Progress 05/01/99 to 09/30/04
Outputs
Termination report was sent 11/18/2004
Impacts
Though forestland provides many economic and environmental benefits to communities, local land use planners and zoning boards rarely consider forest management as the best use of rural land. This research provides a land use planning methodology for decision-makers and planning commissions that can be tailored to meet specific community objectives for maintaining healthy and productive forestlands. The conflict over land use is inevitable, however this research indicates that a multi-criteria methodology integrated with GIS can be used to examine the most suitable sites for forestland. By promoting increased recognition of forests in the land use planning process, the resulting optimal location of forestland can increase the contribution of forest industry to local economies while providing for additional recreation and environmental services.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/02 to 09/30/03
Outputs
This project examines the use of spatial analysis and decision-making models to support the land use planning process. The general objective of this project is to minimize a landscape's forest fragmentation while satisfying the demand for expanding residential development. The specific objectives of the study are as follows: 1) To create a geo-referenced inventory of land and forest resources of a southern Illinois county. 2) To determine the suitability of land in the study area for two conflicting use categories; forest management and low-density residential development.The evaluation how different preferences for forest management and developmental planning objectives influence the optimal spatial allocation of land uses is complete. An extension of Objective 3 is to design a web-based delivery system of the planning models that have been developed in this study for use by landowners and decision-makers in St. Clair County. The pilot study that was developed
employed the analysis of cluster development potential as an alternative to large lot zoning which tends to consume forestland inefficiently. Darrell Demont completed a thesis on this topic in May of 2003. 3) To evaluate how different preferences for forest management and developmental planning objectives influence the optimal spatial allocation of land uses.
Impacts
Though forestland provides many economic and environmental benefits to communities, local land use planners and zoning boards rarely consider forest management as the best use of rural land. This research provides a land use planning methodology for decision-makers and planning commissions that can be tailored to meet specific community objectives for maintaining healthy and productive forestlands. The conflict over land use is inevitable, however this research indicates that a multi-criteria methodology integrated with GIS can be used to examine the most suitable sites for forestland. By promoting increased recognition of forests in the land use planning process, the resulting optimal location of forestland can increase the contribution of forest industry to local economies while providing for additional recreation and environmental services.
Publications
- Carver, A. D., S. D. Danskin, J. J. Zaczek, J. C. Mangun, and K. W. J. Williard. 2003. A GIS methodology for generating riparian tree planting recommendations. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. In press.
- White, E. M. and A. D. Carver. 2003. Modeling timber mill procurement influence effects on interstate sawlog exportation. Forest Policy and Economics. In press.
- White, E. M. and A. D. Carver. 2003. Diversifying farm income through woodlot management: characteristics of farmer-owned NIPF land in Illinois. In: Proc., 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report NC-234, Ed. J. W. Van Sambeek, J. O. Dawson, F. Ponder Jr., E. F. Louwenstein, and J. S. Fralish. North Central Research Station, St. Paul, Minnesota, pp. 541-546.
- Carver, A. D., M. Lazdinis, C. M. Basman, and J. E. Phelps. 2003. Utilizing geo-spatial analysis in policy evaluation: a case study of the Illinois forestry development act. Poster Presentation at the 5th IUFRO WG 6.13.00 International Symposium on Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development. May 29-31, Zidlochovice, Czech Republic.
- Demont, D. 2003. Promoting Land Conservation through Cluster Development Planning. MS Thesis. Department of Forestry, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
- Carver, A. D. and R. J. Beck. 2002-2003. Illinois Department of Agriculture / Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research. "A Research and Outreach Program to Identify Rural Development Opportunities: Putting the Agriculture and Rural Community Puzzle Together
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Progress 10/01/01 to 09/30/02
Outputs
This project examines the use of spatial analysis and decision-making models to support the land use planning process. The general objective of this project is to minimize a landscape's forest fragmentation while satisfying the demand for expanding residential development. The specific objectives of the study are as follows: 1) To create a geo-referenced inventory of land and forest resources of a southern Illinois county. 2) To determine the suitability of land in the study area for two conflicting use categories; forest management and low-density residential development. 3) To evaluate how different preferences for forest management and developmental planning objectives influence the optimal spatial allocation of land uses. The evaluation how different preferences for forest management and developmental planning objectives influence the optimal spatial allocation of land uses is now complete. An extension of Objective 3 is to design a web-based delivery system of
the planning models that have been developed in this study for use by landowners and decision-makers in St. Clair County. This web-based spatial decision support system will serve as a pilot study that may be developed for the entire region.Objective 1,2 and 3 are complete. Outreach efforts are currently underway with the St. Clair County Plan Commission. A state-of-the-art web server has been obtained and web applications are being developed by Y.Vidyadhar, an electrical engineering masters student.
