scholarly journals Land-use change, economics, and rural well-being in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States

Fact Sheet ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Gascoigne ◽  
Dana L.K. Hoag ◽  
Rex R. Johnson ◽  
Lynne M. Koontz ◽  
Catherine Cullinane Thomas
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Prairie Pothole Region ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prairie Pothole

Land use and climate affect Black Tern, Northern Harrier, and Marsh Wren abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States

The Condor ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg M. Forcey ◽  
Wayne E. Thogmartin ◽  
George M. Linz ◽  
Patrick C. McKann
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Prairie Pothole Region ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prairie Pothole ◽  
Black Tern

CLIMATE CHANGE AND FUTURE LAND USE IN THE UNITED STATES: AN ECONOMIC APPROACH

2011 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
pp. 27-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID HAIM ◽  
RALPH J. ALIG ◽  
ANDREW J. PLANTINGA ◽  
BRENT SOHNGEN
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Cropland Area ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Net Returns

An econometric land-use model is used to project regional and national land-use changes in the United States under two IPCC emissions scenarios. The key driver of land-use change in the model is county-level measures of net returns to five major land uses. The net returns are modified for the IPCC scenarios according to assumed trends in population and income and projections from integrated assessment models of agricultural prices and agricultural and forestry yields. For both scenarios, we project large increases in urban land by the middle of the century, while the largest declines are in cropland area. Significant differences among regions in the projected patterns of land-use change are evident, including an expansion of forests in the Mountain and Plains regions with declines elsewhere. Comparisons to projections with no climate change effects on prices and yields reveal relatively small differences. Thus, our findings suggest that future land-use patterns in the U.S. will be shaped largely by urbanization, with climate change having a relatively small influence.

Threats and opportunities for freshwater conservation under future land use change scenarios in the United States

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastián Martinuzzi ◽  
Stephanie R. Januchowski-Hartley ◽  
Brenda M. Pracheil ◽  
Peter B. McIntyre ◽  
Andrew J. Plantinga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
The United States ◽  
Freshwater Conservation
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