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Title: | Factors Influencing Farm Sales Decisions on Toronto's Urban Figures |
Authors: | Maas, David |
Advisor: | Reeds, Lloyd |
Department: | Geography |
Keywords: | economic viability, feasibility, rural-urban;socio-economic, decision-making, Empirical |
Publication Date: | Sep-1972 |
Abstract: | <p> This thesis explored the feasibility of using a decision-making approach to explain changing agricultural land-use patterns in the rural-urban fringe. The change in farm ownership to a non-farmer user was assumed to reflect a change in land use. A basic objective was to identify and describe the types of elements which composed the farmers mode of perception of the decision-making context. Variations in the modes of perception were then related to an array of socio-economic characteristics of the landowner. </p> <p> The investigation confirmed the utility of the decision-making approach and confirmed the importance of the land appreciation component to the decision context. The selling price which the farmer appraised his property at was critical in determining whether the property was sold. Empirical analysis suggested a significant relationship between the selling price and the economic viability of the farm operation.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/19001 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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