Analyzing the agricultural landscape patterns in mountainous areas is critical to clarify dynamic changes and development direction of landscapes. This also plays a significant role rational planning management land. A theoretical framework for pattern transitions proposed fill gap current research with an empirical study Caotangxi Watershed, Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA), China. The trans...

100 words max): This article estimates the impact of the 2007-2008 residential housing market bust on farmland values, using parcel-level farmland sales data from 2001-2010 for a 50-county region under urbanization pressure in western Ohio. Hedonic model estimates reveal that farmland was not immune to the residential housing bust; the portion of farmland value attributable to proximity to urba...

There is a growing awareness that farmland provides a host of nonmarket services, or amenities. Amenities are external benefits of farmland, i.e., beyond commodity production revenues, accruing to all types of residents (or “amenity consumers”) in rural, suburban, and urban areas. Farmland amenities may include aesthetically pleasing views, habitat provision, groundwater recharge, and a lack of...

Urban expansion often accompanies a loss of natural habitats and arable lands but an increase in urban population. In China, vegetable-dominant small farmlands are common urban/peri-urban areas. Some also associated with government policy that aims to enhance local farmers’ livelihoods as well food availability for city citizens. While create open greenery cover may provide birds resources such...

Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation are one of the major current threats to biodiversity. The main source is loss focal area, but changes in composition surrounding landscape also have a direct effect on These may lead some species favor replacement. Farmland birds Europe affected by due farmland intensification, such as spread irrigation, which occur at different spatial scales. A...

The quantification of spatial heterogeneity can be used to examine the structure of ecological systems. The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake caused severe vegetation damage. In addition to simply detecting change, the magnitude of changes must also be examined. Remote sensing and geographic information system techniques were used to produce landscape maps before and after the earthquake and analyze the...

a benchmarking of policy instruments and experiences for improving farmland preservation in urban fringes of iran1. amir safaee, ph.d. candidate in environmental planning, faculty of environment, university of tehran, tehran- [email protected]. shahrzad faryadi*, associated professor, department of environmental planning and management, faculty of environment, university of tehran, tehran-...

The research question for this study is estimating the public’s willingness to pay for the public goods generated by farmland, and exploring respondents’ heterogeneity in their preferences for these goods. The approach used is a choice experiment, using respondents from the city of Wuhan, China. Six attributes representing public good values (farmland area, farmland fertility, water quality, ai...

Farmland protection and food security is highly focused on in China. However, coal mining has caused negative consequences to cropland coal–crop overlapped areas (COA), especially eastern Thus, revealing the spatiotemporal impact of farmland a large scale crucial for coordinating grainland protection. In this study, Shandong Province, representative coal–grain composite area, was selected as re...

Highway construction has accelerated urban growth and induced direct and indirect changes to land use. Although many studies have analyzed the relationship between highway construction and local development, relatively less attention has been paid to clarifying the various impacts of highways associated with farmland loss. This paper integrates GIS spatial analysis, remote sensing, buffer analy...