@article{smart_seekamp_van berkel_vukomanovic_smith_2023, title={Socio-spatial factors influence climate change adaptation decisions of rural coastal landowners}, volume={7}, ISSN={["1572-9761"]}, DOI={10.1007/s10980-023-01734-7}, journal={LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY}, author={Smart, Lindsey S. and Seekamp, Erin and Van Berkel, Derek and Vukomanovic, Jelena and Smith, Jordan W.}, year={2023}, month={Jul} }
 @article{tabrizian_baran_van berkel_mitasova_meentemeyer_2020, title={Modeling restorative potential of urban environments by coupling viewscape analysis of lidar data with experiments in immersive virtual environments}, volume={195}, ISSN={["1872-6062"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85076054188&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103704}, abstractNote={• We propose an approach for modeling experiential qualities of urban landscape. • We use lidar data to generate detailed model of landscape structure and patterns. • We combine GIS analysis of viewscapes with survey of immersive virtual environment. • We identify spatial metrics that predict urban landscape’s restorative potential (RP). • We develop a predictive map of RP that can support decision-making and urban design.}, journal={LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING}, author={Tabrizian, Payam and Baran, Perver K. and Van Berkel, Derek and Mitasova, Helena and Meentemeyer, Ross}, year={2020}, month={Mar} }
 @article{koch_dorning_van berkel_beck_sanchez_shashidharan_smart_zhang_smith_meentemeyer_et al._2019, title={Modeling landowner interactions and development patterns at the urban fringe}, volume={182}, ISSN={["1872-6062"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.09.023}, DOI={10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.09.023}, abstractNote={Population growth and unrestricted development policies are driving low-density urbanization and fragmentation of peri-urban landscapes across North America. While private individuals own most undeveloped land, little is known about how their decision-making processes shape landscape-scale patterns of urbanization over time. We introduce a hybrid agent-based modeling (ABM) – cellular automata (CA) modeling approach, developed for analyzing dynamic feedbacks between landowners’ decisions to sell their land for development, and resulting patterns of landscape fragmentation. Our modeling approach builds on existing conceptual frameworks in land systems modeling by integrating an ABM into an established grid-based land-change model – FUTURES. The decision-making process within the ABM involves landowner agents whose decision to sell their land to developers is a function of heterogeneous preferences and peer-influences (i.e., spatial neighborhood relationships). Simulating landowners’ decision to sell allows an operational link between the ABM and the CA module. To test our hybrid ABM-CA approach, we used empirical data for a rapidly growing region in North Carolina for parameterization. We conducted a sensitivity analysis focusing on the two most relevant parameters—spatial actor distribution and peer-influence intensity—and evaluated the dynamic behavior of the model simulations. The simulation results indicate different peer-influence intensities lead to variable landscape fragmentation patterns, suggesting patterns of spatial interaction among landowners indirectly affect landscape-scale patterns of urbanization and the fragmentation of undeveloped forest and farmland.}, journal={LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING}, author={Koch, Jennifer and Dorning, Monica A. and Van Berkel, Derek B. and Beck, Scott M. and Sanchez, Georgina M. and Shashidharan, Ashwin and Smart, Lindsey S. and Zhang, Qiang and Smith, Jordan W. and Meentemeyer, Ross K. and et al.}, year={2019}, month={Feb}, pages={101–113} }
 @article{van berkel_rayfield_martinuzzi_lechowicz_white_bell_colocousis_kovacs_morzillo_munroe_et al._2018, title={Recognizing the 'sparsely settled forest': Multi-decade socioecological change dynamics and community exemplars}, volume={170}, DOI={10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.10.009}, abstractNote={Sparsely settled forests (SSF) are poorly studied, coupled natural and human systems involving rural communities in forest ecosystems that are neither largely uninhabited wildland nor forests on the edges of urban areas. We developed and applied a multidisciplinary approach to define, map, and examine changes in the spatial extent and structure of both the landscapes and human populations of SSF in the United States. We estimated that the SSF in the contiguous United States, which are home to only 6–7% of the population, account for over 60% of all forested land and over 30% of all land. From 1990 to 2010 SSF declined in area by 16%, changing little overall but declining markedly in proximity to urban perimeters. A PCA ordination and cluster analysis of the human and landscape characteristics of SSF areas revealed complex and