Download or read book Urban Growth and the Agricultural Land Reserve written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the symposium, summarizing the range of comments and suggestions that resulted from discussion among the participants. The symposium covered the reasons for preserving agricultural land, urban form in a sustainable region, and agriculture in the urban shadow. Summaries of the panel response and the small group workshop are also included.
Download or read book Urban Growth and the Agricultural Land Reserve Up Not Out written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Symposium Proceedings Urban Growth and the Agricultural Land Reserve Up Not Out March 9 1993 Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre written by British Columbia. Provincial Agricultural Land Commission and published by Burnaby, B.C. : B.C. Agricultural Land Commission. This book was released on 1993* with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Use of Land written by Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Being Realistic About Urban Growth written by Christopher Leo and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2005 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors Christopher Leo is Professor of Politics at Katie Anderson is a recent graduate of the University of Winnipeg and Adjunct the University of Winnipeg and an em- Professor of City Planning at the Univer- ployee of the Institute of Urban Studies, sity of Manitoba. [...] This is achieved by taking advantage of the fact that a bur- geoning economy and a favourable loca- 2.3 Land use tion produce an intense demand for de- It is density that is at the heart of Vancou- velopment, and put developers in the ver's success in managing its infrastruc- mood to accept strict conditions, if neces- ture and services, and density is a matter sary, in return for a cut of the pro [...] Slow, sprawling growth carries a heavy price tag for Winnipeg, and the most read- A good share of this deterioration stems ily quantifiable part of what amounts to a from the willingness, indeed the determi- structural deficit is the deterioration of nation, to spread the city so thinly as to older infrastructure. [...] The wish for growth defeats rational sult of urban development in municipali- planning, becomes the source of ill-con- ties near Winnipeg and the other seems sidered policy and undermines first the to have been the product of wishful think- city's collective self-confidence and ulti- ing about growth. [...] Class and ur- economy and the power of the local state: ban social expenditure: a Marxist theory the politics of planning in Edmonton and of metropolitan government.
Download or read book Planting Strong Boundaries written by Hannah A. Cavendish-Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, I investigate methods of strengthening British Columbiás Agricultural Land Reserve, which protects farmland by restricting non-farm uses within its boundaries. Surveys of BC residents have consistently shown support for the Reserve, yet the quality of its land and the strength of the legislation protecting it have decreased over time. The Agricultural Land Commission, the body that manages the Reserve, continually approves applications to exclude prime farmland from the Reserve while including land into it that may never be suitable for agriculture. I examine the management policies of four successful North American reserves and discover that they have several main characteristics in common. Drawing on these findings, I propose four policy alternatives. After evaluating these alternatives based on a set of criteria, I recommend that the Agricultural Land Commission place a moratorium on applications to exclude land from the Reserve after completing a planning process with municipal governments.
Download or read book Land Policy and Urban Growth written by Haim Darin-Drabkin and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land Policy and Urban Growth explores the relationships between urban growth patterns, land prices, and land policies in countries with market economies. The effects of the peculiar character of the private land market on land prices are discussed, along with the link between market mechanisms and government intervention in the urban-growth process. Comprised of 18 chapters, this book begins with a brief survey of patterns of urban growth, with emphasis on the high rate of urban expansion and what future land needs might be in urban areas. The next section is concerned with urban land prices in industrialized and developing countries and highlights the dramatic increases in urban land prices arising from urban development. Various theories of urban land-price formation are examined, together with public policies on urban land and their impact not only on the land market but also on land supply and allocation. Finally, some alternative urban land policies are outlined. This monograph will be of interest to policymakers involved in land use and urban planning.
Download or read book Saving the Land written by Robert H. Freilich and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Farmland Preservation written by Wayne J. Caldwell and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2017-03-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As land is lost to urban sprawl and other non-farm activity, our ability to produce food is diminished and options for future food production are limited. Farmland preservation speaks to the need to preserve the agricultural land base for future generations. The need for protection is driven by uncertainty caused by climate change, population growth, food security, energy availability, and other local and global factors. This uncertainty means that there is an ever-growing responsibility to ensure that the actions of today do not compromise the needs of future generations. This second edition of Farmland Preservation provides a range of views and case studies from across Canada, the United States, and beyond. Its fourteen essays are intended to help the reader understand the importance of the issue and the potential for applying new approaches to agricultural protection, policy tools, and initiatives.
