Land Use and Demographic Change: Results from Fast-Growth Counties
分析了1960至1980年代初美国人口快速增长县的土地利用变化数据，发现未来城市用地转换可能减少，因为家庭数量、特征和经济约束对土地需求的净效应趋于稳定。
The authors analyze and compare two data sets on land-use change in U.S. counties with rapidly growing populations for the period from 1960 to the early 1980s. The results show that "the net effect of changing household numbers, household characteristics, and economic constraints on demand for land is likely to mean less conversion of land for urban uses in the future. Our studies showed that marginal urban land consumption remained nearly constant between 1960 and the early 1980s."