regionally variable patterns. Very broadly, SSF in the far northern and western states are less densely settled and more amenity driven, while the southeastern states north through Pennsylvania and Ohio are more densely settled and more agricultural. The socioeconomic characteristics of SSF are often quite variable at fine scales, especially in proximity to urban areas. Our improved multidisciplinary understanding of SSF raises important questions about regional differences in the dynamics, structure and future socioeconomic trajectories of these forests. To best manage these landscapes for the sake of both human and natural systems, SSF need to be considered a distinct land classification in their own right, not merely perceived as fuzzy boundaries around wild lands or urban areas.}, journal={Landscape and Urban Planning}, author={Van Berkel, D. B. and Rayfield, B. and Martinuzzi, S. and Lechowicz, M. J. and White, E. and Bell, K. P. and Colocousis, C. R. and Kovacs, K. F. and Morzillo, A. T. and Munroe, D. K. and et al.}, year={2018}, pages={177–186} }
 @article{gallemore_munroe_berkel_2018, title={Rural-to-urban migration and the geography of absentee non-industrial private forest ownership: A case from southeast Ohio}, volume={96}, ISSN={["1873-7730"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.05.010}, abstractNote={There is a growing literature on tropical forests that demonstrates ways in which rural-to-urban migration establishes dynamic connections between forest landscapes and urban areas. In the United States, context, however, studies of the geography of absentee ownership of non-industrial private forest (NIPF) lands focus on urban-to-rural migration for retirement or amenity purposes. Using parcel data sourced from local governments in an 11-county study area in central and southeastern Ohio, along with a range of openly available data, we analyze patterns of absentee ownership of NIPF parcels to determine the characteristics of areas where absentee owners reside. We hypothesize the rural-to-urban migration patterns, particularly of youth, will help explain where absentee NIPF owners of parcels in our study reside. We estimate models for all census tracts in the United States, finding that indicators of migration, creative class employment opportunities, and affluence are strongly associated with finding at least one absentee owner of an NIPF parcel in our study area. Considering these complex connections affecting NIPF parcels in a North American context could support improved forest management education, outreach, and planning efforts.}, journal={APPLIED GEOGRAPHY}, author={Gallemore, Caleb and Munroe, Darla and Berkel, Derek}, year={2018}, month={Jul}, pages={141–152} }
 @article{pickard_van berkel_petrasova_meentemeyer_2017, title={Forecasts of urbanization scenarios reveal trade-offs between landscape change and ecosystem services}, volume={32}, ISSN={["1572-9761"]}, DOI={10.1007/s10980-016-0465-8}, abstractNote={Expansion of urban settlements has caused observed declines in ecosystem services (ES) globally, further stressing the need for informed urban development and policies. Incorporating ES concepts into the decision making process has been shown to support resilient and functional ecosystems. Coupling land change and ES models allows for insights into the impacts and anticipated trade-offs of specific policy decisions. The spatial configuration of urbanization likely influences the delivery and production of ES. When considering multiple ES simultaneously, improving the production of one ecosystem service often results in the decrease in the provision of other ES, giving rise to trade-offs. We examine the impact of three urban growth scenarios on several ES to determine the degree to which spatial configuration of urbanization and the development of natural land cover impacts these services over 25 years. We couple land change and ES models to examine impacts to carbon sequestration, surface water-run off, nitrogen and phosphorus export, organic farming and camping site suitability, to determine trade-offs among the six ES associated with each spatial configuration for western North Carolina. Consequences of urban configurations are dramatic, with degraded ES across all scenarios and substantial variation depending on urban pattern, revealing trade-offs. Counter-intuitive trade-offs between carbon sequestration and lands available for organic farming and camping were observed, suggesting that no configurations result in mutual benefits for all ES. By understanding trade-offs associated with urban configurations, decision makers can identify ES critical to an area and promote configurations that enhance those.}, number={3}, journal={LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY}, author={Pickard, Brian R. and Van Berkel, Derek and Petrasova, Anna and Meentemeyer, Ross K.}, year={2017}, month={Mar}, pages={617–634} }
