Fragmentation and Conversion of Agricultural Land: Managing tradeoffs in a context of Climate Change

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Swallow, Brent

• AREF awarded 2020: The previous phase of this project collected survey data from 1300 residents of the 6 largest urban landscapes (CMAs, CAs) in Alberta: Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Grand Prairie. The current phase will continue to emphasize those areas as well as the broader Edmonton-Calgary Corridor and “White Zone” of Alberta. The current project seeks to analyse how spatial proximity affects willingness to pay to preserve agricultural and non-agricultural open space --choice experiments and house price data (in progress for Edmonton); do survey of attitudes of Alberta residents toward open space and economic features in urban and peri-urban areas; carry out a qualitative research on attitudes of leaders and planners toward farmland conservation and open space features; and share results with realtors, municipal leaders, administrators, general public.

• Date created

  2020-07-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Alberta Real Estate Foundation
  • AREF
  • Agricultural Land
  • Tradeoffs
  • Land Stewardship
  • Western Canada

• Type of Item

  Research Material

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-55w9-m694

• License

  ©️Swallow, Brent. All rights reserved other than by permission. This document embargoed to those without UAlberta CCID until 2024