farmland protection; Rewarded land conversion quotas (RLCQ); Transfer of development rights (TDR)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATA SET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL ECONOMY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PANEL DATA; QUOTA SYSTEM;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84891945841     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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