Land Use Decisions: Issues in the Evolution of Wisconsin's County Forest Program 1963-1985. By Duncan A. Harkin. Madison: University of Wisconsin Department of Agricultural Economics, 1987. Distributed by the Agricultural Bulletin, Room 245, 30 N. Murray Street, Madison, Wisconsin, 53715. Illustrations, appendix, footnotes, index. 98 pp. Paper $6.00

1991 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-38
Author(s):  
H. C. Jordahl
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Wisconsin Department ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Land Use Decisions

Narratives, community and land use decisions

1992 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Maines
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Decisions

Florida’s Endearing Manatees

Wild Capital ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 121-139
Author(s):  
Barbara K. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Endangered Species Act ◽  
Assigned Value ◽  
Land Use Decisions ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Commons

By assigning economic value to the manatee, the costs and benefits associated with conserving and protecting them and their habitat can more effectively compete in the marketplace. Just as the Endangered Species Act assigned value to social benefits or Eleanor Ostrom demonstrated how governing the commons could turn public goods into private ones, assessing the measurable benefits of a resource makes both environmental and economic sense. The manatee’s charisma, combined with a recognized economic value, has helped us maintain a better relationship with the species and moved the manatee and its habitat to the frontlines of Florida’s conservation agenda. Their increased numbers and expanding human fan base have made them the face for improving ecosystem biodiversity and water quality, as well as encouraging better land use decisions along Florida’s rapidly developing coastline. Effective branding by well-respected institutions like Save the Manatee Club and The Ocean Conservancy has made saving the manatee a cause that transcends the local and hopefully has made co-existing with the gentle giants in their habitat something each one of us will readily choose to do.

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