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An Historical Analysis of Agricultural Land Use Dynamics in Delaware's Coastal Zone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Gerard L. Esposito  and
Gerald L. Cole
Gerard L. Esposito
Affiliation:
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Gerald L. Cole
Affiliation:
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
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This paper presents one component of a larger research project which was conducted to provide a source of data on historical land use trends in the Delaware Coastal Zone. That study used its established data base to predict how past land use patterns may be altered in the future, due to potential Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) onshore impacts. Primary data were generated for selected regions in Delaware's and Louisiana's Coastal Zone to accomplish the study's intended purposes. One of the important characteristics of the effort was the evaluation of the manner in which gross land use changes occurred in and out of selected categories. Most land use analyses have depicted only net changes, which can mask dynamically shifting phenomena. This paper demonstrates the utility of analyzing both the gross and net changes in agricultural land use for the period 1954–75.

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , October 1979 , pp. 117 - 132
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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