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DOI: | 10.21273/HORTTECH.23.4.474 |
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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Al-Ajlouni, Malik G.;
VanLeeuwen, Dawn M.;
DeMers, Michael N.;
St. Hilaire, Rolston |
Author Affiliation: | Al-Ajlouni and St. Hilaire: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences; VanLeeuwen: Agricultural Biometric Service; DeMers: Department of Geography, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM |
Title: | A method to quantitatively classify residential urban landscapes in a desert environment |
Section: | Research reports Other records with the "Research reports" Section
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Source: | HortTechnology. Vol. 23, No. 4, August 2013, p. 474-481. |
Publishing Information: | Alexandria, Virginia: American Society for Horticultural Science |
# of Pages: | 8 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Desert climate; Research; Urban landscaping; Water conservation
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Abstract/Contents: | "The apparent heterogeneity of human-generated materials in residential urban landscapes sustains concerns that the quantitative classification of urban residential landscapes is impossible. The objective of this research was to develop a method to quantitatively classify urban residential landscapes in a desert environment. Using a purposive sampling procedure, we studied the landscapable area around each of 54 residential homes in Las Cruces, NM. All materials in the landscape were identified, measured, and categorized. Using 30% as the cutoff to indicate that a material was dominant in the landscape, we classified 93% of all landscapes into nine common landscape types. Mulch-dominant landscapes were the most common, and landscape types differed between front- and backyards. Shrubs did not feature prominently in any of the common landscape types. Our classification method clearly identifies multiple landscape types, and for the first time, provides quantitative evidence that landscape types are distributed differently in front- and backyard landscapes in the desert environment of Las Cruces. Information on common landscape types will be valuable to landscape horticulturists wanting to craft water conservation plans that are landscape specific if the common landscape type can be linked to a landscape water budget." |
Language: | English |
References: | 29 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Al-Ajlouni, M. G., D. M. VanLeeuwen, M. N. DeMers, and R. St. Hilaire. 2013. A method to quantitatively classify residential urban landscapes in a desert environment. HortTechnology. 23(4):p. 474-481. |
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| DOI: 10.21273/HORTTECH.23.4.474 |
| Web URL(s): https://journals.ashs.org/horttech/view/journals/horttech/23/4/article-p474.xml Last checked: 04/30/2020 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://journals.ashs.org/horttech/downloadpdf/journals/horttech/23/4/article-p474.xml Last checked: 04/30/2020 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
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