Journal article
Why do counties adopt transfer of development rights programs?
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol.62(13), pp.2352-2374
11/10/2019
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2018.1559044
Abstract
Transfer of development rights (TDR) programs are widely-used market-based tools for growth management efforts that seek to protect farmland, natural areas, and other open spaces threatened by development pressure. Yet, little is known about why local governments adopt, or do not adopt TDR. This study uses descriptive analysis and logistic regression modeling to identify local factors associated with the adoption of TDR by Florida counties from the 1970s to the 2010s. We find that counties that adopt TDR tend to be larger in size, with higher agricultural product sales, and voter-supported land conservation ballot measures. TDR adoption is also associated with home rule authority and a greater percentage of Republican voters, suggesting that market-based mechanisms are linked to both local ability to adopt innovative planning strategies, and to political conservatism. Overall, TDR appears to be a tool that developed counties use to rationalize growth across large areas.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Why do counties adopt transfer of development rights programs?
- Creators
- Evangeline Linkous - University of South FloridaLucie Laurian - University of IowaStephen Neely - University of South Florida
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol.62(13), pp.2352-2374
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/09640568.2018.1559044
- ISSN
- 0964-0568
- eISSN
- 1360-0559
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/10/2019
- Academic Unit
- School of Planning and Public Affairs; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9983993030102771
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