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.
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.
