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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Land conservation"”.
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Three Essays on Land Conservation Programs
This dissertation is a comprehensive study of land conservation programs. The first essay investigates the optimal contract length of land conservation programs when a policy maker tries to maximize total environmental benefits from participation under a budget constraint. Result suggests that the …
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Empirical models of land conservation and land use
This dissertation concentrates on land use, both urban and rural, in United States. First, I focus on land conservation and study how state fiscal incentives can affect private land conservation on the eastern region of the country. Then, I move to urban uses of land and analyze how distance to …
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Taxation as a real incentive for land conservation
… to apply taxation incentives to promote land conservation in South Africa. This dissertation was conducted by means of a critical analysis of current legislation and data available in search of a suggested solution to finding appropriate tax incentives to encourage land conservation. In …
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Towards a Land Conservation Ethic in Zimbabwe: An Ethical and Religio-Cultural Analysis of Land Conservation Policies and Practices in Communal Areas
<p>In this study I analyze the problem of land degradation in Zimbabwe's Communal Areas (CAs) from the viewpoint of the Shona of Zimbabwe with the aim to formulate a land conservation ethic that motivates people in CAs to promote ecological stability. The Shona in CAs are proximate agents as well …
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Assessing land conservation strategies : the case of the Florida Everglades
… level rise will inundate over 20% of existing conservation lands. Species will be dislocated and migrate to new land. Simultaneously, more than 500,000 people are moving to the region annually. The new populations are subdividing and developing rural lands. By 2100, it is estimated that over …
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Three essays on the relationship between land conservation and economic development
Land degradation is a significant cause of biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and persistent poverty. In this dissertation, I explore how land conservation and conversion policies affect economic development and human welfare. I use current and historical contexts and compile primary data sources …
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Multi-scale, social-ecological influences on private land conservation in South Africa
… systems perspective to the phenomenon of private land conservation. With increasing interest in the role that the private sector can play in global conservation efforts, a pertinent but largely unexplored question is whether private land conservation areas (PLCAs) can conserve biodiversity over …
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A hydrogeological-economic modelling approach to dryland salinity in the North Stirling Land Conservation District, Western Australia
… the problems of rising groundwater levels and dryland salinity are the conflicting economic and environmental objectives which aim to maximise net revenue from agriculture whilst still conserving the ecological standards of the natural environment. From an economic perspective, the central …
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Separate but equal? : A comparison of land conservation and affordable housing nonprofits in three towns on Cape Cod, MA
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.
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Building green infrastructure through urban land conservation : the social and ecological value of dispersed open space in the Boston urban wilds
… tools that have been used to enact Urban Wilds conservation, the tools best suited to preserving the Urban Wilds' social and ecological value are assessed. Drawing from the evolution of the Boston Urban Wilds over the past three decades, this thesis concludes with designation, preservation and …
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The influence of location on the structure and functioning of private land conservation networks in the Western Cape province of South Africa
… areas are an important tool for biodiversity conservation. Statutory protected areas are, however, perceived to currently be insufficient in extent and functioning for achieving conservation goals. Conservation action on privately owned land plays an increasingly vital role in expanding the …
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Windfalls for Wilderness: Land Protection and Land Value in the Green Mountains
Land is a composite good, the price of which varies with its characteristics, including proximity to amenities. Analysis of data from sales of land near Green Mountain National Forest wilderness areas in a hedonic price model reveals a positive relationship between proximity to protected wilderness …
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Land Use on the Urban Fringe
… protecting their county's natural resources. Land conservation policies incentivize landowners to keep land identified as critical environmental resources in their natural state. In this project, we analyze property-level administrative data to evaluate whether land conservation policies and …
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Evaluating Strategies to Protect Open Space and Slow Sprawl in the Philadelphia Region
… Counties as a case study, examining historical land use and socioeconomic data to demonstrate the negative effects that urban sprawl has on regional quality of life and the natural and built environment. The paper shows that open space conservation initiatives sponsored by governing bodies and …
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Essays on Current Use Property Taxation
<p>Conservation of agricultural and forestry land has taken on a new urgency as development patterns have exploded over the past few decades, due to demand for residential, industrial and commercial land uses in the U.S. As a result, numerous land conservation programs have been implemented over …
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Earth as Equity Partner: A Revolutionary Approach to Ecological Conservation through Housing Development
… Farm is a 312-acre site north of Baltimore, Maryland. A stream restoration project was completed at the location nearly a decade ago in concert with the State of Maryland, the Manor Conservancy, Ecotone, and landowners Harry and Tara McDonough. The project was conducted with some success, however …
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Growth equilibrium modeling of urban sprawl on agricultural lands in West Virginia
… on natural resources management. Agricultural land resources particularly face growing pressure of conversion to non-agricultural uses from population and development demands for land. The continual conversion of agricultural land may have implications in terms of the loss of prime farmland, …
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Person, place & privacy : dwellings for denser neighborhoods
… to own its own home, and increasing awareness of land conservation is causing neighborhoods to consolidate. As these neighborhoods become denser it is important that they retain their original character. This thesis is a design exploration for a denser housing prototype on a vacant block in Inman …
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Essays on Environmental Regulation
… and production requirements—in Iceland’s fisheries permit market, showing how they increase employment and compress the income distribution at an efficiency cost. Second, in the U.S. Conservation Reserve Program, Anna Russo and I find that auction mechanisms designed to incentivize …
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You can't always get what you want : managing recreational use in the Middlesex Fells
Land conservation programs are often guided by a dual mission: to protect natural resources and provide for the recreational use of a property. These goals are fundamentally in conflict, however, because all recreational use causes environmental impacts. Recreational management decisions are …
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