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Landowner Benefits from Use‐Value Assessment under the California Land Conservation Act
Author(s) -
Schwartz S. I.,
Hansen David E.,
Foin T. C.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238967
Subject(s) - land values , land tenure , value (mathematics) , land use , land value , cropping , business , environmental resource management , environmental planning , natural resource economics , agricultural economics , geography , economics , agriculture , statistics , civil engineering , mathematics , archaeology , engineering
The factors that determine the size of benefits to landowners who participate in the use‐value assessment program under the California Land Conservation Act are identified, and the level of benefits available to landowners is calculated for several cropping patterns in Sacramento County. Possibilities for decisionmakers to increase participation by altering benefits is examined through a sensitivity analysis on the factors that determine benefit levels. It is concluded that little opportunity exists for decisionmakers to influence enrollment significantly except through measures that influence land values or development expectations of landowners.