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Determining relative benefits to communities from urban and agricultural land use change in Napa County, California

Creator:

Bernard, Mark A.

Abstract:

Urban sprawl and the establishment of greenbelts to separate growing cities and towns has become a popular topic of conversation among land use professionals. Economists focus on urban growth in terms of land rents and have sought market solutions such as transfers and purchases of development rights to slow this...

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Masters Thesis

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Change in Napa County, California Abstract approved: Laurence Becker Urban sprawl and
Change detection of land cover in a meadow landscape : the“Ranches” meadow, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

Creator:

Anderson, Carl G.

Abstract:

From a landscape ecology perspective, meadows are often seen as landscapes in transition. Succession and change in meadows may be investigated by considering the physical and anthropogenic factors that influence the landscape through time. What is often unknown is how changes occur and how physical and anthropogenic factors contribute to...

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Capstone Project

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GEOGRAPHY PROGRAM September 2007 Directed by Dr. Larry Becker ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS