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Alternative futures for changing landscapes : the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora
- Title
- Alternative futures for changing landscapes : the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora / Carl Steinitz [and others] ; foreword by Robert L. Anderson III.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : Island Press, 2002.
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- Additional Authors
- Steinitz, Carl.
- Description
- xv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 x; 28 cm
- Summary
- "Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes presents an innovative GIS-based simulation modeling strategy that considers the demographic, economic, physical, and environmental processes of an area and projects the consequences of various land-use planning and management decisions.
- The results of such projections, and the approach itself, are known as "alternative futures." This book presents a detailed illustration of the alternative futures approach through an analysis of development and conservation options for the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Land use > San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico and Ariz.) > Case studies
- Regional planning > San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico and Ariz.) > Case studies
- San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico and Ariz.)
- Regional planning > Environmental aspects > San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico and Ariz.) > Case studies
- Urbanization > San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico and Ariz.) > Case studies
- Contents
- 1. Alternative Futures for a Changing Region -- 2. The Upper San Pedro River Basin -- 3. The Framework for Alternative Futures Studies -- 4. The Organization of the Research -- 5. Natural and Cultural History -- 6. The Issues for Research -- 7. The Scenarios for Change -- 8. The Development Model -- 9. The Hydrological Model -- 10. The Vegetation Model -- 11. The Landscape Ecological Pattern Model -- 12. Single Species Potential Habitat Models -- 13. Threatened and Endangered Species Potential Habitat -- 14. The Vertebrate Species Richness and GAP Species Models -- 15. The Visual Preference Model -- 16. Summary of Impacts -- 17. Testing the Alternative Futures -- 18. Conclusions -- App. A. The Scenarios Guide -- App. B. The Computational Process.
- ISBN
- 1559633352 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1559632224 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002014978
- OCLC
- 506237454
- ocn506237454
- SCSB-4336160
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries