"The Multi-Resource Analysis (MRA) is conceived as a next-generation suite of analytical products that informs land use and resource management decisions. The MRA builds on the wealth of geologic, hydrologic, biologic, and social/cultural resource assessments produced by the U.S. Geological...

The present paper studies the land use change impacts of fuels and biofuels. We test the theoretical hypothesis, which says that changes in fuel prices cause changes in land use both directly and indirectly and, because of price inter-dependencies, biofuels reinforce the land use change impacts....

The U.S. population is becoming increasingly urban and has gradually shifted to the south and west. Policy restrictions have played a role in preventing dynamic areas expanding, and when they do expand it can be through low-density housing sprawl. Land use restrictions and a sluggish housing...