The Modified Arkansas Off-Stream Reservoir Analysis (MARORA) model estimates the economics of on-farm reservoirs and other water conservation improvements in alternative ground water situations. With restricted ground water supply, a combination of different water conservation methods is estimated to provide the greatest economic return. On-farm reservoirs are not economical if ground water is ...

Houses in tHe woods Residential growth pressures have arrived at the edge of Maine's North Woods. Kathleen Bell in this article examines changes in the economics of rural land use in Maine. She notes that public debate over Plum Creek's proposal for development in the Moosehead region reminds us that we need to increase our understanding of the interactions between residential growth pressures,...

1.Introduction 2.A Historical Perspective 3.Human Activities and Global Environmental Changes 3.1. The Changing Atmosphere 3.2. Changes in Land Use 3.3. Loss of Biological Diversity 4.General Ideas about Sustainable Development 5.An Economics Approach 6.A Biogeochemical Approach 7.A Sociocultural Approach 8.International Cooperation 8.1. Regional and Global Alliance 8.2. The 1992 Earth Summit 9...

This thesis examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of land supply restriction on housing price and housing production. The analysis is conducted in the context of a closed city, where any increase in population must be accommodated within the market. The theoretical part of the analysis extends the urban spatial theory by including natural and contrived land supply restrictio...

Title of Document: A BALANCING ACT? —AN EMPRICIAL EXAMINATION OF WHETHER THE DYNAMIC BALANCE POLICY HAS HELPED CHINA RECUDE CULTIVATED LAND LOSS AMID RAPID URBAN LAND EXPANSION Juan Feng Doctor of Philosophy 2011 Directed By: Professor Erik Lichtenberg Agricultural and Resource Economics Associate Professor Chengri Ding Urban Studies and Planning For decades, the Chinese government has been con...

Under the premise that land administration is one of the necessary components of sustainable development and better land management, this article reviews how progressive titling could foster new land administration procedures and associated information systems. This review is based on the objectives of progressive titling as they are developed or currently implemented in various regions in the ...