Agricultural Land Use in the Regulated MetropolitanPeriphery
Farming in urban periphery contributes to welfare of urbanites thorough incomes, jobs, and open spaces. Approximately, half of the US's total agricultural sales originate from these areas where urban expansion also creates conflict and competition between farming and urban uses. Since 1980s, Portland, Oregon, has experienced a dramatic urban growth, along with increasing land speculation, fragmentation, and conversion to urban ...