The use of goal programming to address cost control problems in purchase of development rights programs

A Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) program enables a local government to restrict development activities on privately owned lands by purchasing the landowner’s rights to those activities. The Purchase of Development Rights is an appealing alternative to zoning because it offers landowner compens...

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Main Author: Zepp, Laura J.
Other Authors: Agricultural and Applied Economics
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40653
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01172009-063417/