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2. Zuwanderung in touristisch geprägte Alpengemeinden : am Beispiel Garmisch-Partenkirchen und Mittenwald
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Standl, Christina and Standl, Christina
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eingereicht von Christina Standl, BA, Universität Innsbruck, Masterarbeit, 2019, (VLID)4340052
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- 2019
3. Economic Globalization and Interregional Agglomeration in a Multi-Country and Multi-Regional Neoclassical Growth Model
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Zhang, Wei-Bin and Zhang, Wei-Bin
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The purpose of this paper is to extend the well-known Uzawa twosector model for a national economy to a global economy with any number of countries and any number of regions within each country. It studies international and interregional economic development with interactions among wealth accumulation, amenity change and economic structure under assumptions of profit maximization, utility maximization, and perfect competition. The model shows endogenous interregional and international trade patterns on the basis of microeconomic foundation. We deal with the complicated issues by applying Zhang’s alternative approach to households’ behavior. We simulate the motion of the multi-country and multi-region global economy, identify the existence of an equilibrium point, and confirm the stability of the equilibrium point. We carry out comparative dynamic analysis with regard to the total factor productivity of region’s industrial sectors, total factor productivity of region’s service sectors, propensities to save, regional amenity parameters, propensities to consume housing, and the national population effect on amenity., El objetivo de este artículo es generalizar el conocido modelo de Uzawa de dos sectores para una economía nacional para su aplicación en contextos globales con muchos países y muchas regiones dentro de cada país. Se estudia el desarrollo económico internacional e interregional a través de un modelo de equilibrio general donde se considera la acumulación de riqueza, el intercambio de recursos y la estructura económica bajo los supuestos de maximización de beneficios y utilidad y competencia perfecta. Para ello se aplica el modelo alternativo de Zhang sobre el comportamiento de los hogares simulándolo para un contexto multi-país y multi-región en una economía global, identificando la existencia del equilibrio y confirmando la estabilidad del mismo. Adicionalmente, se realiza un análisis comparativo dinámico para la productividad total de los factores, tanto del sector industrial como del terciario en cada región, así como de la propensión del ahorro, la asignación regional de recursos, la propensión al consumo de los hogares y los efectos de la población.
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- 2016
4. Economic Globalization and Interregional Agglomeration in a Multi-Country and Multi-Regional Neoclassical Growth Model
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Zhang, Wei-Bin and Zhang, Wei-Bin
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The purpose of this paper is to extend the well-known Uzawa twosector model for a national economy to a global economy with any number of countries and any number of regions within each country. It studies international and interregional economic development with interactions among wealth accumulation, amenity change and economic structure under assumptions of profit maximization, utility maximization, and perfect competition. The model shows endogenous interregional and international trade patterns on the basis of microeconomic foundation. We deal with the complicated issues by applying Zhang’s alternative approach to households’ behavior. We simulate the motion of the multi-country and multi-region global economy, identify the existence of an equilibrium point, and confirm the stability of the equilibrium point. We carry out comparative dynamic analysis with regard to the total factor productivity of region’s industrial sectors, total factor productivity of region’s service sectors, propensities to save, regional amenity parameters, propensities to consume housing, and the national population effect on amenity., El objetivo de este artículo es generalizar el conocido modelo de Uzawa de dos sectores para una economía nacional para su aplicación en contextos globales con muchos países y muchas regiones dentro de cada país. Se estudia el desarrollo económico internacional e interregional a través de un modelo de equilibrio general donde se considera la acumulación de riqueza, el intercambio de recursos y la estructura económica bajo los supuestos de maximización de beneficios y utilidad y competencia perfecta. Para ello se aplica el modelo alternativo de Zhang sobre el comportamiento de los hogares simulándolo para un contexto multi-país y multi-región en una economía global, identificando la existencia del equilibrio y confirmando la estabilidad del mismo. Adicionalmente, se realiza un análisis comparativo dinámico para la productividad total de los factores, tanto del sector industrial como del terciario en cada región, así como de la propensión del ahorro, la asignación regional de recursos, la propensión al consumo de los hogares y los efectos de la población.
