Browsing by Subject "land use"
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Lots to Plots: Building and Inventory of Vacant Land in Madison, WI
(2012)As planners, politicians, organizations, and citizens increasingly recognize community gardens as a vital part of urban food production, efforts are necessary to systematically identify and assess urban vacant land that ... -
Tropical Land Use Change and Soil Carbon: Implications for REDD Policies
(Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin, 2010-10)The release of soil carbon due to changes in land use can be a major source of greenhouse gases. This brief illustrates the distribution and scale of soil carbon in the humid tropics, an area with high concentrations of ... -
Urban Farming on the Fringe: The State of Urban Agriculture in Four Cities of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Region
(2015)This thesis examines local food production and urban agriculture in four cities of the Milwaukee metropolitan region: Waukesha, West Bend, Mequon, and Racine. More specifically, it (1) examines what city laws, regulations, ...