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Chun, Bumseok, Misun Hur, and Jaewoong Won. "Impacts of Thermal Environments on Health Risk: A Case Study of Harris County, Texas." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11 (2021): 5531. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115531.
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The loss of green spaces in urbanized areas has triggered a potential thermal risk in the urban environment. While the existing literature has investigated the direct relationship between urban temperatures and health risks, little is known about causal relationships among key components of urban sustainability and health risks, through a pathway involving urban temperature. This study examined the multiple connections between urbanized land use, urban greenery, urban temperatures and health risks in Harris County, Texas. The census tract-level health data from the 500 Cities Project (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is used for analysis. Structural equation model analyses showed that the urban temperature played a mediating role in associations between urbanized land use, urban greenery and health risk. Urban vegetation is associated with a decrease in health risks, while urban land use has associations with an increase in health risks. Findings suggest that proactive policies tailored to provide rich urban greenery in a neighborhood can alleviate urban land use effects on health risks.
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Tennis, Cynthia L. "Archaic Land Use of Upper Leon Creek Terraces: Archaeological Testing in Northern Bexar County, Texas." Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State 1996, no. 1 (1996): Article 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.21112/ita.1996.1.4.
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Miller, Katherine S., Leonard A. Brennan, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso, et al. "Correlates of Habitat Fragmentation and Northern Bobwhite Abundance in the Gulf Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative." Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 10, no. 1 (2018): 3–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3996/112017-jfwm-094.
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Abstract The northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus has experienced range-wide declines over the past several decades, primarily due to habitat loss and habitat fragmentation. As northern bobwhite populations continue to decline, there is a need for studies that address the impact of habitat changes on population persistence at multiple spatial scales. Our goal was to assess changes in habitat and land use related to northern bobwhite declines across multiple spatial scales in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. We determined northern bobwhite trends for 1972–2012 using Breeding Bird Survey data. At the regional scale, we compared northern bobwhite population trends with road density (2000, 2012), human population (1970–2010), and land use (1974–2012). At the county and local scales, we compared class-level landscape metrics between counties with stable and declining northern bobwhite abundances using Student's t-tests. Northern bobwhite populations decreased from 45.95 ± 1.01 birds/route in 1970 to 11.55 ± 0.64 birds/route in 2012. Road density and human population increased by 3,331.32 ± 66.28 m/km2 and 42,873 ± 8,687 people/county, respectively. Percent pasture and rangeland was relatively stable, as was percent woodland. Alternatively, the percentage of other land (houses, roads, wasteland) increased. At the county scale, Texas and Oklahoma counties with declining northern bobwhite populations had higher road densities, larger patches of pasture, smaller patches of woodland, and larger patches of cropland compared with stable populations. At the local scale, Texas and Oklahoma counties with declining northern bobwhite populations had less woody cover in smaller patches, and fewer but larger patches of herbaceous and bare ground, compared with populations with stable abundance. Therefore, managers can provide woody cover and reduce cropland effects at the local scale to support stable quail populations; however, the large-scale drivers of northern bobwhite decline, which are human population growth and resulting habitat loss, will be an important aspect of northern bobwhite conservation and management in the future.
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Braun, Janet Kay, Brandi S. Coyner, and Michael A. Mares. "Modern extirpation of the Texas kangaroo rat, Dipodomys elator, in Oklahoma: changing land use and climate over a century of time as the road to eventual extinction." Therya 12, no. 2 (2021): 177–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.12933/therya-21-1121.
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Surveys conducted during three years (2014-2017) provide the most extensive documentation to date for the possible presence of the Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator), a Tier II species considered to be of greatest conservation need, in seven counties in southwestern Oklahoma. The project encompassed 15 surveys on 93 nights; 266 localities were surveyed for a total of 9,094 trap nights and more than 32,428 km of paved and unpaved roads were surveyed for potential habitat and activity. No Texas kangaroo rats were captured or observed. However, 2,178 individuals of 17 mammal species were captured and individuals of 12 additional mammal species were collected and/or observed. New locality and natural history information for mammal species was obtained and six county records were recorded based on specimens and/or observations. Project results and historical information suggest that the Texas kangaroo rat (D. elator) is likely extirpated from the state of Oklahoma.
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Aldrete, Rafael M., Carl James Kruse, David Salgado, et al. "Leveraging the Value of Land and Landside Access to Fund Port Infrastructure in Texas." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2672, no. 11 (2018): 41–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198118794066.