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- 2016
5. The paradox of engagement: Land stewardship and invasive weeds in amenity landscapes
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Klepeis, Peter, Gill, Nicholas J, Klepeis, Peter, and Gill, Nicholas J
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In New South Wales, Australia, rural landscapes are undergoing profound change as a result of exurbanization. Newcomers-amenity migrants-are drawn to the scenic beaches, forests, and open landscape character of this part of Australia near Sydney and they join existing communities of long-term residents, notably ranchers involved in dairy, beef, and other types of primary agricultural production. The rural to exurban transition is stimulating both intended and unintended socio-ecological changes, especially the proliferation of invasive weeds, which are considered to be a top national priority as they threaten Australia's agricultural economy. Drawing on interview and survey research from three case studies in New South Wales, locations where an influx of exurbanites has led to mixed landscapes of production and consumption, we explore landowners' diverse environmental ideologies, the degree to which they collaborate with one another, and their specific land-use practices. Results show that an overwhelming majority of both exurbanites and ranchers express concerns about weeds, but there is a marked lack of coordinated engagement on invasive species between the two types of groups. This chapter is an example of social disengagement over land-use and land-cover change, rather than competition or cooperation, and contributes to a political ecological understanding of the co-construction of social relations and land management regimes.
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- 2016
6. The paradox of engagement: Land stewardship and invasive weeds in amenity landscapes
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Klepeis, Peter, Gill, Nicholas J, Klepeis, Peter, and Gill, Nicholas J
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In New South Wales, Australia, rural landscapes are undergoing profound change as a result of exurbanization. Newcomers-amenity migrants-are drawn to the scenic beaches, forests, and open landscape character of this part of Australia near Sydney and they join existing communities of long-term residents, notably ranchers involved in dairy, beef, and other types of primary agricultural production. The rural to exurban transition is stimulating both intended and unintended socio-ecological changes, especially the proliferation of invasive weeds, which are considered to be a top national priority as they threaten Australia's agricultural economy. Drawing on interview and survey research from three case studies in New South Wales, locations where an influx of exurbanites has led to mixed landscapes of production and consumption, we explore landowners' diverse environmental ideologies, the degree to which they collaborate with one another, and their specific land-use practices. Results show that an overwhelming majority of both exurbanites and ranchers express concerns about weeds, but there is a marked lack of coordinated engagement on invasive species between the two types of groups. This chapter is an example of social disengagement over land-use and land-cover change, rather than competition or cooperation, and contributes to a political ecological understanding of the co-construction of social relations and land management regimes.
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- 2016
7. Valuation of Amenities in the Housing Market : A Hedonic Price Approach
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Adam, Liljeroos, Hjalmarsson, Gabriel, Adam, Liljeroos, and Hjalmarsson, Gabriel
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This paper intends to examine what fraction of house prices can be accredited to the distance between residential properties and proximity to parks, water and city centers. Although a large body of work on the subject of amenities and house prices using a hedonic model already exists, we wish to contribute with an in-depth analysis on these variables of focus. The empirical analysis uses a dataset concerning 8319 single family house purchases in the Swedish municipality of Jönköping, collected during the years 2000 to 2011. The main findings show that house prices are negatively effected as the distance increases to amenities and that by testing for land value as the dependent variable, we highlight the importance of geographical location while ignoring charac-teristics surrounding the house.
