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

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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.

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

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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.

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