Land Cover, Tenure Characteristics, and Rural Well-Being in a Black Belt County

Janice F. Dyer, Luke Marzen and Diane Hite
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Janice F. Dyer: School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Luke Marzen: Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Diane Hite: Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR), 2013, vol. 4, issue 3, 19-38

Abstract: Landownership is an important form of wealth, especially in a natural-resource dependent region such as the Black Belt of Alabama. We examine the connection between property ownership, land cover, and the well-being of communities in Macon County, Alabama. This study is an exploratory application of geographic information systems to integrate information from property tax assessment records, land cover data, and a well-being index based on census data. Research questions regarding the relationships between socioeconomic well-being, land tenure, and land cover were tested on rural parcels 50 acres or larger (N=1418). Test results reveal statistically significant relationships between socioeconomic conditions and absentee ownership (both out-of-state and out-of-county) and land cover type (in particular, evergreen forestland). Analyses of research findings offer insight to the cultural-ecological connections within the Black Belt and prompts exploration of the notion of space as political.

Date: 2013
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