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Do Agricultural Land Preservation Programs Reduce Overall Farmland Loss?
(CANRP, 2012-07-20) Lynch, Lori; Liu, Xiangping
When purchase of development rights (PDR) programs are in place to prevent farmland from being developed into commercial or residential property, you would expect that less farmland would be converted. But are these programs actually working? Dr. Lori Lynch at the University of Maryland finds out.
Does Low-density Zoning Impact Rural Land Value?
(CANRP, 2012-09-28) Lynch, Lori; Liu, Xiangping
Do zoning regulations rob rural landowners’ equity – i.e. decreasing their land values without compensation? Do these land use controls affect different types of land in the same way or in different ways? How far-reaching is the effect? Dr. Lori Lynch at the University of Maryland takes a look at several down-zoning counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland to find out.