The rush for land for hard economic infrastructure projects has shot to global attention lately capturing media space and invading the language of informed discourse. Suddenly the votaries of a liberal economic policy are not so sure anymore, and traditionalists skeptical of the inevitability of...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The economics of provincial intervention in land markets -- 3. Provincial land use policies: an introductory survey -- 4. The provincial role in municipal planning -- 5. Rural and agricultural land use in Ontario -- 6. Provincial rural...

pt. 1. Setting the stage : challenges and reviews -- pt. 2. Appreciate the prerequisite : prespectives on land -- pt. 3. Reorientations and openings : agri-environmental programmes -- pt. 4. Creating a common currency : landscape values -- pt. 5. Outlook : emerging perspectives of resource...

Land and Land Policies -- Overview of China’s land policies -- Land Tenure Policy -- Land Development Policies -- Land Protection Policies -- Land Administration Policies -- An Overview of China's Land Policies.

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Objective, Audience, and Key Questions -- Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework -- Introduction -- Defining Integrated Landscape Management -- Resilience and Integrated...