Beyond fragmentation at the fringe: A path-dependent, high-resolution analysis of urban land cover in Phoenix, Arizona

Kane, Kevin; Connors, John P.; Galletti, Christopher S.

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.05.002

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“…Integrating spatial metrics with remote sensing and GIS can help examine different structural dimensions of land changes in urban areas, such as location, distribution, size, shape, and arrangement, which are important variables in quantifying urban sprawl. A variety of spatial metrics have been proposed and applied to quantify different spatial characteristics of urban areas, such as fragmentation (e.g., Kane, Connors, & Galletti, 2014;Zhang, York, Boone, & Shrestha, 2013), shape complexity (e.g., Wu, Darrel Jenerette, Buyantuyev, & Redman, 2011), and heterogeneity (e.g., Taubenboeck & Kraff, 2014). Given the complexity of the urban environment and its dynamics by nature, it is necessary to select multiple measurements in order to characterize different types of spatial patterns (Siedentop & Fina, 2010).…”

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“…Since the middle of the 20th century, there have been major increases in the area of impervious surface and numbers of residential parcels and neighborhoods with different levels of vegetation and bare soil (including rock and desert surfaces). Residential landscape composition-variations of turf lawns to xeric-and desert-scapes-are associated with the period of development, rules of Home Owner Associations (HOAs), and income levels, among other factors (Chow & Brazel, 2012;Kane, Connors, & Galletti, 2014;Larson, White, Gober, Harlan, & Wutich, 2009b;Sha & Tian, 2010;Shrestha, York, Boone, & Zhang, 2012;Turner & Ibes, 2011). For the most part, the presence of vegetation and open greenspaces beyond residential parcels (e.g., parks and golf courses) varies across the city, with lower levels of both apparently related to lower income and Hispanic neighborhoods in Phoenix proper (Harlan et al, 2006;Jenerette et al, 2011).…”

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Remote sensing of the surface urban heat island and land architecture in Phoenix, Arizona: Combined effects of land composition and configuration and cadastral–demographic–economic factors

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This study seeks to determine the role of land architecture-the composition and configuration of land cover-as well as cadastral-demographic-economic factors on land surface temperature (LST) and the surface urban heat island effect of Phoenix, Arizona. It employs 1 m National Agricultural Imagery Program data of land-cover with 120 m Landsat-derived land surface temperature, decomposed to 30 m, a new measure of configuration, the normalized moment of inertia, and U.S. Census data to address the question for two randomly selected samples comprising 523 and 545 residential neighborhoods (census blocks) in the city. The results indicate that, contrary to most other studies, land configuration has a stronger influence on LST than land composition. In addition, both land configuration and architecture combined with cadastral, demographic, and economic variables, capture a significant amount of explained variance in LST. The results indicate that attention to land architecture in the development of or reshaping of neighborhoods may ameliorate the summer extremes in LST.

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“…Fragmentation decreases biodiversity (Beninde, Veith, & Hochkirch, 2015;Dramstad et al, 1996;Faeth & Kane, 1978;Jaeger et al, 2008;Jaeger, Soukup, Madriñán, Schwick, & Kienast, 2011;Kane, Connors, & Galletti, 2014). Levels of fragmentation vary significantly in TiB, depending on the elements that fragment landscape, and thereby block species dispersion and human mobility.…”

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Comparing the Landscape Fragmentation and Accessibility of Green Spaces in Territories-in-Between across Europe

Wandl

2017

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To improve the positive effects provided by green spaces on human well-being in dispersed urban areas is a key challenge for sustainable spatial development in Europe. This article presents a methodology that allows for the comparison of the potential of green spaces in Territories-in-Between across Europe, in a way that crosses the fields of urban ecology and urbanism. The article adds to the existing knowledge and understanding of the relation between the spatial organisation of systems of green spaces and their accessibility to biodiversity and human well-being. Firstly, it adapts the fragmentation index in a way that it can be applied to the specific spatial characteristics of Territories-in-Between. Secondly, it combines the fragmentation index with an indicator for accessibility of green spaces, in order to integrate aspects of ecology, human well-being and the spatial heterogeneity of the relation between them. The methodology is applied to ten areas across western Europe in order to inform decision and policy makers including urban planners, designers and environmental agencies to be able to assess the potential of system of green spaces for biological diversity and human well-being in an integrated manner.

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Beyond fragmentation at the fringe: A path-dependent, high-resolution analysis of urban land cover in Phoenix, Arizona

Cited by 43 publications

References 54 publications

Monitoring land changes in an urban area using satellite imagery, GIS and landscape metrics

Monitoring land changes in an urban area using satellite imagery, GIS and landscape metrics

Remote sensing of the surface urban heat island and land architecture in Phoenix, Arizona: Combined effects of land composition and configuration and cadastral–demographic–economic factors

Comparing the Landscape Fragmentation and Accessibility of Green Spaces in Territories-in-Between across Europe

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