Natural resources and open space in the residential decision process: A study of recent movers to fringe counties in southeast Michigan

Agriculture & Biology

• homeowners 100%
• open space 91%
• metropolitan areas 85%
• focus groups 83%
• natural resources 71%
• preserves 41%
• land policy 35%
• markets 29%
• forest land 29%
• household income 27%
• sampling 23%
• automobiles 22%
• decision making 21%
• agricultural land 21%
• planning 20%
• demographic statistics 19%
• income 18%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• decision process 79%
• open space 74%
• county 58%
• natural resource 54%
• natural feature 50%
• homeowner 37%
• purchase 30%
• decision 29%
• metropolitan area 27%
• school 16%
• preserve 16%
• family 13%
• naturalness 12%
• housing market 12%
• household income 11%
• development strategy 10%
• income 8%
• agricultural land 7%
• decision making 6%
• market 6%
• land use 6%
• planning 5%
• policy 5%
• land 5%
• need 5%
• rate 3%

Social Sciences

• natural resources 59%
• homeowner 33%
• agglomeration area 26%
• purchase 25%
• Group 14%
• Agricultural land 12%
• mail survey 11%
• housing market 10%
• household income 10%
• development strategy 9%
• land use 9%
• criticism 7%
• resident 6%
• income 6%
• decision making 5%
• planning 5%
• market 5%