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AREC 455
AREC 455 - Economics of Land Use (3)

Prerequisite: ECON 306.  Fundamentals of location theory.  Microeconomics of land use decisions, including determination of rent and hedonic pricing models.  Impacts of government decisions on land use, including regulation (e.g. zoning), incentives (transferable development rights), provision of public services, and infrastructure investments.  Impacts of land use on environmental quality, including issues related to sprawl, agricultural land preservation, and other topics of special interest.

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Last updated: 03/9/2009