Competition for land between agriculture and urban uses is a global problem. Until recently, planners and policy makers have relied on regulatory 'command and control' planning approaches; however, there is growing interest in the use of market-based instruments to address natural resource...

Introduction: food security, nutrition and sustainability in a globalized world / Geoffrey Lawrence, Kristen Lyons and Tabatha Wallington -- Breadbasket contradictions : the unstable bounty of industrial agriculture in the United States and Canada / Tony Weis -- Security for whom? Changing...

This paper examines the relationship between quality of life indicators and the gross value of minerals production from Australian regions. We used quality of life indicators, aggregated for 71 local government areas containing mining activities, of household income, housing affordability,...