Urbanizing Farmland: Dynamics of Land Use Change in Fast-Growth Counties

摘要

Despite claims to the contrary, the amount of U.S. rural land--and level ofagricultural production--is not threatened by the present rate of urbanization. The report, based on an indepth analysis, shows that urbanization is not paving over the Nation's rural areas any more than in the past. Urbanization is not consuming all the farmland nor is it taking all the best land out of production.