Abstract
Part I of this Note describes the political and economic conditions that gave rise to the farmland and open space preservation enactments. It presents a brief political history of the support for this body of legislation and summarizes the economic arguments raised both for and against these preservation efforts. Part II describes the principal types of state farmland and open space preservation programs enacted during the past thirty years. Finally, Part III presents an empirical analysis of P.A. 116.
Recommended Citation
Sandra A. Hoffmann,
Farmland and Open Space Preservation in Michigan: An Empirical Analysis,
19
U. Mich. J. L. Reform
1107
(1986).
Available at:
https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/vol19/iss4/10
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