Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program
This aerial photograph of part of Santa Clara County, California, typifies the urbanization that has occurred throughout much of the United States since World War II. Before the war, this area was mostly agricultural land.
This report is a collection of 20 papers on urban land use change and its environmental consequences. The papers fall into four groups and an introduction. The contents of this report are as follows:
Introduction
The Historical Development of the Nation's Urban AreasFactors Affecting Urban Land-Use Change
Cultural and Demographic Factors in Urban Decentralization in the United States—A Historical Overview
by Alexander von Hoffman and John Felkner
Demographic Drivers of Lakeshore Urbanization in the Ozarks
by Sonya Glavac
Economic Aspects of Urban Decentralization in Historical Perspective
by Alexander von Hoffman and John Felkner
General Trends Regarding Aggregate Materials for Urban Development, With a Suggested Method for the Analysis of Aggregates Distribution
by Dalia Varanka
Quantifying Landscape Change
Wrestling Sprawl to the Ground-Defining and Measuring an Elusive Concept
by George Galster, Royce Hanson, Michael R. Ratcliffe, Harold Wolman, Stephen Coleman, and Jason Freihage
Measuring Urban Sprawl and Extent Through Multitemporal Imperviousness Mapping
by George Xian, Limin Yang, Jacqueline M. Klaver, and Nazmul Hossain
An Assessment of Impervious-Surface Measurement Methods
by E. Terrence Slonecker and Janet S. Tilley
Comparing Impervious-Cover Densities on the Basis of Land-Use Types Between Sister Cities on the United States/Mexico Border
by Jean Parcher
The Use of Spatial Analytical Techniques to Identify Potential Brownfields Sites
by Janet S. Tilley, Robin Paul, Terrance Slonecker, and Ellen Walkowiak
Road Densities for Urban Areas in the Conterminous United States
by Raymond D. Watts, John McCammon, Roger Compton, Carl Rich, and Tom Owens
Quantifying Urban Intensity in Drainage Basins for Assessing Stream Ecological Conditions
by Gerard McMahon and Thomas F. Cuffney
Regional Trends in Urban Land-Use Change
Analyzing Albuquerque's Landscape Evolution in the 20th and 21st Centuries
by David J. Hester
Change to Urban, Agricultural, and Forested Land in Central and Southern Maryland From 1850-1990
by Janis L. Taylor and William Acevedo
Regional Landscape Change in the Northern Colorado Front Range
by Carol S. Mladinich
A 30-Year Study of Urban Dynamics for the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, 1970-2000
by Carl J. Markon
Consequences and Impacts of Urbanization
The Effects of Urbanization on Discharge and Suspended-Sediment Concentrations in a Southern California River
by Jonathan A. Warrick and Kevin M. Orzech
Changes in Anthropogenic Impervious Surfaces, Precipitation, and Daily Streamflow Discharge-A Historical Perspective in a Mid-Atlantic Subwatershed
by David B. Jennings, and S. Taylor Jarnagin
Urban Growth and Seagrass Distribution Trends in Tampa Bay, Florida
by Mike Crane and George Xian
An Overview of the Stressors and Ecological Impacts Associated with Regional and Global Patterns of Population, Land-Use, and Land-Cover Change
by S. Taylor Jarnagin
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