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Optimal Selection of Priority Development Areas Considering Tradeoffs Between Hydrology and Development Configuration

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Mixed-integer linear programs are proposed for siting development and conservation areas in watersheds, addressing economic objectives (development perimeter and proximity) and ecological objectives. Links between watershed hydrology and ecology need not be well defined. Parameters for the linear programs are obtained from linearization of the SWAT hydrologic model.

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Acknowledgments

This work was funded by EPA STAR Grant No. 8388101 and the National Center for Earthsurface Dynamics, a NSF Science and Technology Center. We thank our colleagues Justin Williams, Pearl Zheng, and Hong Li at the Johns Hopkins University and Joseph Koonce and Jon Cline at Case Western Reserve University for their suggestions and assistance with software and data.

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    Jeremy J. Hargreaves & Benjamin F. Hobbs

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Hargreaves, J.J., Hobbs, B.F. Optimal Selection of Priority Development Areas Considering Tradeoffs Between Hydrology and Development Configuration. Environ Model Assess 14, 289–302 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-007-9130-6

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