Economic aspects and issues along an urban-rural gradient

Urban-Rural Interfaces: Linking People and Nature

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 165-183

  Laband, David N ^a,b   Escobedo, Francisco ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic activities; Ecosystem services; Environmental quality nexus; Government policies; Land values; Property rights; Public sector activity; Sustainability; Urban development; Urban rural gradient

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101484123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/2012.urban-rural.c10     Document Type: Chapter

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