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- 2015
8. Fractal Analysis Of Colors And Shapes For Natural And Urbanscapes URBANSCAPES
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Wang, Jianhua, Ogawa, Susumu, Wang, Jianhua, and Ogawa, Susumu
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Fractal analysis has been applied in many fields since it was proposed by Mandelbrot in 1967. Fractal dimension is a basic parameter of fractal analysis. According to the difference of fractal dimensions for images, natural landscapes and urbanscapes could be differentiated, which is of great significance. In this paper, two methods were used for two types of landscape images to discuss the difference between natural landscapes and urbanscapes. Traditionally, a box-counting method was adopted to evaluate the shape of grayscale images. On the other way, for the spatial distributions of RGB values in images, the fractal Brownian motion (fBm) model was employed to calculate the fractal dimensions of colour images for two types of landscape images. From the results, the fractal dimensions of natural landscape images were lower than that of urbanscapes for both grayscale images and colour images with two types of methods. Moreover, the spatial distributions of RGB values in images were clearly related with the fractal dimensions. The results indicated that there was obvious difference (about 0.09) between the fractal dimensions for two kinds of landscapes. It was worthy to mention that when the correlation coefficient is 0 in the semivariogram, the fractal dimension is 2, which means that when the RGB values are completely random for their locations in the colour image, the fractal dimension becomes 3. Two kinds of fractal dimensions could evaluate the shape and the color distributions of landscapes and discriminate the natural landscapes from urbanscapes clearly., 2015 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment; Berlin; Germany; 11 May 2015 through 15 May 2015, ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XL-7/W3, pp.1431-1438; 2015
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- 2015
9. Valuation of Amenities in the Housing Market : A Hedonic Price Approach
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Adam, Liljeroos, Hjalmarsson, Gabriel, Adam, Liljeroos, and Hjalmarsson, Gabriel
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This paper intends to examine what fraction of house prices can be accredited to the distance between residential properties and proximity to parks, water and city centers. Although a large body of work on the subject of amenities and house prices using a hedonic model already exists, we wish to contribute with an in-depth analysis on these variables of focus. The empirical analysis uses a dataset concerning 8319 single family house purchases in the Swedish municipality of Jönköping, collected during the years 2000 to 2011. The main findings show that house prices are negatively effected as the distance increases to amenities and that by testing for land value as the dependent variable, we highlight the importance of geographical location while ignoring charac-teristics surrounding the house.
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- 2015
10. Landscape preferences, amenity, and bushfire risk in New South Wales, Australia
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Gill, Nicholas J, Dun, Olivia V, Brennan-Horley, Christopher R, Eriksen, Christine, Gill, Nicholas J, Dun, Olivia V, Brennan-Horley, Christopher R, and Eriksen, Christine
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This paper examines landscape preferences of residents in amenity-rich bushfire-prone landscapes in New South Wales, Australia. Insights are provided into vegetation preferences in areas where properties neighbor large areas of native vegetation, such as national parks, or exist within a matrix of cleared and vegetated private and public land. In such areas, managing fuel loads in the proximity of houses is likely to reduce the risk of house loss and damage. Preferences for vegetation appearance and structure were related to varying fuel loads, particularly the density of understorey vegetation and larger trees. The study adopted a qualitative visual research approach, which used ranking and photo-elicitation as part of a broader interview. A visual approach aids in focusing on outcomes of fuel management interventions, for example, by using the same photo scenes to firstly derive residents' perceptions of amenity and secondly, residents' perceptions of bushfire risk. The results are consistent with existing research on landscape preferences; residents tend to prefer relatively open woodland or forest landscapes with good visual and physical access but with elements that provoke their interest. Overall, residents' landscape preferences were found to be consistent with vegetation management that reduces bushfire risk to houses. The terms in which preferences were expressed provide scope for agency engagement with residents in order to facilitate management that meets amenity and hazard reduction goals on private land.
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- 2015
11. Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales: A Battleground between urban consolidation and green amenity
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Mcgregor, Luke, Kelly, Andrew H, Mcgregor, Luke, and Kelly, Andrew H
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In recent decades, the New South Wales State government in Australia has strongly shifted its urban policies towards residential consolidation. This means increased population densities throughout Sydney and its suburbs, prompting battles initiated by frustrated local communities and their elected local government authorities. This article examines the origins and development of planning law in New South Wales, encompassing green amenity. Ku-ring-gai Council in Sydney’s leafy northern suburbs provides a pertinent case study. It presents a “hot bed” of both ongoing New South Wales Government pressure for high-rise apartment buildings and fierce community backlash. Suburban densification raises concerns such as social impact, biodiversity loss and disappearance of environmental heritage. In addition, the opportunity for community input in the planning system is questionable. Ku-ring-gai is widely known for its well-resourced citizens who are eager to confront the heavy hand of the State government and retain their gracious homes and established gardens. On the other hand, if Sydney is to restrain urban sprawl and forge ahead with urban consolidation, should Ku-ring-gai remain as an island protecting its “green jewel”, or accept greater densification?
