Assessing Neighbor and Population Growth Influences on Agricultural Land Conversion

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 21-41

  Haarsma, Darren ^a   Qiu, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural land conversion; population growth; Alberta Canada; Spatial regression model; Spillover effects

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND USE CHANGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84946761416     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-015-9172-0     Document Type: Article

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