With rapid urban expansion and loss of open space, attractive local landscapes will continue
to gain importance in location decisions and on political agendas. The present study reviews …

Protected areas (PAs) and payments for ecosystem services (PES) are the top two
mechanisms available for countries to achieve international REDD agreements, yet there …

Protected areas are a key tool for conservation policy but their economic impacts are not
well understood. This paper presents new evidence about the local effects of strictly …

There is widespread public support for open space provision and for efforts to limit sprawl.
We demonstrate that open space policies should not be viewed as independent of—or …

National parks and reserves are globally popular approaches to protecting biodiversity and
the supply of ecosystem services. Because these protected areas limit agricultural …

This study of recent rural (nonmetropolitan) migration in the US finds that, consistent with
research on landscape preferences, people have been most drawn to areas with a mix of …

Bolivia has experienced a rapid proliferation of protected areas over the past several
decades. Using rich biophysical and socioeconomic data, we estimate the impacts of …

Economic theory predicts that individual migration decisions for working-age adults will
depend on area differences in wages, housing costs, and amenities. While the importance of …

Contemporary resource management practice and rural development planning increasingly
emphasize the integration of resource extractive industries with non‐market‐based …

Do protected areas (PAs) increase or reduce the welfare of rural households? This study
assesses this key question in environmental economics through a meta-analysis of studies …