We outline the determinants of local public policies for farmland preservation and urban expansion. We first rely on the literature and on a purposely designed field study of municipalities in southern France to propose a theoretical framework better suited to the French situation. The model...

While international and national policies call for containing urban expansion to conserve agricultural and natural lands, France is still experiencing a relatively strong sprawl. So we analyze the determinants of land-use plans favoring a parsimonious allocation of land to urban development. A...

Local land-use policies are determined by a wide range of considerations that do not always favor open-space preservation. To identify them, a field study was undertaken in South Eastern France via semi-directive interviews with people responsible for municipal land-use policies. We use it to...

We outline the determinants of local public policies for farmland preservation and urban expansion. We first rely on the literature and on a purposely-designed field study of municipalities in Southern France to propose a theoretical framework better suited to the French situation. The model...

The objective of this paper is to outline the determinants of municipal land zoning in favor of agricultural and natural land conservation through a parsimonious allocation of land to urban development. We first rely on an abundant theoretical and empirical literature, especially on Solé-Ollé...