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Showing 1 to 20 of 296 for “"Land use change"”.
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Hydrological responses to moorland land-use change
Most documented investigations of the effects of land-use change on hydrological systems have considered the modification of forest areas. In this thesis, a headwater area in the North York Moors is used to examine the consequences of maintaining a land management regime which has received …
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Conflict over urban land use change in Cape Town
… of this study are to analyze spatial patterns of land use change, to establish the relationship between land use change and locational conflict and to analyze the nature and patterns of locational conflict in Cape Town.
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Economic growth and land use change: implications for global biodiversity.
This study examines whether land use change and biodiversity loss conform to an environmental Kuznets curve, a relationship in which certain environmental impacts increase then decrease with economic growth. The study draws on the experience of economic structural change to show that agricultural …
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Modeling Urban Growth and Land Use Change in Albuquerque using SLEUTH
This research examines the urban growth and land use pattern of Albuquerque in the next 20 years, for the year 2035, based on past urbanization and land use. Additionally, it compares possible urban growth and land use patterns for two scenarios i. Business as usual scenario, where urbanization …
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Maasai oxen, agriculture and land use change in Monduli District, Tanzania
… dissertation examines the sustainability of the use of oxen by the Maasai and Arusha (WaArusha) people, in Monduli District, Tanzania. Traditionally pastoralists, the Maasai are undergoing a social and agricultural transformation process of sedentarization in this region. The villages included in …
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Land use change and natural Araucaria forest degradation : northeastern misiones - Argentina
… was characteristic of the northeast Misiones landscape, covering around 210.000 hectares. The broad variety of possible uses for araucarian timber, as well as a growing need for agricultural land, however, leads to the circumstance that since the middle of the past century these forests were …
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A Dynamic Model of Land Use Change With Spatially Explicit Data
In this study, we use a discrete choice dynamic model of land-use where the agent's choices are regarded as the solution to a dynamic optimization problem. The first result of using of a dynamic framework is that the assumption of observing the system at a stationary state, one that characterizes …
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Carbon dynamics of global land use, land-use change, and forestry
… from the atmosphere when the harvested land regrows. Recent studies, however, find that wood bioenergy can exacerbate climate change because it is less efficient than the fossil fuels it displaces, and because regrowth takes time and is uncertain. Other land use, land-use change, and …
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An evaluation of urban and rural land use change, conflict and competition
This study set out to evaluate the extent of land use change, competition and conflict in Polokwane city and in selected land restitution areas of Limpopo province. The methods of data collection and analysis included document analysis, triangulation of quantitative and qualitative survey methods, …
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Deforestation and Land-Use Change in Veracruz, Mexico: A Remote Sensing Analysis
… area in a subtropical region in Veracruz was used to relate changes in forest cover to changes in land-uses within the smaller region. A land-use classification was created for this study that includes fallow/barren, subsistence agriculture, sugar cane, urban/settlement, grazing lands and …
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MECHANISMS AND IMPACTS OF LAND-USE CHANGE ON FRESHWATER FISHES IN SUNDALAND
Freshwater fishes of Sundaland face threats from deforestation, yet the associated impacts and mechanisms remain inadequately understood. In this context, I sought to address the following: 1) Which are the priority regions for freshwater fish conservation in Sundaland?; 2) What are the impacts of …
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Land use change and bordering in the Greater Mapungubwe transfrontier conservation area
This study uses bioregionalism and bordering as a lens for understanding the construction of Mapungubwe as a transfrontier conservation area and the effects of that process on biodiversity, the local economy and local communities. The main assumption underlying the study is that transfrontier …
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Determining land use change and desertification in China using remote sensing data
… areas due to human influence or to climatic change, affects most arable land in arid and semi-arid China. This project provides an analysis of desertification in northeastern arid and semi-arid China to determine its spatial distribution, severity, and causes. It locates areas of …
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Mathematical modeling of zoonotic disease transmission under the impact of land use change
Land conversion is occurring worldwide due to a growing population and expanding economy. This process increases the likelihood of pathogen spillover, posing significant economic and public health risks. The objective of this thesis is to model pathogen spillover under the impact of land use …
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Three essays on social dynamics and land-use change: framework, model and estimator
Simulations of future regional land-use change help planners and policymakers understand how scenarios with alternative public policy and investment choices will play out in the future, especially in conjunction with different economic and demographic trends. Models used to simulate land-use change …
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Assessing drivers of land-use change and biodiversity loss in the United States
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Eastern Meadowlark migration, nest success, and response to land use change in Illinois
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms
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Bus rapid transit oriented approach to land use change: a case of Hatfield
… inherited a disjointed and sprawling urban land use pattern amid the pressures of growing urbanisation. The current urbanisation rate significantly exceeds urban planning agencies' capacity to supply infrastructure for a burgeoning population, hence intensifying sprawl. In search of …
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Relationships Between Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Water-Quality Trends in Virginia
This research examines the relationships between land use and surface water quality trends in Virginia. Data from 168 surface water quality monitoring stations throughout Virginia were analyzed for trends for the period of 1978 to 1995. Water-quality data available at these stations included …
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