Green space and adult obesity in the United States

R Ghimire, S Ferreira, GT Green, NC Poudyal… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper estimates the relationship between green space and body mass index (BMI) in
the US We find that accounting for the heterogeneity of green space matters: BMI is …

[HTML][HTML] Amenity migration and public lands: Rise of the protected areas

E Hjerpe, A Hussain, T Holmes - Environmental Management, 2020 - Springer
Rural amenity migration, or the relocation for quality of life purposes as opposed to monetary
enhancement, has been occurring for decades and has been particularly pronounced in the …

Increasing development in the surroundings of US National Park Service holdings jeopardizes park effectiveness

U Gimmi, SL Schmidt, TJ Hawbaker, C Alcántara… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Protected areas are cornerstones of biodiversity conservation, but they are in danger of
becoming islands in a sea of human dominated landscapes. Our question was if protected …

Amenity-based development and protected areas in the American West

E Hjerpe, CA Armatas, M Haefele - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The amenity migration phenomenon and outdoor recreation growth has led to rapid amenity-
based development of many gateway communities in the American West, particularly in …

The myth and reality of sustainable New Zealand: Mining in a pristine land

G Rudzitis, K Bird - … Science and policy for sustainable development, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
New Zealanders took to the streets by the tens of thousands on May 1, 2010, to protest a
government proposal to open national parks and other scenic areas to mining exploration …

[PDF][PDF] The mountain amenity migration phenomenon, why it is happening and our response

LAG Moss - Understanding and Managing Amenity-Led Migration …, 2009 - researchgate.net
This paper offers an overview of our knowledge about a contemporary global driving force
for change in mountain regions—amenity migration. Drawing principally on research and …

Effects of changes in forestland ownership on deforestation and urbanization and the resulting effects on greenhouse gas emissions

SH Cho, H Kim, RK Roberts, T Kim, D Lee - Journal of Forest Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
This study analyzes the extent to which greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may be affected
by a plan to purchase private forestland for the expansion of carbon sinks, focusing on how …

Community amenity measurement for the great fly-over zones

TL Besser, NJ Miller, R Malik - Social indicators research, 2012 - Springer
The purpose of this paper is to provide an alternative operationalization of amenities that
does not privilege certain kinds of natural resources and climatic conditions and that can be …

Factors influencing parcelization in amenity-rich rural areas

AL Haines, D McFarlane - Journal of Planning Education …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The process of rural parcelization provides an ongoing challenge for planners targeting both
habitat and farmland preservation. An understanding of which landscape features influence …

Big sky, Montana, une géographie critique. Capital environnemental et recompositions sociales dans l'ouest du Montana

G Saumon - 2019 - theses.hal.science
L'Ouest du Montana, écrin de nature sauvage dans les montagnes Rocheuses, est depuis
les années 1990 au cœur de dynamiques de migrations d'aménités et de gentrification …