Urban Land Evaluation and Site Assessment in Florida

Soil Horizons ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
G. W. Hurt ◽  
R. B. Brown ◽  
P. E. Pilny
Keyword(s):  
Urban Land ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Site Assessment

Land evaluation and site assessment: mapping for planning purposes

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-201
Author(s):  
W. R. Dearman
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
British Geological Survey ◽  
Site Assessment ◽  
Thematic Mapping ◽  
Direct Applicability

AbstractMaps and plans represent essential tools of the trade for planners and applied earth scientists alike, and thematic maps produced by geologists should be able to be understood by planners. Geology, geotechnics, geomorphology, hydrogeology and related sciences can provide essential data on some of the constraints to development and resources for development. Recognition of these permits safer, more cost- effective planning and development, and allows rational decisions to be taken as far as the exploitation of resources is concerned. Consequently the Department of Environment had been commissioning research to investigate the best means of collecting, collating, interpreting and presenting, in sets of maps and reports, geological results of direct applicability to land-use planning. For example, some years ago initial studies in thematic mapping were undertaken by the British Geological Survey and more recently a number of private consultants have carried out such work. Unfortunately, the results of some of these surveys have not, as yet, been published.

Using Participatory GIS to Improve Community Land Use Decisions

2014 ◽  
pp. 68-82
Author(s):  
Leah Greden Mathews ◽  
Art Rex ◽  
Anne Lancaster
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Public Values ◽  
Site Assessment ◽  
Participatory Gis ◽  
Land Use Decisions ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Cost Effective Method

Community land use decisions benefit from spatially explicit community preferences; yet, the methods for incorporating the preferences for intangible values are challenging to represent spatially. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an introduction to the Total Value Assessment Tool for Farmland (TVAL-Farm), a tool that incorporates scenic quality and cultural heritage elements to create an enhanced Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) model. The chapter describes the development of TVAL-Farm and its implications for farmland preservation in Western North Carolina. The enhancement of the LESA model created by TVAL-Farm provides insight and a framework on how to collect and incorporate qualitative public values within the quantitative environment of a Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Inclusion of these public values is essential for holistically valuing land parcels and understanding community land use preferences. Increased use of modern technologies in the data collection process will promote a cost-effective method of community participation and engagement.

Land evaluation and site assessment (hazard and risk)

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 273-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Fookes
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Risk Evaluation ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Site Assessment ◽  
Hazard Risk ◽  
The World ◽  
Hazard And Risk ◽  
Risk Maps

AbstractMost natural hazards can be dealt with be measures involving avoidance or prevention, the causes of such hazards being relatively well understood so that identification and prediction (admittedly not in absolute terms) can be made. Nonetheless in many parts of the world, the response to natural hazards by means of risk evaluation and consequent land use planning is lacking. Many methods are available to evaluate the risk which potential hazards present. The results can be used to produce hazard-risk maps. It could be another generation or two before there is enough user generated feedback to help establish a model for mapmakers to follow.

Use of agricultural land evaluation and site assessment in Whitman County, Washington, USA

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Tyler ◽  
Liese Hunter ◽  
Frederick Steiner ◽  
Dennis Roe
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Site Assessment

Agricultural land evaluation and site assessment in Latah County, Idaho, USA

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Stamm ◽  
Ron Gill ◽  
Kari Page
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Site Assessment

TVAL-Farm

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Art Rex ◽  
Leah Greden Mathews ◽  
Anne Lancaster
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Public Values ◽  
Site Assessment ◽  
Land Protection

The Total Value Assessment Tool for Farmland (TVAL-Farm) is a tool which incorporates scenic quality and cultural heritage elements to create an enhanced Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) model. The enhancement of the LESA model provides insight and a framework on how to collect and incorporate qualitative public values within the quantitative environment of a Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Inclusion of these public values is essential for holistically valuing land parcels and using LESA to make land protection decisions.

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