Impacts
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Publications
- Carver, Andrew D., J. G. Lee, and Dennis LeMaster. (2002). A dynamic model for intertemporal allocation of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Environmental Management. 66:4 pp. 455-463.*
- White, Eric. M. and Andrew D. Carver (in press) "Characteristics of Farmer-Owned NIFP Land in Illinois" In Proceedings of the Thirteenth Biannual Central Hardwood Forest Conference. April 1-3 2002, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
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Progress 01/01/01 to 12/31/01
Outputs
This project examines the use of spatial analysis and decision-making models to support the land use planning process. The general objective of this project is to minimize a landscape's forest fragmentation while satisfying the demand for expanding residential development. The specific objectives of the study are as follows: 1) To create a geo-referenced inventory of land and forest resources of a southern Illinois county. 2) To determine the suitability of land in the study area for two conflicting use categories; forest management and low-density residential development. 3) To evaluate how different preferences for forest management and developmental planning objectives influence the optimal spatial allocation of land uses. Objective 1, 2 and 3 Completed Outreach efforts are currently being organized with the St. Clair County Plan Commission. Journal manuscripts are under development. An extension is requested to fulfill an additional objective as outlined below.
New Objective 4 Spatial Decision Support System The evaluation how different preferences for forest management and developmental planning objectives influence the optimal spatial allocation of land uses is now complete. An extension of Objective 3 is to design a web-based delivery system of the planning models that have been developed in this study for use by landowners and decision-makers in St. Clair County. This web-based spatial decision support system will serve as a pilot study that may be developed for the entire region.
Impacts
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Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/99 to 09/30/00
Outputs
This project examines the use of spatial analysis and decision-making models to support the land use planning process. The general objective of this project is to minimize a landscape's forest fragmentation while satisfying the demand for expanding residential development. The specific objectives of the study are as follows: To create a geo-referenced inventory of land and forest resources of a southern Illinois county. To determine the suitability of land in the study area for two conflicting use categories; forest management and low-density residential development. To evaluate how different preferences for forest management and developmental planning objectives influence the optimal spatial allocation of land uses. The first two objectives have been completed. The multi-objective problem examined in this study is that of designating desired future land use in the study area. An analysis to compare the forestland designation described in the St. Clair County Land Use
Plan to the results of the forestland suitability analysis performed in Objective 2 is now complete. Results indicate that optimal forestland allocation diverges greatly from the forest designation in the County Plan. Outreach efforts are currently being organized with the St. Clair County Plan Commission. Journal manuscripts are under development.
Impacts
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Publications
- Caselton, Anthony and Andrew D. Carver. 2000. Maintaining Forestland in Urbanizing St. Clair County using GIS. Proceedings of the 1999 Fall Meeting of the Illinois Society of American Foresters. October 14-15, 1999. Fairview Heights, Illinois.
- Caselton, Anthony. 2000 Optimizing Forestland Allocation in Urbanizing St. Clair County. M.S. Thesis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale , Illinois.
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Progress 10/01/98 to 09/30/99
Outputs
This project examines the use of spatial analysis and decision-making models to support the land use planning process. The general objective is to minimuze a landscape's forest fragmentation while satisfying the demand for expanding residential development. St. Clair County in southwest Illinois was chosen as the study area because it contains 85,000 acres of forest including large contiguous tracts of bottomland hardwoods. The county is characterized by increasing human population adn sprawling patterns of urbanization as metropolitan East St. Louis expands. High-resolution digitized survey data was available to be incorporated into the GIS database. The suitability analysis procedure identified major criteria and spatial relationships that influence the future use of any given 30x30 meter parcel of land within the study area. Criteria identified that affect forest management suitability included soil productivity, proximity to streams and floodplains, size and
degree of fragmentation of the forested tract and proximity to other forested tracts. GIS map layers have been created for each of the criteria using Arcview and ArcInfo software. The multi-objective problem examined in this study is that of designating desired future land use in the study area. An analysis underway is the comparison of the forestland designation described in the St. Clair County Land Use Plan to the results of the forestland suitability analysis performed. Preliminary results indicate that optimal forestland allocation diverges greatly from the forest designation in the County Plan.
Impacts
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Publications
- Carver, Andrew D. and John G. Lee. 1999. Reducing the Conflicts Between Rural and Urban Land Use: The Application of GIS Modeling to Land Use Planning. Proceedings of the Natural Resources and Your Development Conference. March 2-4, 1999. Peoria, IL.
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