Open Space Loss and Land Inequality in United States' Cities, 1990–2000

Robert I McDonald, Richard T T Forman and Peter Kareiva

PLOS ONE, 2010, vol. 5, issue 3, 1-7

Abstract: Urban growth reduces open space in and around cities, impacting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Using land-cover and population data, we examined land consumption and open space loss between 1990 and 2000 for all 274 metropolitan areas in the contiguous United States. Nationally, 1.4 million ha of open space was lost, and the amount lost in a given city was correlated with population growth (r(272) = 0.85, P

Date: 2010
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