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1.23 <br />density of single family homes around animal production facilities was lower than the average <br />for rural parts of the county. An implication is that some potential for conflicts is avoided due to <br />the way in which these land uses are located on the land. <br />The total impact on surrounding house prices was calculated for a landfill, the regional airport, <br />and an animal production facility. The average impact on the value of 3342 houses located <br />within 3200 meters was $2442 (all values are in 2002 dollars). The total impact on all houses <br />was. $ 8,162,000, which is 2.6% of the assessed value of the affected properties. The average <br />impact of the regional airport on 2256 houses located within 1600 meters of the airport runway <br />and its flight paths was $104, and the total impact on the value of these properties was $235,000, <br />or 0.1% of the assessed value of the affected properties. This calculation does not include 2391 <br />properties located near the airport within the City of Reading. The average impact of a single <br />animal production facility on 119 single family residences located within 1600 meters of the <br />facility $1,803. The total impact on all 119 houses is $215,000, or 1.7% of the assessed value of <br />the affected houses. These figures are intended as illustrations, and should not. be ,considered <br />averages for similar facilities. The impact from any given landfill, airport, or animal production <br />facility will depend on the number of houses located near the site, and on the market value of <br />those houses absent the facility. <br />The study area chosen, Berks County, was well suited to this type of analysis, in terms of data <br />availability and the diversity and dispersed spatial pattern of land uses and agricultural <br />production. The research method should be extended to more study areas, to see if differences in <br />population density, demographics, or type and amount of open space and agricultural production <br />influence the results. Until more research is conducted in more counties, care should be taken in <br />extrapolating the results from this research to other regions. <br />ii <br />