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- 2015
12. The coexistence of amenity and biodiversity in urban landscapes
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Ives, Christopher D, Kelly, Andrew H, Ives, Christopher D, and Kelly, Andrew H
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Amenity is a long-standing component of town planning and municipal governance. Biodiversity is a far more recent concept, yet interpreting the conservation mandate in a local context is a significant challenge for landscape and urban planners. This article explores the concepts of amenity and biodiversity and investigates their compatibility in an urbanising world. Their historical expression in law and urban planning is considered, and empirical research on the links between human well-being, green environments and biodiversity is reviewed. We argue that amenity is an underutilised vehicle for achieving biodiversity goals in line with new urban greening paradigms because of its long-standing currency with planning professionals. However, conflict between biodiversity and amenity can arise in practice, depending on a city’s social–ecological context. These challenges can be overcome through setting clear objectives, utilising scientific evidence, engaging with local communities and ensuring landscape policy is sufficiently flexible to accommodate local needs and characteristics.
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- 2015
13. Three essays on forestry economics and management
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Xu, Ying and Xu, Ying
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Forest management strategies directly affect landowner welfare, and factors ranging from natural disturbances to institutional environments play important roles in influencing the outcomes for both landowners and society. This dissertation, consisting of three essays, delves into the forest sectors in both developed and developing countries with an aim of uncovering the impacts of various factors in forest management, as well as resulting welfare changes felt by landowners and society. The first essay extends previous literature on natural disturbances and forest management, where a single disturbance and immediate clearcut after it are always assumed, through the introduction of multiple disturbances and flexible harvest timing. A Faustmann-type rotation model is developed and used to guide simulations of loblolly pine management in the southern United States. We show that failure to consider the possibility of multiple disturbances and the oversimplification of harvest rules after a single disturbance leads to suboptimal harvest decisions. The second essay further extends the natural disturbance literature by considering the amenity value of unharvested forests in addition to timber value. As before, multiple types of disturbances as well as flexible harvest timing are incorporated into a Hartmann-type framework. Alternative amenity functions are employed in the simulations in which socially optimal harvest strategies are derived. We further examine the discrepancies between optimal harvest decisions of the landowner and those of the social planner, and compute social costs of ignoring amenity value. Our results show that ignoring amenity value can generate social costs and render harvest decisions socially suboptimal. Forest production in developing countries also suffers from institutional weaknesses that distorts household decision making. The third essay therefore investigates impacts of village democracy on rural household welfare in China through changes in
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- 2014
14. Three essays on forestry economics and management
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Xu, Ying and Xu, Ying
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Forest management strategies directly affect landowner welfare, and factors ranging from natural disturbances to institutional environments play important roles in influencing the outcomes for both landowners and society. This dissertation, consisting of three essays, delves into the forest sectors in both developed and developing countries with an aim of uncovering the impacts of various factors in forest management, as well as resulting welfare changes felt by landowners and society. The first essay extends previous literature on natural disturbances and forest management, where a single disturbance and immediate clearcut after it are always assumed, through the introduction of multiple disturbances and flexible harvest timing. A Faustmann-type rotation model is developed and used to guide simulations of loblolly pine management in the southern United States. We show that failure to consider the possibility of multiple disturbances and the oversimplification of harvest rules after a single disturbance leads to suboptimal harvest decisions. The second essay further extends the natural disturbance literature by considering the amenity value of unharvested forests in addition to timber value. As before, multiple types of disturbances as well as flexible harvest timing are incorporated into a Hartmann-type framework. Alternative amenity functions are employed in the simulations in which socially optimal harvest strategies are derived. We further examine the discrepancies between optimal harvest decisions of the landowner and those of the social planner, and compute social costs of ignoring amenity value. Our results show that ignoring amenity value can generate social costs and render harvest decisions socially suboptimal. Forest production in developing countries also suffers from institutional weaknesses that distorts household decision making. The third essay therefore investigates impacts of village democracy on rural household welfare in China through changes in
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- 2014
15. Amenity migrants, animals and ambivalent natures: more-than-human encounters at home in the rural residential estate
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Gillon, Charles and Gillon, Charles
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In light of increased development pressure in rural landscapes, understanding how amenity migrants understand and experience nature is a vital project for rural studies. This paper investigates how residents living in a rural residential estate (RRE) negotiate more-than-human encounters in domestic settings. RREs are emergent forms of master-planned residential development on the rural-urban fringe, marketed and designed to meet an idyllic rural lifestyle. In the RRE, domestic nonhuman transgressions are both presumed as a part of the amenity migrant experience, and pre-empted by estate design and regulation. Border encounters in gardens were explored via semi-structured walking interviews with 27 residents of an RRE, located on the rural-urban fringe of Sydney, Australia. Nonhuman transgressions were found to both contribute towards, and challenge, homemaking practices. Some residents expressed a vernacular ecology at home entangled with more-than-human company, where nonhumans are 'neighbours'. Gardens were shared, and maintenance practices altered. When domestic expectations of cleanliness and order were challenged, native nonhumans were negotiated in gardens with a 'hoped-for absence' (Ginn, 2014). These stories illustrate that a native politics of belonging foreshadows the homemaking practices of amenity migrants. The paper suggests settlements similar to RRE can be a positive intervention on the rural-urban fringe, encouraging different registers of interaction with nonhuman nature.
