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Abstract Although less-than-fee acquisition (the purchase of development rights) has been used in several large-scale public programs to preserve open space in rural areas, its use by government in urban fringe areas under stronger development pressure has been limited. Based on an analysis of the few ongoing programs, the cost and management questions are examined here in light of alternative methods of preserving land for purposes of conservation, scenery, agriculture and other compatible open uses. Nothing is found inherently wrong with the concept of less-than-fee acquisition: under the proper conditions it can be a viable method for preserving open space in urbanizing areas.
Coughlin et al. (Sun,) studied this question.