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Abstract: Farmland loss due to sprawl is a significant problem throughout the
dense Northeastern Unites States. While a variety of regulatory and non-regulatory tools
and techniques are available to encourage better management of growth and preservation of
agricultural resources, since 1980 Massachusetts has relied heavily on the success of the
Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) Program. ... read moreThe APR program has permanently
protected 803 farms, or 67,089 acres in 13 counties across the Commonwealth, however the
APR restriction has historically been used less in rapidly developing areas of the
Commonwealth like Middlesex County. As budgets shrink and land values increase, the APR
program has the potential to become less efficient in preserving Massachusetts's most
vulnerable agricultural lands. To remain effective, the APR program must adapt its
methodologies to become more proactive, develop a stronger working relationship with
regulatory land use planning, and adopt alternative financing instruments that will allow
the APR program to remain financially competitive.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2012.
Submitted to the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and
Planning.
Advisors: Sheldon Krimsky, and Jon Witten.
Keywords: Urban planning, and Land use planning.read less
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