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This paper introduces port authority transportation reinvestment zones (TRZs), a funding tool created by the Texas Legislature to help fund long-term economic development port projects. TRZs were first introduced in Texas in 2007 as a tool to allow county and municipal governments to raise funds to help pay for transportation improvements using the property tax mechanism. Since then, the legislation has been amended to include other transportation modes, such as transit, rail, and parking facilities. Amendments passed in 2013 introduced the concept of port authority TRZ, which expanded authorized use of the tool to the state’s port authorities and navigation districts. Most of the existing funding tools available to Texas ports focus on the development of infrastructure within port property. Port authority TRZs complement existing funding sources by providing a funding tool flexible enough to fund port projects both inside and outside port property. Port authorities can take advantage of the TRZ concept to join forces with neighboring local governments and the Texas Department of Transportation to fund landside transportation enhancements that improve port accessibility and the regional economy. Currently, there are four active port authority TRZs in the following locations: Port of Beaumont, Port of Port Arthur, Port of Brownsville, and Sabine-Neches Navigation District. This paper summarizes the legal framework of port authority TRZs, describes the role that these TRZs play in port funding and finance, and presents highlights of the port authority TRZs that have already been established throughout the state.
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Whitworth, Kristina W., Elisabeth De LaRosa, Taylor Mackay, et al. "Exploring perceptions of fracking and environmental health in a 3-county population in South Texas." Journal of Epidemiological Research 3, no. 1 (2017): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jer.v3n1p61.
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Introduction: The past decade in the United States has been marked by an unprecedented expansion of unconventional oil and gas drilling, including hydraulic fracturing (i.e., fracking). Concerns have arisen regarding potential health and environmental risks associated with the use of the fracking process. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine community perceptions, concerns, and knowledge of environmental health issues related to fracking in three Texas counties near one of the most active shale plays in South Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale.Methods: A convenience sample of 153 adults over the age of 18 years in three rural South Texas counties completed a 46-question survey. Demographic information, perceptions of environmental health risks, and knowledge of potential environmental health effects related to fracking were obtained. A validated health literacy measure was also used to assess participants’ health literacy.Results: Participants were predominantly female (61%), white (75%), and Hispanic (62%). A majority owned land (53.6%) and had lived in their respective county for over 21 years (54%). Only 32% percent of participants had marginal or inadequate health literacy though a larger percentage of participants had limited knowledge of potential environmental health risks related to fracking.Conclusions: Approximately one third of participants had less than adequate health literacy as measured by the BRIEF. A high percentage of the population demonstrated limited knowledge regarding the potential environmental health impacts of fracking, suggesting limited environmental health literacy. Findings point to the need for environmental health specific assessments and focused environmental health promotion strategies.
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McDaniel, Thomas W., Carissa L. Wonkka, Morgan L. Treadwell, and Urs P. Kreuter. "Factors Influencing County Commissioners’ Decisions about Burn Bans in the Southern Plains, USA." Land 10, no. 7 (2021): 686. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10070686.
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Woody plant encroachment in North American rangelands has led to calls for greater use of prescribed fire to reduce fuel loads and restore grazing productivity and grassland biodiversity. However, the use of prescribed fire during periods when woody plant mortality is maximized has often been limited by temporary restrictions on outdoor burning enacted by regional or local governmental entities. This study reports the results of a survey assessing the familiarity with and attitudes toward prescribed fire in Texas and Oklahoma, USA, of officials tasked with implementing restrictions on outdoor burning and how these attitudes influence their decisions. Most responding officials considered prescribed fire to be a safe and beneficial land management tool that should be used more frequently. Self-reported familiarity with prescribed fire was the most significant explanatory variable for this attitude. Further, familiarity with prescribed fire was influenced by respondent participation in or being invited to participate in a prescribed fire. Such invitations came mostly from private landowners. Landowners wishing to use prescribed fire may benefit from building trust with local officials by demonstrating they are qualified to conduct such fires safely. This could help reduce the frequency of burn restrictions and may increase the likelihood that officials will grant burn ban exemptions to qualified burn managers. Additionally, because officials’ primary sources of prescribed fire information were reported to be local fire departments and emergency services, educating those entities about the benefits of prescribed fire for reducing wildfire risks could help reduce pressure on officials to enact or maintain burning restrictions. These findings highlight opportunities for reducing the frequency of burning restrictions, increasing opportunities for land managers to effectively halt or reverse woody plant encroachment.