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- 2014
16. Re-creating the rural, reconstructing nature: an international literature review of the environmental implications of amenity migration
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Abrams, Jesse B, Gosnell, Hannah, Gill, Nicholas J, Klepeis, Peter J, Abrams, Jesse B, Gosnell, Hannah, Gill, Nicholas J, and Klepeis, Peter J
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The term 'amenity migration' describes a broad diversity of patterns of human movement to rural places in search of particular lifestyle attributes. This review of international literature, drawn from the authors' own prior research and searches on relevant databases, synthesises findings on the implications of amenity migration for the creation and distribution of environmental harms and benefits. Further, we critique common framings of amenity migration-related environmental transformations and offer suggestions for future research. Analysis is positioned within a review of five common themes reflected in the cases we consider: land subdivision and residential development; changes in private land use; cross-boundary effects; effects on local governance institutions; and displacement of impacts. Within each of these themes, we discuss the uneven geographies of environmental transformation formed by diverse conceptions of 'nature', patterns of local management of amenity-driven transformations, and ecological contexts. We conclude that, through both intended and unintended environmental consequences of dominant activities and land uses, amenity migration results in a redistribution of environmental harms and benefits at multiple scales, as rural landscapes are (partially and incompletely) re-created in line with the ideals and expectations of amenity migrant populations.
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- 2012
17. Re-creating the rural, reconstructing nature: an international literature review of the environmental implications of amenity migration
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Abrams, Jesse B, Gosnell, Hannah, Gill, Nicholas J, Klepeis, Peter J, Abrams, Jesse B, Gosnell, Hannah, Gill, Nicholas J, and Klepeis, Peter J
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The term 'amenity migration' describes a broad diversity of patterns of human movement to rural places in search of particular lifestyle attributes. This review of international literature, drawn from the authors' own prior research and searches on relevant databases, synthesises findings on the implications of amenity migration for the creation and distribution of environmental harms and benefits. Further, we critique common framings of amenity migration-related environmental transformations and offer suggestions for future research. Analysis is positioned within a review of five common themes reflected in the cases we consider: land subdivision and residential development; changes in private land use; cross-boundary effects; effects on local governance institutions; and displacement of impacts. Within each of these themes, we discuss the uneven geographies of environmental transformation formed by diverse conceptions of 'nature', patterns of local management of amenity-driven transformations, and ecological contexts. We conclude that, through both intended and unintended environmental consequences of dominant activities and land uses, amenity migration results in a redistribution of environmental harms and benefits at multiple scales, as rural landscapes are (partially and incompletely) re-created in line with the ideals and expectations of amenity migrant populations.
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- 2012
18. The art of learning: wildfire, amenity migration and local environmental knowledge
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Eriksen, Christine, Prior, T, Eriksen, Christine, and Prior, T
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Communicating the need to prepare well in advance of the wildfire season is a strategic priority for wildfire management agencies worldwide. However, there is considerable evidence to suggest that although these agencies invest significant effort towards this objective in the lead up to each wildfire season, landholders in at-risk locations often remain under-prepared. One reason for the poor translation of risk information materials into actual preparation may be attributed to the diversity of people now inhabiting wildfire-prone locations in peri-urban landscapes. These people hold widely varying experiences, beliefs, attitudes and values relating to wildfire, which influence their understanding and interpretation of risk messages doing so within the constraints of their individual contexts. This paper examines the diversity of types of local environmental knowledge (LEK) present within wildfire-prone landscapes affected by amenity-led in-migration in south-east Australia. It investigates the ways people learn and form LEK of wildfire, and how this affects the ability of at-risk individuals to interpret and act on risk communication messages. We propose a practical framework that complements existing risk education mechanisms with engagement and interaction techniques (agencycommunity and within community) that can utilise LEK most effectively and facilitate improved community-wide learning about wildfire and wildfire preparedness. C 2011 IAWF.
