Alternative futures for changing landscapes : the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora

Author(s)

• Steinitz, Carl
• Anderson, Robert L.

Bibliographic Information

Alternative futures for changing landscapes : the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora

Carl Steinitz ... [et al.] ; foreword by Robert L. Anderson III

Island Press, c2003

• : hardcover
• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-192) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Carl Steinitz has developed a GIS-based simulation modelling strategy that considers the demographic, economic, physical and environmental processes of an area and projects the consequences to that area of various land-use planning and management decisions. The results of such projections, and the approach itself, are known as "alternative futures". This volume presents a detailed case study of one alternative futures project - an analysis of development and conservation options for the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. The book gives a comprehensive overview of how the study was conducted along with descriptions and analysis of the alternative futures that resulted.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA74137606
• ISBN:
  • 1559633352
  • 1559632224
• LCCN: 2002014978
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 202 p.
• Size: 23 x 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HT395.S175
  • DC21 : 307.1/2/0972
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Regional planning -- San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico and Ariz.) -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Urbanization -- San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico and Ariz.) -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Land use -- San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico and Ariz.) -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Regional planning -- Environmental aspects -- San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico and Ariz.) -- Case studies
  • LCSH : San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico and Ariz.)