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

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  • Robert I McDonald
  • Richard T T Forman
  • Peter Kareiva

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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

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  • Robert I McDonald & Richard T T Forman & Peter Kareiva, 2010. "Open Space Loss and Land Inequality in United States' Cities, 1990–2000," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 5(3), pages 1-7, March.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009509
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