Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes : The Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora

by Steinitz, Carl

• ISBN13: 9781559632225
• ISBN10: 1559632224
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Island Pr

Table of Contents

List of Tables	viii
List of Figures	ix
Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Alternative Futures for a Changing Region	1	(8)
The Upper San Pedro River Basin	9	(4)
The Framework for Alternative Futures Studies	13	(5)
The Organization of the Research	18	(5)
Natural and Cultural History	23	(9)
The Issues for Research	32	(1)
The Scenarios for Change	33	(7)
The Development Model	40	(20)
The Hydrological Model	60	(13)
The Vegetation Model	73	(6)
The Landscape Ecological Pattern Model	79	(5)
Single Species Potential Habitat Models	84	(27)
Threatened and Endangered Species Potential Habitat	111	(5)
The Vertebrate Species Richness and GAP Species Models	116	(8)
The Visual Preference Model	124	(6)
Summary of Impacts	130	(4)
Testing the Alternative Futures	134	(30)
Conclusions	164	(7)
Appendix A: The Scenarios Guide	171	(14)
Appendix B: The Computational Process	185	(2)
References	187	(6)
Acknowledgements	193	(1)
About the Authors	194	(3)
Index	197