SFRA Chapter 6 (SOCIO-1)

Figure 6.11--Urban-growth scenario forecasts of changes in percentages of land in (A) forest, (B) urban, and (C) agricultural land uses by county for 1992-2020 [land use forecasting model described in Hardie and others (2000)].

11a

Map of southern U.S. showing forecasts by the year 2020 of small gains in forest land cover in rural areas of the south-central states, and losses of ten percent or more in areas near most major cities plus from Raleigh to Birmingham, Tampa to Jacksonville, and along the central Gulf and the Atlantic coasts

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11b

Map of southern U.S. showing forecasts by the year 2020 of increases in urban land use greater than ten percent near most major cities plus the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts, the Florida peninsula, northern Virginia and Raleigh to Birmingham

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11c

Map of southern U.S. showing forecasts by the year 2020 of losses in agricultural land use through virtually the entire South, with losses greater than ten percent across most of the Florida peninsula plus near Galveston, New Orleans, Memphis, Knoxville, Atlanta, Raleigh, and Washington DC

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