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Shrestha, Dinesh, Jesslyn F. Brown, Trenton D. Benedict, and Daniel M. Howard. "Exploring the Regional Dynamics of U.S. Irrigated Agriculture from 2002 to 2017." Land 10, no. 4 (2021): 394. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10040394.
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The United States has a geographically mature and stable land use and land cover system including land used as irrigated cropland; however, changes in irrigation land use frequently occur related to various drivers. We applied a consistent methodology at a 250 m spatial resolution across the lower 48 states to map and estimate irrigation dynamics for four map eras (2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017) and over four 5-year mapping intervals. The resulting geospatial maps (called the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Irrigated Agriculture Dataset or MIrAD-US) involved inputs from county-level irrigated statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, agricultural land cover from the U.S. Geological Survey National Land Cover Database, and an annual peak vegetation index derived from expedited MODIS satellite imagery. This study investigated regional and periodic patterns in the amount of change in irrigated agriculture and linked gains and losses to proximal causes and consequences. While there was a 7% overall increase in irrigated area from 2002 to 2017, we found surprising variability by region and by 5-year map interval. Irrigation land use dynamics affect the environment, water use, and crop yields. Regionally, we found that the watersheds with the largest irrigation gains (based on percent of area) included the Missouri, Upper Mississippi, and Lower Mississippi watersheds. Conversely, the California and the Texas–Gulf watersheds experienced fairly consistent irrigation losses during these mapping intervals. Various drivers for irrigation dynamics included regional climate fluctuations and drought events, demand for certain crops, government land or water policies, and economic incentives like crop pricing and land values. The MIrAD-US (Version 4) was assessed for accuracy using a variety of existing regionally based reference data. Accuracy ranged between 70% and 95%, depending on the region.
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Sullivan, Esther. "Moving Out: Mapping Mobile Home Park Closures to Analyze Spatial Patterns of Low–Income Residential Displacement." City & Community 16, no. 3 (2017): 304–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cico.12252.
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Mobile homes provide the largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing in the United States. However, in mobile home parks residents live at risk of eviction because they rent the land on which their homes are located. This study formulates a methodology to examine the residential turnover and displacement that result from the closure of these parks. I investigate the spatial distribution of closing mobile home parks through ArcGIS modeling of land–use data for all 1.2 million parcels in the case study region of Houston/Harris County, Texas, from 2002 to 2011. Findings demonstrate that the spatial distribution of closing mobile home parks is clustered along Houston's expanding city limit in areas where affordable housing development is taking place. Beyond providing spatial documentation of the process through which this important source of affordable housing is lost, this study highlights how low–income housing pressures and urban redevelopment intersect to shape affordable housing in contemporary metropolitan areas.
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Hyde, Larry J., Kim Withers, and J. W. Tunnell. "Coastal High Marsh Oil Spill Cleanup By Burning: 5-Year Evaluation." International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 1999, no. 1 (1999): 1257–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-1999-1-1257.
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ABSTRACT On 7 January 1992, rupture of an underground oil transfer pipeline spilled 2,950 barrels of South Texas light crude oil (API gravity 37) into a high salt-marsh environment along Chiltipin Creek near Bayside, San Patricio County, Texas. The designated state On-Scene Coordinator, the Texas General Land Office (TGLO), after coordination with other resource agencies, authorized in situ burning as the primary cleanup technique. Plant frequencies, plant biomass, and hydrocarbon levels in impacted and control areas were monitored between October 1992 and January 1998. Despite severe initial damage, most of the impacted area was revegetated within the first two growing seasons. However, significant differences in vegetation patterns between the two areas continued to exist in January 1998. Linear regression of plant frequency data gives a predicted recovery in the year 2007 (14–15 years post-burn). Plant biomass in the impacted area approximated levels in the control area after only 2 years. Hydrocarbon concentrations in the impacted area remained high after 3 years, but a strong correlation to vegetation patterns over time was not apparent. Results of this study supports the hypothesis that use of in situ burning as a response tool has distinct advantages over other countermeasures.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Land use – Texas – Burnet County"
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Lang, Brett M. "The Intervention of Human Modifications on Plant and Tree Species in the Landscape of the LBJ National Grasslands." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc801905/.