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- 2011
19. The art of learning: wildfire, amenity migration and local environmental knowledge
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Eriksen, Christine, Prior, T, Eriksen, Christine, and Prior, T
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Communicating the need to prepare well in advance of the wildfire season is a strategic priority for wildfire management agencies worldwide. However, there is considerable evidence to suggest that although these agencies invest significant effort towards this objective in the lead up to each wildfire season, landholders in at-risk locations often remain under-prepared. One reason for the poor translation of risk information materials into actual preparation may be attributed to the diversity of people now inhabiting wildfire-prone locations in peri-urban landscapes. These people hold widely varying experiences, beliefs, attitudes and values relating to wildfire, which influence their understanding and interpretation of risk messages doing so within the constraints of their individual contexts. This paper examines the diversity of types of local environmental knowledge (LEK) present within wildfire-prone landscapes affected by amenity-led in-migration in south-east Australia. It investigates the ways people learn and form LEK of wildfire, and how this affects the ability of at-risk individuals to interpret and act on risk communication messages. We propose a practical framework that complements existing risk education mechanisms with engagement and interaction techniques (agencycommunity and within community) that can utilise LEK most effectively and facilitate improved community-wide learning about wildfire and wildfire preparedness. C 2011 IAWF.
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- 2011
20. The art of learning: wildfire, amenity migration and local environmental knowledge
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Eriksen, Christine, Prior, T, Eriksen, Christine, and Prior, T
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Communicating the need to prepare well in advance of the wildfire season is a strategic priority for wildfire management agencies worldwide. However, there is considerable evidence to suggest that although these agencies invest significant effort towards this objective in the lead up to each wildfire season, landholders in at-risk locations often remain under-prepared. One reason for the poor translation of risk information materials into actual preparation may be attributed to the diversity of people now inhabiting wildfire-prone locations in peri-urban landscapes. These people hold widely varying experiences, beliefs, attitudes and values relating to wildfire, which influence their understanding and interpretation of risk messages doing so within the constraints of their individual contexts. This paper examines the diversity of types of local environmental knowledge (LEK) present within wildfire-prone landscapes affected by amenity-led in-migration in south-east Australia. It investigates the ways people learn and form LEK of wildfire, and how this affects the ability of at-risk individuals to interpret and act on risk communication messages. We propose a practical framework that complements existing risk education mechanisms with engagement and interaction techniques (agencycommunity and within community) that can utilise LEK most effectively and facilitate improved community-wide learning about wildfire and wildfire preparedness. C 2011 IAWF.
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- 2011
21. ESD and Amenity
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King, Steve, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW and King, Steve, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW
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The paper was presented at a workshop for professionals involved in residential building approvals in NSW, Australia. It discusses and updates an overview of the limited regulation of sustainability attributes of residential construction in NSW Australia. The discussion is largely from a compliance viewpoint, making reference to BASIX, and to the voluntary NABERS and Green Star rating frameworks. The paper is largely a revision and extension of previous papers presented at the same seminar series in the last five years.
