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Nov. 5, 2009

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Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
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Highlands Regional Study: Connecticut and Pennsylvania Updates

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 5.
Chapter 1. Introduction 7.
Chapter 2. Conserved Land 11.
Chapter 3. Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Trends 15.
Chapter 4. Forest Resources Characteristics and Trends 27.
Chapter 5. Agricultural Resources Characteristics and Trends 63.
Chapter 6. Zoning Build-out Analysis 89.
Chapter 7. Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover 105.
Chapter 8. Models of Land Use/Land Cover 139.
Chapter 9. Impacts of Land Use/Land Cover Change on the Resources of the Highlands 183.
Chapter 10. Development Risk on High Conservation Value Lands 197.
References 215.
Appendices
1. Definitions of Fragmentation Categories 219.
2. Types of Zoning Build-Out Analyses 220.
3. Muncipality Zoning Build-Out Data 222.
4. Description of GEOMOD 237.
5. Agricultural Key Informant Survey 244.
6. Connecticut Data 249.
7. Pennsylvania Data 308.

             
             


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