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INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS OF LAND USE / TREE COVER IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA
By
Russell M. Abbott
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF SCIENCE
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
December 2012
Copyright 2012 Russell M. Abbott
Object Description
| Title | Investigation and analysis of land use/land cover to determine the impact of policy developments in cities |
| Author | Abbott, Russell M. |
| Author email | ra2616@dslextreme.com |
| Degree | Master of Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Geographic Information Science and Technology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-11-05 |
| Date submitted | 2012-11-05 |
| Date approved | 2012-11-05 |
| Restricted until | 2012-11-05 |
| Date published | 2012-11-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Longcore, Travis |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Swift, Jennifer Wilson, John |
| Abstract | This investigation and analysis of land use/tree cover was conducted to determine the impact of land-use policy developments in a major city. The City of Riverside was selected as a case study for this investigation because it had the necessary attributes: aerial photos of the study area over two decades, including two different yet comparable areas, one under a form of land use restriction with politically active citizenry interested in preserving their agricultural heritage. The research question is, can land use policy changes be analyzed for effectiveness by analyzing changes in land use and tree cover over time? Land use is defined herein as residential, farmland, or orchards. Aerial imagery covering a 50-year time span was collected and loaded into a GIS system for analysis. The GIS analysis included identification of land use types, imagery analysis of tree cover, and the correlation of the imagery analysis with land use policy using a feature analyst/computer–aided classification system. The research identified a significant reduction in tree cover due to the transition from orchards to residential land use. The results illustrate the land use and tree cover consequences of greenspace conservation policies adopted by the City of Riverside in 1979 and 1987. These results indicate that changes to land use and tree cover can be linked to policy developments in major southern California cities. The challenges in conducting this research included the acquisition of aerial imagery data sets, and analytical tool selection for measuring land use and tree cover which could be accurately associated with local, state and Federal policy development. Remaining questions include the correlation of census and property tax roles to the land use changes that have been identified. |
| Keyword | green cover; green belt; land use; land-use policy; agricultural heritage |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Abbott, Russell M. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-AbbottRuss-1269.pdf |
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| Full text | INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS OF LAND USE / TREE COVER IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA By Russell M. Abbott A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF SCIENCE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY December 2012 Copyright 2012 Russell M. Abbott |
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