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Comparing land change from shale gas infrastructure development in neighboring Utica and Marcellus regions, 2006–2015
The emergent patterns of land change resulting from the development of shale oil and gas infrastructure is a result of many small decisions and interactions. This research focuses on the land change associated with the development of shale oil and gas infrastructure in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in two geographically proximate and physically similar counties, Carroll County, OH, and Washington County, PA. Land-cover data used to measure feature-scale change were digitized from aerial photography and then used to update National Land Cover Dataset data used in the calculation of forest fragmentation for the entire study areas. The amount and pattern of land change was very similar between the two counties even though they are drawing oil and gas from different shale formations. Less than 1% of the total forest for each county was lost but the fragmentation impacts are amplified by the pattern of infrastructure on the landscape.
Comparing land change from shale gas infrastructure development in neighboring Utica and Marcellus regions, 2006–2015
The emergent patterns of land change resulting from the development of shale oil and gas infrastructure is a result of many small decisions and interactions. This research focuses on the land change associated with the development of shale oil and gas infrastructure in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in two geographically proximate and physically similar counties, Carroll County, OH, and Washington County, PA. Land-cover data used to measure feature-scale change were digitized from aerial photography and then used to update National Land Cover Dataset data used in the calculation of forest fragmentation for the entire study areas. The amount and pattern of land change was very similar between the two counties even though they are drawing oil and gas from different shale formations. Less than 1% of the total forest for each county was lost but the fragmentation impacts are amplified by the pattern of infrastructure on the landscape.
Comparing land change from shale gas infrastructure development in neighboring Utica and Marcellus regions, 2006–2015
Donnelly, Shanon (author) / Cobbinah Wilson, Ishmael (author) / Oduro Appiah, Joseph (author)
Journal of Land Use Science ; 12 ; 338-350
2017-09-03
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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