Beginning in January 2014, we took over the editorial leadership of the Journal of Land Use Scien... more Beginning in January 2014, we took over the editorial leadership of the Journal of Land Use Science (JLUS). Our primary objective is to develop the journal further into the leading journal for land-use science. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr Richard Aspinall for the service he provided to the land-use science community in launching this journal in 2006, and for his commitment in managing it for the last 8 years. We would also like to reaffirm the goals and editorial vision he set (Aspinall, 2006), as well as highlight a selected array of new research directions and priorities. In this editorial, we will briefly review some important articles that have demonstrated the stated goals of the journal to date. Then, we discuss new areas for publication by highlighting key contemporary research questions in land-use science with scientific and policy relevance.
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 2008
Postsocialist transitions in eastern Europe have focused on the establishment of private property... more Postsocialist transitions in eastern Europe have focused on the establishment of private property rights, often to the exclusion of other aspects of rural land-use systems. After the demise of socialism in 1991, Albania privatized virtually all agricultural land by redistributing formerly ...
... GIS) and remote sensing techniques, we examine landscape patterns at and around the (resident... more ... GIS) and remote sensing techniques, we examine landscape patterns at and around the (residential) parcel level in Monroe County, Indiana ... a general decline in the spatiai extent and connectivity of wetlands, wildlife habitat, and agricultural lands (Buchanan and Acevedo, 1997 ...
This paper presents hedonic analyses designed to estimate the real estate premium from improved a... more This paper presents hedonic analyses designed to estimate the real estate premium from improved access to a regional greenway system in three distinct counties. The hypothesis is tested that unobservable factors relating to the overall economic structure of each county influence how and to what extent access to open space is effectively capitalized into residential sales prices.
Soil moisture shortages adversely affecting agriculture are significantly associated with meteoro... more Soil moisture shortages adversely affecting agriculture are significantly associated with meteorological drought. Because of limited soil moisture observations with which to monitor agricultural drought, characterizing soil moisture using drought indices is of great significance. The relationship between commonly used drought indices and soil moisture is examined here using Chinese surface weather data and calculated station-based drought indices. Outside of northeastern China, surface soil moisture is more affected by drought indices having shorter time scales while deep-layer soil moisture is more related on longer index time scales. Multiscalar drought indices work better than drought indices from two-layer bucket models. The standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) works similarly or better than the standardized precipitation index (SPI) in characterizing soil moisture at different soil layers. In most stations in China, the Z index has a higher correlation wit...
Beginning in January 2014, we took over the editorial leadership of the Journal of Land Use Scien... more Beginning in January 2014, we took over the editorial leadership of the Journal of Land Use Science (JLUS). Our primary objective is to develop the journal further into the leading journal for land-use science. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr Richard Aspinall for the service he provided to the land-use science community in launching this journal in 2006, and for his commitment in managing it for the last 8 years. We would also like to reaffirm the goals and editorial vision he set (Aspinall, 2006), as well as highlight a selected array of new research directions and priorities. In this editorial, we will briefly review some important articles that have demonstrated the stated goals of the journal to date. Then, we discuss new areas for publication by highlighting key contemporary research questions in land-use science with scientific and policy relevance.
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 2008
Postsocialist transitions in eastern Europe have focused on the establishment of private property... more Postsocialist transitions in eastern Europe have focused on the establishment of private property rights, often to the exclusion of other aspects of rural land-use systems. After the demise of socialism in 1991, Albania privatized virtually all agricultural land by redistributing formerly ...
... GIS) and remote sensing techniques, we examine landscape patterns at and around the (resident... more ... GIS) and remote sensing techniques, we examine landscape patterns at and around the (residential) parcel level in Monroe County, Indiana ... a general decline in the spatiai extent and connectivity of wetlands, wildlife habitat, and agricultural lands (Buchanan and Acevedo, 1997 ...
This paper presents hedonic analyses designed to estimate the real estate premium from improved a... more This paper presents hedonic analyses designed to estimate the real estate premium from improved access to a regional greenway system in three distinct counties. The hypothesis is tested that unobservable factors relating to the overall economic structure of each county influence how and to what extent access to open space is effectively capitalized into residential sales prices.
Soil moisture shortages adversely affecting agriculture are significantly associated with meteoro... more Soil moisture shortages adversely affecting agriculture are significantly associated with meteorological drought. Because of limited soil moisture observations with which to monitor agricultural drought, characterizing soil moisture using drought indices is of great significance. The relationship between commonly used drought indices and soil moisture is examined here using Chinese surface weather data and calculated station-based drought indices. Outside of northeastern China, surface soil moisture is more affected by drought indices having shorter time scales while deep-layer soil moisture is more related on longer index time scales. Multiscalar drought indices work better than drought indices from two-layer bucket models. The standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) works similarly or better than the standardized precipitation index (SPI) in characterizing soil moisture at different soil layers. In most stations in China, the Z index has a higher correlation wit...
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