Land Use

Valuing Florida Water Resources: Prices of Waterfront Properties

Tatiana Borisova, Xiang Bi, Tara Wade, Kurt Oehlbeck, and Kelly Grogan

Using the Ecosystem Services Approach to Advance Conservation Efforts on Private Lands

Melissa M. Kreye, Elizabeth Pienaar, Raoul K. Boughton, and Lindsey Wiggins

Conservation Reserve Program: Overview and Discussion

Juhyun Oh and Zhengfei Guan

Conservation Easements: An Option for Preserving Current Land Uses

Chris Demers and Douglas R. Carter

Land Use in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Urban Sprawl and Smart Growth

Lauren McDonell, Martha C. Monroe, Gene Boles, Terri Mashour, and Basil V. Iannone

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet for General Public audience(s).

Land Conservation Tools and Zoning

Lauren McDonell, Martha C. Monroe, and Basil V. Iannone

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet.

UF researchers to lead project on deforestation and expanding cities in Ghana

Raychel Rabon

Deforestation has significantly impacted West Africa for several decades and Ghana is still experiencing pressures from an increasing population in urban areas. The challenge of identifying land cover change drivers due to the complex interactions among human and natural systems hinders effective land use planning. Researchers at the University of Florida (UF) are working with […]

CIVIC: Community Voices Informed Choices

Brenda Marty-Jimenez

What is CIVIC and how does it relate to community resource development in Broward County? CIVIC is UF/IFAS Extension community development programming and the acronym stands for: Community Voices Informed Choices. It is a UF/IFAS Extension initiative that builds capacity for communities to work toward enhanced quality of life leading to solutions directed at local […]