Measuring Urban Growth in New Jersey 衡量新泽西城市增长.pptVIP

Measuring Urban Growth inNew Jersey John Hasse, Ph.D. Rowan University Richard G. Lathrop, Ph.D. Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis Rutgers University Analyzing Landscape Change with Satellite Remote Sensing andGeographic Information Systems Forest Loss (11 FF/day) Wetlands Impact (7 FF/day) Farmland Loss (26 FF/day) Rural Exurban Sprawl Types of Urban Growth in Acres Hunterdon County, ex urban sprawl: Rural , Single Unit Residential Inner City Decay Smart GrowthVersusSprawl Ecological Footprint of a Housing Unit: Impervious Surface (11 ff/day) Hydrological Function of a Watershed New Jersey Watershed Conditions and Impervious Surface Urban Growth and the State Plan Urban Growth and the Pine Barrens Remaining Available Lands Findings Conclusions Rapid landscape change in NJ NJ 1st to build out Sprawl more impacting than Smart Growth Impervious Surface a key indicator Pinelands demonstrated effective growth control Land Management Policies will be “designing” NJ’s Final Landscape Acknowledgements Dr. Richard G. Lathrop, Rutgers University Dr. Marjorie Kaplan, NJDEP Larry Thornton, and the entire GIS team at NJDEP It is difficult to get a handle on the amount of landscape change represented by 1,000, 10,000 or 100,000 acres. In order to make the analysis more understandable, weve converted the annual number of acres of landscape change to football fields per day. During the 1986 to 1995 period of analysis, New Jersey lost forest at the rate of 11 football fields per day. Wetlands were also significantly impacted. Approximately 7 football fields per day were lost, modified or quantifiably impacted during the 1986 – 1995 period. New Jersey farmland lost ground at the rate of 26 football fields per day. Utilizing GIS, we estimate that New Jersey has approximately 1.6 million acres of unprotected land suitable for development still remaining. If growth continues at the current rate measured in this analysis, New Jersey will be the first state in th