Advancing contiguous environmental land allocation analysis, planning and modeling
ABSTRACTThe identification or delineation of a spatially contiguous area within a larger region is an important land use planning problem and is utilized across a range of disciplines and management contexts. This involves the selection of individual spatial units, such as parcels, forest stands, ma...
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| author | Alan T. Murray Richard L. Church B. Amelia Pludow Peter Stine |
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| description | ABSTRACTThe identification or delineation of a spatially contiguous area within a larger region is an important land use planning problem and is utilized across a range of disciplines and management contexts. This involves the selection of individual spatial units, such as parcels, forest stands, management areas, etc., for an intended goal, purpose, usage and/or activity with constraints on maximum size along with contiguity requirements. The goal of this paper is to present a new spatial optimization model that can be used to simultaneously delineate single or multiple patches, where each is a contiguous set of individual spatial units, meets specific size requirements and is spatially distinct. We structure this new model as a mixed integer-linear program. We also present an application of this new model to a land management problem encountered by the USDA Forest Service involving wildfire mitigation efforts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3476fa0b21a84243b0afb4cb854c345f2024-03-25T18:27:59ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Land Use Science1747-423X1747-42482022-01-0117157259010.1080/1747423X.2022.2041120Advancing contiguous environmental land allocation analysis, planning and modelingAlan T. Murray0Richard L. Church1B. Amelia Pludow2Peter Stine3Department of Geography, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USDepartment of Geography, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USDepartment of Geography, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USUs Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Washington, USABSTRACTThe identification or delineation of a spatially contiguous area within a larger region is an important land use planning problem and is utilized across a range of disciplines and management contexts. This involves the selection of individual spatial units, such as parcels, forest stands, management areas, etc., for an intended goal, purpose, usage and/or activity with constraints on maximum size along with contiguity requirements. The goal of this paper is to present a new spatial optimization model that can be used to simultaneously delineate single or multiple patches, where each is a contiguous set of individual spatial units, meets specific size requirements and is spatially distinct. We structure this new model as a mixed integer-linear program. We also present an application of this new model to a land management problem encountered by the USDA Forest Service involving wildfire mitigation efforts.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1747423X.2022.2041120Land acquisitionpatch delineationspatial optimizationwildfirecontiguity |
| spellingShingle | Alan T. Murray Richard L. Church B. Amelia Pludow Peter Stine Advancing contiguous environmental land allocation analysis, planning and modeling Journal of Land Use Science Land acquisition patch delineation spatial optimization wildfire contiguity |
| title | Advancing contiguous environmental land allocation analysis, planning and modeling |
| title_full | Advancing contiguous environmental land allocation analysis, planning and modeling |
| title_fullStr | Advancing contiguous environmental land allocation analysis, planning and modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advancing contiguous environmental land allocation analysis, planning and modeling |
| title_short | Advancing contiguous environmental land allocation analysis, planning and modeling |
| title_sort | advancing contiguous environmental land allocation analysis planning and modeling |
| topic | Land acquisition patch delineation spatial optimization wildfire contiguity |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1747423X.2022.2041120 |
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