TY - JOUR
T1 - Agricultural buffers at the rural-urban fringe
T2 - An examination of approval by farmers, residents, and academics in the Midwestern United States
AU - Sullivan, William C.
AU - Anderson, Olin M.
AU - Lovell, Sarah Taylor
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants from the USDA Forest Service North Central Research Station (RWU 4902) and the USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service under Project No. ILLU-65-0857. It was conducted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the second author’s master’s degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois. Portions of these findings were presented at the 33rd International Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association, Philadelphia, PA, May 2002. Thanks go to the participants of the study—the farmers, residents, and academics who completed and return the surveys; to the ACES Office of Research; and to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences for their support.
PY - 2004/8/15
Y1 - 2004/8/15
N2 - In the Midwestern United States, urban areas most often expand by converting farmland into residential sites. This process puts households and working farms in close contact, often resulting in conflicts. Can agricultural buffers, which provide a variety of environmental and aesthetic benefits, help mediate this conflict? This study examined the approval of different buffer types by three stakeholder groups: farmers, residents, and academics. Participants rated three buffer conditions (no buffer, basic buffer, and extensive buffer) for each of six buffer types. Findings reveal support for buffers, with approval of basic buffers over three times that of the no buffer conditions and even greater approval for extensive buffers. Farmers, academics, and residents agreed on their approval for the basic buffers over no buffers, but differed with respect to the extensive buffers. Responses to buffers were nearly equivalent on privately and publicly owned land. The approval for buffers suggests they may provide more than their documented environmental benefits in the agricultural landscape.
AB - In the Midwestern United States, urban areas most often expand by converting farmland into residential sites. This process puts households and working farms in close contact, often resulting in conflicts. Can agricultural buffers, which provide a variety of environmental and aesthetic benefits, help mediate this conflict? This study examined the approval of different buffer types by three stakeholder groups: farmers, residents, and academics. Participants rated three buffer conditions (no buffer, basic buffer, and extensive buffer) for each of six buffer types. Findings reveal support for buffers, with approval of basic buffers over three times that of the no buffer conditions and even greater approval for extensive buffers. Farmers, academics, and residents agreed on their approval for the basic buffers over no buffers, but differed with respect to the extensive buffers. Responses to buffers were nearly equivalent on privately and publicly owned land. The approval for buffers suggests they may provide more than their documented environmental benefits in the agricultural landscape.
KW - Agricultural buffer
KW - Land use
KW - Landscape aesthetics
KW - Rural-urban fringe
KW - Sprawl
KW - Stakeholder perceptions
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U2 - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.10.036
DO - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.10.036
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2142806922
SN - 0169-2046
VL - 69
SP - 299
EP - 313
JO - Landscape and Urban Planning
JF - Landscape and Urban Planning
IS - 2-3
ER -