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Abstract
The rapid rate of land development across the US. leads to what is commonly referred to as residential sprawl. This article reviewed issues related to rural residential sprawl and the forces behind it, including the role of home buyer preferences. A sample of 63,196 home sale transactions that occurred between 1998 and 2005 in the Rochester, New York housing market comprised the data set for a hedonic pricing analysis that included open space variables within the vectors of housing characteristics. Results from the analysis indicated that household preferences for more living space, site acreage, and proximity to open space were among the driving forces for residential sprawl in this housing market.
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Joseph Laquatra
Joseph Laquatra is Hazel E. Reed Human Ecology Extension Professor in Family Policy. Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Rolf Pendall
Rolf Pendall is Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Comell University, Ithaca, NY.
David L. Kay
David L. Kay is Extension Associate, Community and Rural Development Institute, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Jordan F. Suter
Jordan F. Suter is Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.
Nelson Bills
Nelson Bills is Professor. Department of Applied Economics and Management. Comell University, Ithaca. NY. This study was funded by corne11 University's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and Cornell University Cooperative Extension. The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Thomas Hammer in the preparation of this article.