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Abstract: Farmland loss due to sprawl is a significant problem in the United
States. At the same time, land conservation is considered with high regard. These competing
efforts, however, often result in piecemeal pockets of protected land that often further
issues of sprawl by creating leapfrog and scattered development. There are a variety of
regulatory and non regulatory tools and techniques ... read moreavailable to landowners, organizations,
and communities to combat the conversion of farmland and to steer community growth. These
land conservation tools are most effective when bundled together in carefully designed
strategies so that the strength of one tool may compensate for the weakness of another.
Each conservation strategy, i.e. bundle of tools, should be tailored to a community's
specific needs, stakeholder interests, goals, and plan. In doing so, a community is able to
achieve both healthy farmland conservation and sustainable growth
management.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2011.
Submitted to the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and
Planning.
Advisor: Jonathan Witten.
Committee: Barbara Parmenter.
Keywords: Urban Planning, and Agriculture, General.read less
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