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HOT SPOTS IN THE CITY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND THE DEMAND FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY SERVICES
Title
HOT SPOTS IN THE CITY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND THE DEMAND FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY SERVICES
Author
Wodicka, Reid
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Geography, Government policy, Urban forestry
Description
There is a common understanding among members of local government emergency services professionals that some neighborhoods require a substantially larger amount of services than others. This phenomenon is primarily driven, it is believed, by the c...
A mixed-methods analysis of social-ecological feedbacks between urbanization and forest persistence
Title
A mixed-methods analysis of social-ecological feedbacks between urbanization and forest persistence
Author
Thill, Jean-Claude
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
City planning, Urban forestry
Description
We examined how social-ecological factors in the land-change decision-making process influenced neighboring decisions and trajectories of alternative landscape ecologies. We decomposed individual landowner decisions to conserve or develop forests ...
Accounting for residential propagule pressure improves prediction of urban plant invasion
Title
Accounting for residential propagule pressure improves prediction of urban plant invasion
Author
Thill, Jean-Claude, Davis, Amy J. S., Singh, Kunwar K., Meentemeyer, Ross K.
Subjects--Topical
Invasive plants, Urban forestry
Description
Plant invasions substantially impact the ecosystem services provided by forests in urbanizing regions. Knowing where invasion risk is greatest helps target early detection and eradication efforts, but developing an accurate predictive model of inv...