Analyzing conservation-siting decisions and spillover effects in North Carolina
dc.contributor.advisor | Pfaff, Alexander | |
dc.contributor.author | Jain, Shivangi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-20T14:14:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-20T14:14:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-04-20 | |
dc.department | Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences | |
dc.description.abstract | Land conservation is used to protect a variety of vulnerable ecosystem services and land uses in the United States and around the world. As of 2019, 12% of the total land in the US was protected for conservation by private actors and public agencies. Strategies to select land for conservation consider a host of factors – the benefits protected by conserving land, the cost of implementing conservation, and the risk of future development if land remains unprotected. The two primary tools for conserving land, fee-simple acquisitions and conservation easements, differ in the level of protection they afford, their implementation costs, and their impact on development risk. Using data from Durham County in North Carolina, I explore how the two tools may be used to protect different types of land and how their use may have spillover effects on surrounding land values. A better understanding of the kinds of land being conserved and their spillover effects can inform future land conservation strategies for improved conservation benefits. | |
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dc.subject | Land conservation | |
dc.subject | North Carolina | |
dc.subject | Durham | |
dc.subject | conservation easement | |
dc.subject | fee-simple purchase | |
dc.subject | land prices | |
dc.subject | site selection | |
dc.title | Analyzing conservation-siting decisions and spillover effects in North Carolina | |
dc.type | Master's project | |
duke.embargo.months | 0 |
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