Assessing Neighbor and Population Growth Influences on Agricultural Land Conversion

Darren G Haarsma1, Feng Qiu1
1Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1, Canada

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