This paper reviews the recent literature dealing with farmland protection (FP) policies in
developed countries from a planning perspective, with a specific focus on the Mediterranean …

Global regression assumes that a single model adequately describes all parts of a study
region. However, the heterogeneity in the data may be sufficiently strong that relationships …

Although spatial heterogeneity and spatial dependence are two cornerstones of spatial
econometrics, models and methods for dealing at the same time with both issues are still …

Urbanization is a major threat on biodiversity due to the direct destruction of natural and
semi-natural habitats and to the indirect impacts caused by urban areas beyond their limits …

Although once distributed for free to the earliest settlers in the United States, land has long
been traded in private markets. For most of the past 100 years, real estate (land and …

Land issues are a major constraint for resource management, whether it relates to urban
planning, environmental protection or agricultural development. There is presently a …

Abstract G eographically W eighted R egression (GWR) is a method of spatial statistical
analysis allowing the modeled relationship between a response variable and a set of …

Modern agriculture faces the dual challenges of feeding a growing human population, while
preserving natural resources and slowing current trends in climate change and its impacts. A …

Awareness of peri-urban farmland multi-functionality and social concern for food security
have prompted public action for the preservation of farmland around cities. A growing …

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 …