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An analysis utilizing both ArcGIS and ethnographic interviews from private land owners and environmental professionals examined how man-made landscape changes affected plant and tree species in the LBJ National Grasslands in Wise County, Texas north of Decatur. From the late 1800s to the Dust Bowl Era the land was used for crop production and cattle grazing resulting in erosion and loss of soil nutrients. The research indicated by 2001 that cattle grazing and population increase resulted in land disturbance within the administrative boundary of the national grasslands. Participants expressed concern over the population increase and expansion of 5 to 10 acre ranchettes for cattle grazing common in modern times. Recommendations for the future included utilizing and expanding the resources already existing with environmental professionals to continue controlling erosion.
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Dunn, Ingrid. "Structure, Composition, and Regeneration of Cross Timbers Forest Fragments in Different Land Use Contexts." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799466/.
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Throughout its current range, the Cross Timbers forest ecosystem is vulnerable to land-use change. In this study, we examined the surrounding land use matrix on the vegetation structure, composition and regeneration of six Cross Timbers forest fragments in Denton County, Texas (north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex). Two fragments adjacent to agricultural land, two to residential neighborhoods, and two formally protected forest sites were selected. In summer 2015, five 100 m2 plots were randomly established in each fragment at least 200 meters from the edge. In each plot, all live and dead trees ≥ 3 cm diameter were identified and their height and diameter at breast height (DBH at 1.3 m aboveground) measured. Evidence of dumping (presence of trash) was recorded as an index of human frequentation. Differences in vegetation structure among the forest fragments were found. Most notably, fragments adjacent to agriculture contained 25% to 50% fewer trees per hectare than all other sites (Kruskal-Wallis, p < 0.02), especially trees <10 cm DBH. However, residential fragments had fewer trees that were ≥15 cm DBH compared to the other fragments, indicating that these are the youngest of the forest patches surveyed. Trash was observed in 60% of plots surveyed at residential forest sites, showing high levels of human frequentation compared to the protected and agricultural forest sites. Agricultural sites contained the lowest number of recorded tree species and were most similar to each other, sharing 91% of species. These findings indicate that surrounding land use affects forest structure and composition, consequently affecting valuable ecosystem services including wildlife habitat, aesthetics and recreation.
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Ryu, Hyung Cheal. "Modeling the per capita ecological footprint for Dallas County, Texas: Examining demographic, environmental value, land-use, and spatial influences." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2404.
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This study addresses factors driving the variation in the per capita Ecological
Footprint (EF) in Dallas County, Texas. A main hypothesis was that scientifically
estimated demography, environmental values, spatial attributes, and land-use patterns
surrounding an individual are significant factors in the size of per capita EF. This study
was based on the survey method and GIS routines. Additionally, a multiple regression
method was employed to address the study question. The survey measured respondents??
EF using an ??Ecological Footprint Quiz?? consisting of sixteen questions regarding
individual food, mobility, housing, and goods/services consumption. GIS technologies
were used to objectively measure spatial attributes. The environmental values were
measured by selected questions regarding ecological crises.
This study found from the descriptive analysis that Dallas County??s average
personal EF was 26.4 acres: food (5.1), mobility (3.3), shelter (8.3), and goods and services (9.8). The study indicates that the residents need ecologically productive land
more than 105 times the area of the county.
Based on the explanatory analysis, the following summary points can be made
about the factors driving of the variance, not only in the per capita composite footprint
but also in each of the personal footprint components:
First, a highly educated, non-married, older male living in a high income
household located in a low population density area is more likely to have a larger
personal composite footprint. Second, a person with a weak environmental awareness
living where the ratio of employment opportunities (places to work) is worse, and living
far from freeways and major lakes but close to major malls, is more likely to have a
larger personal food footprint. Third, a younger person living in a high income
household located close to major malls but far from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is more
likely to have a larger mobility footprint. Fourth, a highly educated non-married older
male living in a highly developed area is more likely to have a larger shelter footprint.
Fifth, a highly educated non-married older male living in a high income household
located in a low population density area is more likely to have a larger goods and
services footprint.
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Yarbrough, Trevor S. "Retail Change and Light Rail: an Exploration of Business Location Changes Accompanying Commuter Rail Development in Denton County, Texas." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700058/.
