The Amenity Value of Agricultural Landscape and Rural–Urban Land Allocation
分析了农业景观的宜居价值如何影响作物组合和城乡土地分配，发现人口和收入增长时，社会最优分配可能要求比市场结果保留更多农田。对以色列一个地区的实证表明，市场供应的农田严重不足。
Abstract We analyse rural–urban land allocation in the light of the increasing environmental role of agricultural landscapes. The landscape amenity value of farmland varies across crops and as a result affects the optimal crop mix in addition to its effect on rural–urban land allocation. Investigating the effects of population and income growth processes, we find that, contrary to market outcomes, the socially optimal allocation may call for more farmland preservation under both processes. In an empirical application to a region in Israel, we find that the extent of market under‐supply of farmland is substantial and that population growth calls for more farmland preservation at the expense of urban land.