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- 2010
22. Emerging amenity landscapes: invasive weeds and land subdivision in rural Australia
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Klepeis, Peter, Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Gill, Nicholas J, and Chisholm, Laurie A
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Throughout history non-native invasive species have created environmental, economic, and social problems. Technological change, trade, and land system change are among the key factors in their spread and intensification. A recent global phenomenon holds the potential to exacerbate the invasive species problem: amenity migration, the subdivision of farm and grazing land, and the introduction of alternative land uses and management regimes by new rural residents. An Australian case study explores the subdivision of fine wool sheep ranches, the arrival of amenity migrants, and the impact on the management of one of the country's worst weeds, serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma). Interviews with property owners, government officials, and members of the community-based conservation group, Landcare, expose cultural, institutional, and economic barriers to the control of the invasive grass. As the subdivision process leads to smaller properties and higher population densities it holds the potential to improve management of serrated tussock if the result is fewer livestock and more people to chemically and mechanically control the grass. But roughly 65% of the newcomers are part-time residents and absenteeism tends to result in weak efforts to manage the weed. In addition, regardless of their full-time/part-time status, most of the newcomers are 'amenity" landholders whose cultural context and ideas about land and nature is diverse, and who do not seek their primary income from the land. Much of rural Australia now contains amenity landscapes, with weakened social capital, and a reduced capacity to coordinate a response to regional-scale environmental problems. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- 2009
23. Emerging amenity landscapes: invasive weeds and land subdivision in rural Australia
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Klepeis, Peter, Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Gill, Nicholas J, and Chisholm, Laurie A
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Throughout history non-native invasive species have created environmental, economic, and social problems. Technological change, trade, and land system change are among the key factors in their spread and intensification. A recent global phenomenon holds the potential to exacerbate the invasive species problem: amenity migration, the subdivision of farm and grazing land, and the introduction of alternative land uses and management regimes by new rural residents. An Australian case study explores the subdivision of fine wool sheep ranches, the arrival of amenity migrants, and the impact on the management of one of the country's worst weeds, serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma). Interviews with property owners, government officials, and members of the community-based conservation group, Landcare, expose cultural, institutional, and economic barriers to the control of the invasive grass. As the subdivision process leads to smaller properties and higher population densities it holds the potential to improve management of serrated tussock if the result is fewer livestock and more people to chemically and mechanically control the grass. But roughly 65% of the newcomers are part-time residents and absenteeism tends to result in weak efforts to manage the weed. In addition, regardless of their full-time/part-time status, most of the newcomers are 'amenity" landholders whose cultural context and ideas about land and nature is diverse, and who do not seek their primary income from the land. Much of rural Australia now contains amenity landscapes, with weakened social capital, and a reduced capacity to coordinate a response to regional-scale environmental problems. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- 2009
24. Emerging amenity landscapes: invasive weeds and land subdivision in rural Australia
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Klepeis, Peter, Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Gill, Nicholas J, and Chisholm, Laurie A
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Throughout history non-native invasive species have created environmental, economic, and social problems. Technological change, trade, and land system change are among the key factors in their spread and intensification. A recent global phenomenon holds the potential to exacerbate the invasive species problem: amenity migration, the subdivision of farm and grazing land, and the introduction of alternative land uses and management regimes by new rural residents. An Australian case study explores the subdivision of fine wool sheep ranches, the arrival of amenity migrants, and the impact on the management of one of the country's worst weeds, serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma). Interviews with property owners, government officials, and members of the community-based conservation group, Landcare, expose cultural, institutional, and economic barriers to the control of the invasive grass. As the subdivision process leads to smaller properties and higher population densities it holds the potential to improve management of serrated tussock if the result is fewer livestock and more people to chemically and mechanically control the grass. But roughly 65% of the newcomers are part-time residents and absenteeism tends to result in weak efforts to manage the weed. In addition, regardless of their full-time/part-time status, most of the newcomers are 'amenity" landholders whose cultural context and ideas about land and nature is diverse, and who do not seek their primary income from the land. Much of rural Australia now contains amenity landscapes, with weakened social capital, and a reduced capacity to coordinate a response to regional-scale environmental problems. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- 2009
25. Land Management and Land Cover on Land owned by Amenity Oriented Rural Landowners in Jamberoo Valley
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Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Wickramasuriya, Rohan, Marthick, John K, Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Wickramasuriya, Rohan, and Marthick, John K
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- 2008
26. Land Management and Land Cover on Land owned by Amenity Oriented Rural Landowners in Jamberoo Valley
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Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Wickramasuriya, Rohan, Marthick, John K, Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Wickramasuriya, Rohan, and Marthick, John K
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- 2008
27. Land Management and Land Cover on Land owned by Amenity Oriented Rural Landowners in Jamberoo Valley
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Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Wickramasuriya, Rohan, Marthick, John K, Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Wickramasuriya, Rohan, and Marthick, John K
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- 2008
28. Land Management and Land Cover on Land owned by Amenity Oriented Rural Landowners in Jamberoo Valley
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Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Wickramasuriya, Rohan, Marthick, John K, Gill, Nicholas J, Chisholm, Laurie A, Klepeis, Peter, Wickramasuriya, Rohan, and Marthick, John K
