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Housing Density and Ecosystem Function: Comparing the Impacts of Rural, Exurban, and Suburban Densities on Fire Hazard, Water Availability, and House and Road Distance Effects
Vukomanovic, Jelena; Doumas, Sandra L.; Osterkamp, Waite R. - In: Land 2 (2013) 4, pp. 656-678
Many amenity-rich regions are experiencing rapid land-use change through low-density residential development or exurbanization. Those same natural-resource amenities that attracted migration are often degraded by housing growth and associated development. This study examines the impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712604
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Preserving the Picturesque: Perceptions of Landscape, Landscape Art, and Land Protection in the United States and China
Ellison, Aaron M. - In: Land 3 (2014) 1, pp. 260-281
The predominant environmental consciousness in both the United States and China reflects an underlying sense of separation of people from nature. Likewise, traditional landscape paintings in the United States and China share a common underlying aesthetic—<i>i.e.</i>, the “picturesque”. Together,...
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A Resilience-Based Approach to the Conservation of Valley Oak in a Southern California Landscape
Hayes, James J.; Donnelly, Shanon - In: Land 3 (2014) 3, pp. 834-849
Conservation thinking will benefit from the incorporation of a resilience perspective of landscapes as social … conservation efforts; however, we must ask what limits there are to valley oak’s capacity to reorganize and still maintain its … conservation is discussed at several scales from the stand to the landscape. …
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Designing an Index to Reveal the Potential of Multipurpose Landscapes in Southern Africa
Torquebiau, Emmanuel; Cholet, Nathalie; Ferguson, Willem; … - In: Land 2 (2013) 4, pp. 705-725
agricultural production and biodiversity conservation. Rewarding the people who shape and maintain those landscapes could act as a … (conservation, production, institutions and livelihood) and ecosystem services (provisioning, regulating and cultural services). The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011029681
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Historical and Contemporary Geographic Data Reveal Complex Spatial and Temporal Responses of Vegetation to Climate and Land Stewardship
Villarreal, Miguel L.; Norman, Laura M.; Webb, Robert H.; … - In: Land 2 (2013) 2, pp. 194-224
conservation value in the southwestern United States: grasslands and riparian vegetation. In contrast to many reported vegetation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011029692
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Housing Density and Ecosystem Function: Comparing the Impacts of Rural, Exurban, and Suburban Densities on Fire Hazard, Water Availability, and House and Road Distance Effects
Vukomanovic, Jelena; Doumas, Sandra L.; Osterkamp, W. R.; … - In: Land 2 (2013) 4, pp. 656-677
Many amenity-rich regions are experiencing rapid land-use change through low-density residential development or exurbanization. Those same natural-resource amenities that attracted migration are often degraded by housing growth and associated development. This study examines the impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011029707
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Development of a Historical Multi-Year Land Cover Classification Incorporating Wildfire Effects
Morrison, Katherine D.; Kolden, Crystal A. - In: Land 3 (2014) 4, pp. 1214-1231
Land cover change impacts ecosystem function across the globe. The use of land cover data is vital in the detection of these changes over time; however, most available land cover products, such as the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD), are produced relatively infrequently. The most recent NLCD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945626
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Landscape Fire, Biodiversity Decline and a Rapidly Changing Milieu: A Microcosm of Global Issues in an Australian Biodiversity Hotspot
Gill, A. Malcolm; McKenna, David J.; Wouters, Michael A. - In: Land 3 (2014) 3, pp. 1091-1136
conservation in a world of increasing population and a drying, fire-prone environment. At just 0.1% of Australia’s terrestrial land … conservation in the region, wider recognition of the all-tenure, whole-of-landscape, whole-of-community approach to biodiversity … conservation and fire management is needed if the probability of further extinctions is to be reduced. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945627
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Vertical Distribution of Soil Organic Carbon Density in Relation to Land Use/Cover, Altitude and Slope Aspect in the Eastern Himalayas
Dorji, Tshering; Odeh, Inakwu O. A.; Field, Damien J. - In: Land 3 (2014) 4, pp. 1232-1250
In-depth understanding about the vertical distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) density is crucial for carbon (C) accounting, C budgeting and designing appropriate C sequestration strategies. We examined the vertical distribution of SOC density under different land use/land cover (LULC)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945628
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“<i>Bring Back the Land</i>”—A Call to Refocus on the Spatial Dimension of Zimbabwe’s Land Reform
Hentze, Konrad; Menz, Gunter - In: Land 4 (2015) 2, pp. 355-377
In this article, we argue that research on land reform in the nation of Zimbabwe has overlooked possibilities of integrating geospatial methods into analyses and, at the same time, geographers have not adequately developed techniques for this application. Scholars have generally been captured...
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