 @article{munroe_gallemore_van berkel_2017, title={Hot Tub Cabin Rentals and Forest Tourism in Hocking County, Ohio}, volume={68}, ISSN={["1950-6694"]}, DOI={10.3917/reco.683.0491}, abstractNote={Nous étudions d’intéressantes variations dans les taux de location touristique du comté de Hocking (Ohio, États-Unis). L’industrie des chalets avec jacuzzi est née dans les années 1970 et s’est rapidement développée depuis 1990. Nous mettons en œuvre une régression hédonique sur une base de données de 503 chalets, appartenant à 143 entreprises, pour expliquer la variation dans les taux de location et dans les revenus générés. Cette analyse est complétée par une analyse exploratoire spatiale. Nous estimons l’impact relatif lié à la proximité d’aménités environnementales, d’infrastructures et de commerces. Les taux de locations sont corrélés aux différentes caractéristiques individuelles des chalets privés. Le revenu moyen est plus élevé lorsqu’il offre un meilleur accès. En revanche, la proximité des mines représente une désaménité significative qui est cependant compensée par une plus grande couverture forestière.}, number={3}, journal={REVUE ECONOMIQUE}, author={Munroe, Darla K. and Gallemore, Caleb and Van Berkel, Derek}, year={2017}, month={May}, pages={491–510} }
 @article{zanten_van berkel_meentemeyer_smith_tieskens_verburg_2016, title={Continental-scale quantification of landscape values using social media data}, volume={113}, ISSN={["1091-6490"]}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.1614158113}, abstractNote={Significance}, number={46}, journal={PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA}, author={Zanten, Boris T. and Van Berkel, Derek B. and Meentemeyer, Ross K. and Smith, Jordan W. and Tieskens, Koen F. and Verburg, Peter H.}, year={2016}, month={Nov}, pages={12974–12979} }
 @inbook{supak_brothers_ghahramani_van berkel_2016, title={Geospatial Analytics for Park & Protected Land Visitor Reservation Data}, ISBN={9783319442624 9783319442631}, ISSN={2366-2611 2366-262X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44263-1_6}, DOI={10.1007/978-3-319-44263-1_6}, abstractNote={Reservation databases utilized by parks and protected lands (PPLs) are a source of empirical data that holds a wealth of spatiotemporal information about both destination usage (from the supply side) and visitor characteristics (the demand population). Unfortunately, PPL reservation databases are rarely explored with these goals in mind. Geovisualizations of reservation data can be used to identify longitudinal patterns, trends and relationships that can help PPL managers generate knowledge useful in decision support. To demonstrate the knowledge that can be gained through geospatial analytics of PPL reservation data, 12.5 million reservation records from the recreation.gov database between January 1, 2007 and December 30, 2015 are examined. The database includes 3272 distinct destinations that provided camping, permitting or ticketing on U.S. Federal PPLs. This chapter discusses both the value of, and the methodology for, inductively exploring spatiotemporal PPL reservation data through geovisualization. Efforts such as those described in this chapter can provide decision support to managers of Federal, State and County agencies tasked with tourism and resource management.}, booktitle={Analytics in Smart Tourism Design}, publisher={Springer International Publishing}, author={Supak, Stacy and Brothers, Gene and Ghahramani, Ladan and Van Berkel, Derek}, year={2016}, month={Oct}, pages={81–109} }
 @article{shashidharan_berkel_vatsavai_meentemeyer_2016, title={pFUTURES: A Parallel Framework for Cellular Automaton Based Urban Growth Models}, volume={9927}, ISBN={["978-3-319-45737-6"]}, ISSN={["1611-3349"]}, DOI={10.1007/978-3-319-45738-3_11}, abstractNote={Simulating structural changes in landscape is a routine task in computational geography. Owing to advances in sensing and data collection technologies, geospatial data is becoming available at finer spatial and temporal resolutions. However, in practice, these large datasets impede land simulation based studies over large geographic regions due to computational and I/O challenges. The memory overhead of sequential implementations and long execution times further limit the possibilities of simulating future urban scenarios. In this paper, we present a generic framework for co-ordinating I/O and computation for geospatial simulations in a distributed computing environment. We present three parallel approaches and demonstrate the performance and scalability benefits of our parallel implementation pFUTURES, an extension of the FUTURES open-source multi-level urban growth model. Our analysis shows that although a time synchronous parallel approach obtains the same results as a sequential model, an asynchronous parallel approach provides better scaling due to reduced disk I/O and communication overheads.}, journal={GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE, (GISCIENCE 2016)}, author={Shashidharan, Ashwin and Berkel, Derek B. and Vatsavai, Ranga Raju and Meentemeyer, Ross K.}, year={2016}, pages={163–177} }