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Within the past few decades, commuter rail routes in several major metropolitan areas have been implemented to provide an alternative to automobile transportation. Urban planners in these cities are looking to commuter rail to mitigate congestion and pollution. However, research on the impacts of commuter rail development on the surrounding retail landscape is still needed. In metropolitan Dallas-Fort Worth, the Denton County Transportation Authority recently opened its new A-Train light rail service linking suburban Denton and downtown Dallas. This thesis examines urban changes that occurred in the years before and after the A-Train line's 2011 opening, with a focus on restaurant and retail development in the vicinity of the A-Train stations in Denton County. This analysis evaluates changes in retail density and type, the population surrounding stations, and municipal initiatives that shape the retail landscape of station vicinities. This was done by gathering field data, retailer listings, population data, and conducting interviews with local businesses and city planners. The findings suggest that A-train stations have had a differential impact on the surrounding landscape, depending on the existing retail landscape, the types of retailers present, and the current state of municipal infrastructure that promotes accessibility. Overall, results suggest that urban planners play a vital role in harnessing the potential of commuter rail to promote nearby retail growth.
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Beckham, Jessica L. "The Influence of Urban Green Spaces on Declining Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849737/.
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Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are adept pollinators of countless cultivated and wild flowering plants, but many species have experienced declines in recent decades. Though urban sprawl has been implicated as a driving force of such losses, urban green spaces hold the potential to serve as habitat islands for bumble bees. As human populations continue to grow and metropolitan areas become larger, the survival of many bumble bee species will hinge on the identification and implementation of appropriate conservation measures at regional and finer scales. North Texas is home to some the fastest-growing urban areas in the country, including Denton County, as well as at least two declining bumble bee species (B. pensylvanicus and B. fraternus). Using a combination of field , molevular DNA and GIS methods I evaluated the persistence of historic bumble bee species in Denton County, and investigated the genetic structure and connectivity of the populations in these spaces. Field sampling resulted in the discovery of both B. pensylvanicus and B. fraternus in Denton County's urban green spaces. While the relative abundance of B. fraternus in these spaces was significantly lower than historic levels gleaned from museum recors, that of B. pensylvanicus was significantly higher. Statistical analyses found that both bare ground and tree cover surrounding sample sites were negatively associated with numbers of bumble bee individuals and hives detected in these green spaces. Additionally, limited genetic structuring of bumble bee populations was detected, leading to the conclusion that extensive gene flow is occurring across populations in Denton County.
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Kim, Hee Ju. "The Relationship between Land Use and Temperature Change in Dallas County, Texas." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-08-905.
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This study examines the relationship between land use and temperature change in Dallas County, TX. The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between temperature and land use and to identify the primary factors contributing to the formation of urban heat islands based on different categories of land use. Specifically, this research analyzes the elements that contribute to the urban heat island effect in Dallas County using temperature data provided by remote sensing imagery and parcel-based land use data using Geographic Information System (GIS) technique and a correlation analysis method, which was employed to analyze the relationship between temperature and land use.
The results of this study showed that every land use category has different temperature averages and those patterns were observed similarly in both 2000 and 2005. Parking, airport, commercial, industrial, and residential areas have relatively high temperatures. In contrast, water, undeveloped area and parks showed relatively low temperatures. Another major finding was ratio of land use composition affected the temperature of census tracts. Correlation analyses of land use and temperature in 2000 and 2005 indicate that various types of land use categories have significant relationships with temperature. Among them commercial, industrial, residential, parking, and infrastructure, are positively associated with temperature, while undeveloped, parks, water, and dedicated areas are negatively associated with temperature. Areas with a high ratio of commercial use showed the highest and undeveloped areas showed the lowest relationship. Furthermore, through the analysis of the relationship between land use and temperature change for five years (2000-2005), this study finds that temperature change depends on the ratio of each land use category change.
The results of this study can help local planning and policy decisions which are related to urban land use planning concerning temperature change such as zoning, environmental regulations and open space preservation.
Books on the topic "Land use – Texas – Burnet County"
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Tennis, Cynthia L. Archaic land use of upper Leon Creek terraces: Archaeological testing in northern Bexar County, Texas. Center for Archaeological Research, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1996.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment. Land interests in Wood County, Texas: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session on H.R. 187, a bill relating to conveyance of certain land for use by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and H.R. 188, a bill relating to the rights and interest of the United States of America under a conservation easement affecting certain land in Wood County, Texas, July 11, 1989. U.S. G.P.O., 1989.
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