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- 2008
29. Securing urban amenity: does it coincide with biodiversity conservation at the local government level?
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Kelly, Andrew H and Kelly, Andrew H
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- 2006
30. There is no trick to it: Planning for Sustainability
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King, Steve Earnest, Built Environment, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW and King, Steve Earnest, Built Environment, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW
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Delivered shortly after the introduction of State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) BASIX in New South Wales, Australia, the paper reviews the implications of those controls for residential development approvals, as they affect the increasing emphasis on sustainability outcomes for residential developments in that jurisdiction. Appendices to the paper contain much of the information originally made available in two earlier NEERG Seminar presentations on solar access and natural ventilation applicable to this building type.
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- 2005
31. Presence of water in residential environments - value for money?
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Kauko, T.J. (author), Goetgeluk, R.W. (author), Straub, A. (author), Priemus, H. (author), Kauko, T.J. (author), Goetgeluk, R.W. (author), Straub, A. (author), and Priemus, H. (author)
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The role of water in the locational bundle of residential value and choice determinants is multiple. Relevant attributes pertain to water quality, proximity and length of water frontage, view, size of water body, coastal development costs, and costs caused by flooding. They also pertain to different types of water: the sea, lake, river and so on. This is a systematic literature review of the influence of water proximity and use factors on property prices and area attractiveness within a spatial cost-benefit setting. According to the studies that were reviewed the composite effect for water quality, proximity and view generate a price premium up to ca 60% for seaside property, 25% for lakeside property, and up to 40% for a variety of other inland water bodies. In addition, few studies estimate the on-site potential for a coastal area with development restrictions as a net effect of the positive amenity benefits and negative opportunity costs to vary in the range from +21.5 to 14.5%. On balance these figures point to substantial benefits of water location. However, the price impact of flood risk was quantified separately as up to 22%, and may be deducted from these figures, given a localised tendency for such hazard. Thus, it may be concluded that for the attractiveness potential of a site the environmental externalities play a large role. Furthermore, when allocating housing claims spatially using an operational model where all land uses are covered extra costs to overcome conflict and scarcity situations may arise., OTB
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- 2003
32. Presence of water in residential environments - value for money?
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Kauko, T.J. (author), Goetgeluk, R.W. (author), Straub, A. (author), Priemus, H. (author), Kauko, T.J. (author), Goetgeluk, R.W. (author), Straub, A. (author), and Priemus, H. (author)
- Abstract
The role of water in the locational bundle of residential value and choice determinants is multiple. Relevant attributes pertain to water quality, proximity and length of water frontage, view, size of water body, coastal development costs, and costs caused by flooding. They also pertain to different types of water: the sea, lake, river and so on. This is a systematic literature review of the influence of water proximity and use factors on property prices and area attractiveness within a spatial cost-benefit setting. According to the studies that were reviewed the composite effect for water quality, proximity and view generate a price premium up to ca 60% for seaside property, 25% for lakeside property, and up to 40% for a variety of other inland water bodies. In addition, few studies estimate the on-site potential for a coastal area with development restrictions as a net effect of the positive amenity benefits and negative opportunity costs to vary in the range from +21.5 to 14.5%. On balance these figures point to substantial benefits of water location. However, the price impact of flood risk was quantified separately as up to 22%, and may be deducted from these figures, given a localised tendency for such hazard. Thus, it may be concluded that for the attractiveness potential of a site the environmental externalities play a large role. Furthermore, when allocating housing claims spatially using an operational model where all land uses are covered extra costs to overcome conflict and scarcity situations may arise., OTB
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- 2003
33. An Analysis on Urban Function in Kansai Metropolitan Area Focused on Multi-core Structure
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カワイ, ノリオ, Kawai, Norio, 川相, 典雄, カワイ, ノリオ, Kawai, Norio, and 川相, 典雄
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- 2000
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