Download or read book Converting Land from Rural to Urban Uses (Routledge Revivals) written by A. Allan Schmid and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title aims to use social science research to contribute towards solving policy problems raised by the rural to urban land conversion process and by high land prices in particular. Ultimately, this book aims to develop the information useful to public decisions on zoning, taxation, public investments, transport systems, new towns, and so on, as they might affect the cost and quality of the conversion process. This book will be of interest to students of environmental studies.