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Modeling Open Space Acquisition in Boulder, Colorado - A Multiple Criteria Land-Use Model

English, German · Paperback / Softback

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Purchasing land for open space use is crucial for municipalities that are concerned with conserving land and mitigating urban sprawl. Land-use modeling measures the ecological vs. economic trade-off. This book develops a land-use modeling system termed Modeling Open Space Acquisition (MOSA) that quantifies the ecological value of land targeted for open space acquisition. MOSA is designed as a decision support tool for local policymakers to identify ecologically rich parcels that can be targeted by using a multi-criteria model. Each parcel in the study area (Boulder, Colorado) is ranked by weighted criteria generated from a variety of public data sources. The weighted criteria include wildlife habitat, agricultural lands, historical sites, recreation corridors, vegetative biodiversity, riparian wetlands, parcel proximity, and parcel size. MOSA provides supplemental evidence to quantifying, targeting, and prioritizing parcel acquisition for preservation. Governing agencies can benefit from land-use modeling where parcel acquisition is evaluated from a scientific classification of natural resource capital over a parcel's economic value alone.

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Kathy received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Technical Geography from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Masters of Science degree in Geospatial Science from the University of Southern California. She works as a GIS Analyst in Colorado. Kathy is a mother of five amazing children and enjoys spending quality time outdoors.

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Authors Kathryn Metivier
Publisher LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
 
Languages English, German
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.03.2015
 
EAN 9783659382970
ISBN 978-3-659-38297-0
No. of pages 76
Subject Guides > Law, job, finance > Land acquisition, property

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