Abstract
Civic expansion and land use migrations to urban peripheries can accelerate the conversion of agricultural land uses. Widespread trepidation concerning urban sprawl has led to innovative frameworks for conserving or enhancing farmland. New Ruralism is one such framework, linking farmland preservation with developmental plans to reduce farmland conversion and low density development. Although the concept is still evolving, recent support for New Ruralism has grown. One of the most important factors in creating a New Ruralism-based development is coherent policy for permanent agricultural preserves. These preserves require the simultaneous, careful planning of land preservation balanced with the location of future development. This paper discusses the current condition of farmland loss and reviews issues and challenges associated with farmland preservation with existing New Ruralism developments. The goal is to synthesize this information into recommendations for increasing farmland preservation opportunities in New Ruralism-based developments. A more comprehensive definition for New Ruralism is presented, accompanied by several priorities for maximizing the economic, environmental, and cultural viability of New Ruralism-based farmland preserves.
Highlights
Many U.S communities have become dissatisfied with sprawl as a desirable form of development, [1,2] with several major U.S cities including New Orleans, LA, Charlotte, NC and Los Angeles, CA increasing in compactness from 2000 to 2010 [3]
Recent approaches to sustainable urbanism and community development practices in the U.S have amplified the popularity of regional-based, land-use management techniques promoting natural and agricultural preservation as a means to deter the negative impacts of sprawl [4,5,6]
Regardless of the overlaps in ideas of other concepts, New Ruralism (NR) has the potential to shift planning focuses from the creation of town centers and walkable streets in urban areas to the maximization of available rural agricultural lands
Summary
Many U.S communities have become dissatisfied with sprawl as a desirable form of development, [1,2] with several major U.S cities including New Orleans, LA, Charlotte, NC and Los Angeles, CA increasing in compactness from 2000 to 2010 [3]. Recent approaches to sustainable urbanism and community development practices in the U.S have amplified the popularity of regional-based, land-use management techniques promoting natural and agricultural preservation as a means to deter the negative impacts of sprawl [4,5,6]. New Ruralism (NR) is a growth framework which grafts preserved farmland and sustainable agricultural principles into contemporary development/planning [9]. Sibella Kraus defines NR as the preservation and enhancement of urban edge, rural, agricultural areas to create a comprehensive stage for efficient and sustainable agrarian-based growth [10]. Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE) began collaborating with Agriculture in Metropolitan Regions (AMR), a program of the UC Berkeley Global Metropolitan Studies Center, to further develop NR and is seeking researchers to generate publications that refine the concept [11]
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