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Title

Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Development settings variable, Hard development settings variable

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Authors

Kevin McGarigal, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Brad Compton, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ethan Plunkett, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bill DeLuca, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Joanna Grand, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Publication Date

2018

Disciplines

Environmental Sciences | Sustainability

Description

Development and hard development are two of several ecological settings variables that collectively characterize the biophysical setting of each 30 m cell at a given point in time (McGarigal et al 2017). Development represents all development, scaled from 0 to 10 by development intensity. Hard development is a subset of development, with a value of 1 for very high intensity development only. Both layers come from DSLland, the primary landcover map. These are dynamic settings variables, increasing with future urban growth.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/R55D8Q2V

Recommended Citation

McGarigal, Kevin; Compton, Brad; Plunkett, Ethan; DeLuca, Bill; and Grand, Joanna, "Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Development settings variable, Hard development settings variable" (2018). Data and Datasets. 9.
https://doi.org/10.7275/R55D8Q2V https://scholarworks.umass.edu/data/9