Urban Encroachment on Agriculture

Paper Summary:

The paper examines how, in the past few years, the continued loss of rich agricultural lands in Northern California to urban encroachment has emerged as an issue of significant concern to land use specialists, regional planners, government officials and historical researchers alike. The paper explores how the population in California is expected to increase by about one third over the next 30 years. The paper discusses how California is slowly using up all of its agricultural resources to the growth of cities to maintain the population. The paper concludes that new studies in urban planning are critical to ensure that agriculture has a secure future in Northern California.

Outline:
Introduction
Purpose of the Study
History of San Joaquin Valley
Literature Review
Future Recommendations
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"In addition to population planning, the encroachment of urban growth will have severe impacts on local land use and the environment. This paper will provide a case study of the past, present and future affects of urban encroachment in Northern California, and will offer the state's governor solutions to adequately prepare the legislature for future encroachment issues. It will focus on the San Joaquin Valley area, but will touch on other areas as well. The purpose of the study is to examine the past history of urban encroachment, in correlation with statistical and graphical data, to determine the direction and pattern urban encroachment will take in the future."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Adams, R., Fleming, R., Chang, C. & McCarl, B. (1995). A reassessment of the economic effects of global climate change on United States agriculture. Climate Change, vol. 30, 147-167.
• American Farmland Trust. (1995). Alternatives for Future Growth in California's Central Valley: The Bottom Line for Agriculture and Taxpayers.
• Grunwald, R. (1993). Alternative Futures for the Central Valley. Paper presented to the California Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). Modesto, CA.
• Landis, J. & Reilly, M. (2001). Forecasting and Mitigating Future Urban Encroachment Adjacent to California Military Installations: A Spatial Approach. University of California at Berkley: Working Paper.
• MSN Encarta. (2006). California. Retrieved November 3, 2006, from http://encarta.msn.com/text.

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