Does More Green equal More Green?: A Comparison of Vegetation in Rich and Poor Neighborhoods in Utah County

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Permanent URL	http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2260
Title	Does More Green equal More Green ?: A Comparison of Vegetation in Rich and Poor Neighborhoods in Utah County
BYU Creator	Peters, Alan Yorgason, Roxanne Nielsen, Cinta Fletcher, Alison Bekker, Matthew
Keywords	Poster ID #371
Description/Abstract	Greenery is an important part of any urban environment. Besides being visually appealing, landscaping performs important ecological functions such as food and habitats for some creatures and cooling effects for the urban ecosystem. For these and other reasons, places with green lawns and mature trees are highly desirable. Landscaping, however, is not cheap. Planting and maintaining appropriate trees, shrubbery, or grasses can be costly to private homeowners, businesses, or municipalities. This can result in unequal amounts of trees and other greenery between rich and less affluent communities, and a disparity between rich and poor neighborhoods within the same city. Using remote sensing, GIS, and landscape ecology methods, we hope to determine whether or not there are significant differences in the quantity and quality of greenery in wealthy and less affluent neighborhoods within Utah County.
Date Original	2010-04
Language	English eng en
Publication Type	Posters
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Owning Institution	Brigham Young University
BYU College	College of Family, Home and Social Sciences
BYU Department	Geography
Copyright Status	© 2010, Alan Peters, et al.;
Copyright Use Information	http://www.lib.byu.edu/generic_copyright.html

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