Urbanization on the US landscape: looking ahead in the 21st century Export

@article{citeulike:2767808, abstract = {Conversion of rural lands to urban and other built-up uses affects the mix of commodities and services produced from the global land base. In the United States, there was a 34\% increase in the amount of land devoted to urban and built-up uses between 1982 and 1997. This increase came predominantly from the conversion of croplands and forestland, with the largest increases in developed area happening in the southern region of the country. In an analysis of drivers influencing developed land uses in the US, we found results that were consistent with hypothesized relationships, including significant increases in development as a result of increases in population density and personal income. From these results, we projected changes in potential future urbanization and development by 2025 given estimated increases in population and real personal income. The projections suggest continued urban expansion over the next 25 years, with the magnitude of increase varying by region. US developed area is projected to increase by 79\%, raising the proportion of the total land base that is developed from 5.2 to 9.2\%. Because much of the growth is expected in areas relatively stressed with respect to human-environment interactions, such as some coastal counties, implications for landscape and urban planning include potential impacts on sensitive watersheds, riparian areas, wildlife habitat, and water supplies.}, author = {Alig, Ralph J. and Kline, Jeffrey D. and Lichtenstein, Mark}, booktitle = {The Social Aspects of Landscape Change: Protecting Open Space Under the Pressure of Development}, citeulike-article-id = {2767808}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.07.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V91-4BHJY40-1/1/03a22021a1f4d5cf04c8be46f9e85da9}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.07.004}, journal = {Landscape and Urban Planning}, keywords = {allocation, and, economics, land, landscape, planning, projections, trends, urbanization, use}, month = {August}, number = {2-3}, pages = {219--234}, posted-at = {2008-05-08 02:39:56}, priority = {0}, title = {Urbanization on the US landscape: looking ahead in the 21st century}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.07.004}, volume = {69}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2767808 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2767808 N2 - Conversion of rural lands to urban and other built-up uses affects the mix of commodities and services produced from the global land base. In the United States, there was a 34% increase in the amount of land devoted to urban and built-up uses between 1982 and 1997. This increase came predominantly from the conversion of croplands and forestland, with the largest increases in developed area happening in the southern region of the country. In an analysis of drivers influencing developed land uses in the US, we found results that were consistent with hypothesized relationships, including significant increases in development as a result of increases in population density and personal income. From these results, we projected changes in potential future urbanization and development by 2025 given estimated increases in population and real personal income. The projections suggest continued urban expansion over the next 25 years, with the magnitude of increase varying by region. US developed area is projected to increase by 79%, raising the proportion of the total land base that is developed from 5.2 to 9.2%. Because much of the growth is expected in areas relatively stressed with respect to human-environment interactions, such as some coastal counties, implications for landscape and urban planning include potential impacts on sensitive watersheds, riparian areas, wildlife habitat, and water supplies. IS - 2-3 JF - Landscape and Urban Planning EP - 234 TI - Urbanization on the US landscape: looking ahead in the 21st century VL - 69 T2 - The Social Aspects of Landscape Change: Protecting Open Space Under the Pressure of Development SP - 219 KW - allocation KW - and KW - economics KW - land KW - landscape KW - planning KW - projections KW - trends KW - urbanization KW - use AU - Alig, Ralph AU - Kline, Jeffrey AU - Lichtenstein, Mark PY - 2004/08/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.07.004 ER -