The analyses reported on in this chapter provide a broader and different perspective in exploring the relationship of farmland protection programs and rural amenities than previously published research. They supplement existing studies in the literature that use survey data from a limited...

We investigate what farmland preservation programs reveal about the importance of protecting different rural amenities. An extensive content analysis of the enabling legislation of various farmland protection programs suggests wide variation exists in the protection of amenities. An analysis of...

This book aims to investigate a long-term strategy for sustainable urban logistics. The literature evidence exhibits that considerable research on urban logistics lacks long-term planning and rarely considers the urban spatial development and integration of urban distribution innovations....

Zum ersten Mal in der Menschheitsgeschichte lebt der gröt︢e Teil der Weltbevölkerung nicht mehr auf dem Land, sondern in den Städten. Die weltweite Urbanisierung geht einher mit einer rasanten sozialen und räumlichen Mobilisierung ganzer Gesellschaften. Während die Stadt- und...