An Analysis of the Influence of Location in the Market for Undeveloped Urban Fringe Land

Isakson, Hans R.; Ecker, Mark D.

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“…Changes to a municipality's density are partly related to the amount and density of unincorporated (fringe) area that is annexed over time. Although the rural^urban fringe is the likely location for most boundary problems and municipal expansion, (Bately and Smith, 1981), annexation is only briefly mentioned in studies examining fringe environments (Bryant et al, 1982;Daniels, 1999;Isakson and Ecker, 2001;Pond and Yeates, 1994). For example, a study focused on the market for undeveloped urban fringe properties did not consider increases in municipal territory (1) Densification is a term used by Fonseca and Wong (2000, page 509) and adopted for this paper.…”

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Testing the Elastic-Cities Concept within a Nonmetropolitan Environment: Evidence from British Columbia, Canada, 1971 to 2001

Meligrana

2007

Environ Plan A

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In his popular book, Cities Without Suburbs, Rusk (2003) specifies that elastic cities use annexation to capture new suburban developments, increase population, create stronger tax bases, and improve fiscal health compared with nonannexing cities or cities with inelastic boundaries. Rusk claims that the elasticity of a city's boundary is strongly and positively correlated with better economic and regional planning. Rusk (1998; argues that annexation is important in consolidating the ruralû rban fringe area because it creates elastic cities which can expand to include the entire geographic sphere of influence for a city-region, that is, rural, urban, and fringe landscapes, under one political jurisdiction. This phenomenon produces what he terms`c ities without suburbs'', thereby solving problems of growth management, revenue, and political inequalities within a city-region. From this perspective, annexation is not just a process of ameliorative problem solving, with boundaries adjusted to gain better planning and control over fringe developments; annexation can also be a proactive policy of modernizing local governments.Yet Rusk (1998; does not provide much analytical testing to support his elasticity hypothesis. Published research has provided only limited empirical and conceptual appraisal of the robustness of the elasticity hypothesis (Aryeetey-Attoh et al, 1998;Blair et al, 1996;Liner and McGregor, 2002;Sancton, 2001). As well, the literature has virtually ignored municipal boundary extensions in nonmetropolitan areas (Bunch and Strauss, 1992;Diamant, 1996). Municipal boundary change is also largely seen as a methodological, rather than a conceptual problem (Singh, 1982). This approach also masks or diverts attention from the examination of the redrawing of local-government boundaries as a distinct research topic (Bennett, 1997). Overall, published studies provide scant and mixed empirical evidence on the benefits and costs that accrue to annexing municipalities. Given the complexity and scope of this phenomenon, a detailed analysis of municipal annexation activity is both warranted and overdue.

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Testing the Elastic-Cities Concept within a Nonmetropolitan Environment: Evidence from British Columbia, Canada, 1971 to 2001

Meligrana

2007

Environ Plan A

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“…Applications of Lee's method with regards to the estimation of land prices, along with detailed explanations of the selection model can 7 There is overwhelming empirical evidence of a concave function between urban land price and parcel size over time and across different markets. For example, see Brownstone and DeVany (1991), Colwell and Munneke (1997), Colwell and Scheu (1994), Isakson and Ecker (2001), McMillen andMcDonald (1989, 1991), and Munneke (1996). There is an alternative viewpoint, termed the Mickey Mouse Problem by Oi (1971), that land prices are linear with a vertical intercept reflecting the price of entry into a community.…”

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“… See Brownstone and DeVany (1991),Colwell and Munneke (1997),Colwell and Scheu (1994),Isakson and Ecker (2001),McMillen and McDonald (1989, 1991), andMunneke (1996).…”

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Directional Land Value Gradients

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Munneke

2008

J Real Estate Finan Econ

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“…growth (Mieszkowski and Mills, 1993). Consequently, suburban places might eventually become centers of economic activity exerting new influences on surrounding suburban and rural land use and creating further incentives for suburban expansion (Isackson and Ecker, 2001).…”

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“…1 Thus, it is expected that if rents from development exceed agricultural rents in the future, the higher rents from development will be capitalized into the current price of agricultural land (Plantinga and Miller, 2001). As development pressure intensifies following the out-migration ofpopulation and businesses to suburban areas, more land may be allocated for housing and development purposes because these economic activities might provide a better bid than competing agricultural and other rural economic activities (Isackson and Ecker, 2001).…”

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Modeling Migration Effects on Agricultural Lands: A Growth Equilibrium Model

Hailu

Rosenberger

2004

Agric. resour. econ. rev.

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We estimate a system-of-equations model designed to measure the interaction between intertemporal patterns of changes in population, employment, and agricultural land densities. The model is applied to West Virginia for the 1990S1999 period. Consistent with recent findings on migration patterns, the results show that jobs followed people. New jobs were captured by commuters, while agricultural land losses were occurring in the commuters' counties of origin or bedroom communities. However, counties with relatively more profitable and concentrated agricultural enterprises were less susceptible to alternative land use pressure than counties with less productive or fragmented agricultural land. Elasticities indicate population change is elastic, whereas employment and agricultural land density changes are inelastic to factors affecting them. Growth management, when combined with agricultural land retention programs, may be most effective at preserving agricultural land in high growth or potential growth areas.

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An Analysis of the Influence of Location in the Market for Undeveloped Urban Fringe Land

Abstract: ABSTRACT. This paper blends and extends the Colwell and Munneke (1997) and Isakson (1997)

Cited by 17 publications

References 21 publications

Testing the Elastic-Cities Concept within a Nonmetropolitan Environment: Evidence from British Columbia, Canada, 1971 to 2001

Testing the Elastic-Cities Concept within a Nonmetropolitan Environment: Evidence from British Columbia, Canada, 1971 to 2001

Directional Land Value Gradients

Modeling Migration Effects on Agricultural Lands: A Growth Equilibrium Model

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