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Conversion of Prime Agricultural Land to Nonagricultural Uses in One Area of the Sunbelt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

A. Frank Ramsey  and
Floyd L. Corty
A. Frank Ramsey
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University
Floyd L. Corty
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University
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In general, people are aware of the rapid growth of urban areas, the spread of suburban developments, urban sprawl, strip developments, and extensive highway systems, but they are seldom aware of the extent to which prime agricultural land has been, and is being, diverted to these and other nonagricultural uses.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , December 1982 , pp. 23 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1982

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