2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
 Building Green Infrastructure Plans for SE Pennsyvlania Using Esri Products Track: Ecology and Conservation Author(s): Clare Billett, Robert Cheetham For the past three years, Natural Lands Trust has been developing a land assessment process called the SmartConservation Model. This model identifies, evaluates and prioritizes landscape conservation resources. An important component of this model is an open space and conservation protection plan--a 'Green Infrastructure' plan--for the 15 counties around Philadelphia. This plan is being developed as a series of hubs and corridors that reserve a critical network of the remaining undeveloped land with the highest conservation value. Esri's ArcGIS, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension, and the ArcObjects framework are being used to automate the identification of the greenspace network in a process that combines an innovative series of landscape permeability layers with a sophisticated conservation resource mapping process and which ultimately deciphers between terrestrial and aquatic connectivity across the landscape. Clare Billett Natural Lands Trust Landscpe Conservation Hildacy Farm, 1031 Palmers Mill Rd Media , PA 19063 US Phone: 610. 353 5640 E-mail: cbillett@natlands.org Robert Cheetham Avencia, Inc. 340 N. 12th St. Suite 402-B Philadelphia , PA 19107 US Phone: 215 925 2600 E-mail: cheetham@avencia.com |
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