Browsing by Subject "land use"
Now showing items 1-7 of 7
-
Beyond forest cover: Land use and biodiversity in rubber trail forests of the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve
(Resilience Alliance, 2009)Among the strategies to promote sustainable tropical forest development around the world, the Federal Extractive Reserve System of Brazil is widely cited as an exemplary model. It is designed to protect rubber tapper ... -
Estimating potential carbon sequestration in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) tracts in the Central High Plains of the United States
(2012-05)Scope and Method of Study: The main goal of this research is to examine long term trends in carbon sequestration in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) tracts in the Central High Plains (CHP) region of the U. S. The second ... -
Evaluation of Epa Levels I, Ii, and Iii Assessments and the Effects of Land Use on Wetland Communities
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)Effective tools are needed to monitor and assess wetland ecosystems. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a three level framework that includes landscape assessments (Level I), rapid assessments (Level ... -
Investigating How Land Use Patterns Affect Traffic Accident Rates near Frontage Road Cross-sections: a Case Study on Interstate 610 in Houston, Texas
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-12-01)Frontage roads, acting as a transition between high-speed free-flowing traffic on highways and low-speed congestion traffic on local streets, have been used as the "primary design solution" to alleviate traffic congestion ... -
Nature reserves as catalysts for landscape change
(Ecological Society of America, 2012-02-14)Scientists have called repeatedly for a broader conservation agenda that emphasizes not only protected areas but also the landscapes in which those areas are embedded. We describe key advances in the science and practice ... -
Use of Markov Processes in Estimating Land Use Change
(Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, 1978)