Download or read book Agricultural Land in an Urban Society written by Owen J. Furuseth and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for geography professors, researchers, and undergraduate students, this publication focuses on the important issues surrounding the urbanization of agricultural land, the assessment of the relative effectiveness of policy responses, and an assessment of opportunities for change in approaches toward farmland preservation. Emphasis is on agricultural land in Canada and the United States. There are seven chapters. The focus of chapter 1 is on urban growth and the competition for agricultural land, including a discussion of government intervention. Land conversion processes are discussed in the second chapter. Chapter 3 deals with land resources for food production, discussing how valuable farmland is defined, the agroclimatic resource index, existing and potential agricultural resources, and implications for the future. The fourth chapter treats the topic of agricultural land conversion. Planning to protect farmland and studies in farmland protection are the topics of chapters 5 and 6, respectively. The concluding chapter discusses agricultural land resources for the future. An appendix of commonly used acronyms and a bibliography are provided. (RM)
Download or read book Urban Growth and Agricultural Land Use written by Curtis C. Harris jr. and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preserving Our Foodlands written by British Columbia. Provincial Agricultural Land Commission and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE RURAL URBAN FRINGE URBAN GROWTH AND THE PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS LAND PRESERVATION written by WILLIAM C. SULLIVAN (III) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: sense that the community and the land have an appropriate, compatible, healthy fit--are also the most likely to be destroyed as the rural-urban fringe is developed.
Download or read book Urban Agriculture for Growing City Regions written by Undine Giseke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how agriculture can play a determining role in integrated, climate-optimised urban development. Agriculture within urban growth centres today is more than an economic or social left-over or a niche practice. It is instead a complex system that offers multiple potentials for interaction with the urban system. Urban open space and agriculture can be linked to a productive green infrastructure – this forms new urban-rural linkages in the urbanizing region and helps shape the city. But in order to do this, agriculture has to be seen as an integral part of the urban fabric and it has to be put on the local agenda. Urban Agriculture for Growing City Regions takes the example of Casablanca, one of the fastest growing cities in North Africa, to investigate this approach. The creation of synergies between the urban and rural in an emerging megacity is demonstrated through pilot projects, design solutions, and multifunctional modules. These synergies assure greater resource efficiency; particularly regarding the use and reuse of water, and they strengthen regional food security and the social integration of multiple spheres. A transdisciplinary research approach brings together different scientific disciplines and local actors into a process of integrated knowledge production. The book will have a long lasting legacy and is essential reading for researchers, planners, practitioners and policy makers who are working on urban development and urban agricultural strategies.
Download or read book Agricultural Land Conversion in the Urban rural Fringe written by Robert E. Coughlin and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urbanization of Prime Agricultural Land in the United States written by Daniel Rutledge Vining and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Global Urban Growth written by Donald C. Williams Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the rapid expansion of urban areas worldwide, especially within the previous 50 years, identifying the factors that have contributed to this phenomenon and exploring its many consequences. Global Urban Growth: A Reference Handbook examines urbanization and the challenges associated with rapid urban growth and urban sprawl from a truly global perspective, rather than presenting only a limited exploration of the subject by addressing a single city, country, or region. Investigating urbanization and related policy challenges as both a general phenomenon of all modern societies and one that varies greatly in different regions of the world, the book charts different growth trajectories in these societies and varying policy responses. Significant variations in culture, historical background, economic factors, and political and social development are considered. A chapter on the United States and Canada documents how urbanization trends have occurred in North America and presents our policy approaches in comparison and contrast with the rest of the world. The author offers a balanced overview by marshaling the facts and clearly presenting both the benefits and the drawbacks for readers.
