Dataset title: FCE Redlands 2008 Slope Mosaic, Miami-Dade County, South Florida Dataset ID: GIS_HD_Onsted_008 Research type: GIS Dataset Creator Name: Dr. Jeff Onsted Position: Assistant Professor Organization: FIU Address: 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-1693 Fax: 305-348-6137 Email: jonsted@fiu.edu Metadata Provider Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-6054 Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: https://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Abstract Urban growth models have increasingly been used by planners and policy makers to visualize, organize, understand, and predict urban growth. However, these models reveal a wide disparity in their attention to policy factors. Some urban growth models capture few if any specific policy effects (e.g.,as model variables), while others integrate certain policies but not others. Since zoning policies are the most widely used form of land use control in the United States, their conspicuous absence from so many urban growth models is surprising. This research investigated the impacts of zoning on urban growth by calibrating and simulating a cellular automaton urban growth model, SLEUTH, under two conditions in a South Florida location. The first condition integrated restrictive agricultural zoning into SLEUTH, while the other ignored zoning data. Goodness of fit metrics indicate that including the agricultural zoning data improved model performance. The results further suggest that agricultural zoning has been somewhat successful in retarding urban growth in South Florida. Ignoring zoning information is detrimental to SLEUTH performance in particular, and urban growth modeling in general. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description Redland Area of Miami-Dade County, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: The Redland area of Miami Dade County West bounding coordinate: -80.595 East bounding coordinate: -80.334 North bounding coordinate: 25.636 South bounding coordinate: 25.475 FCE LTER Sites: FCE Human Dimension Study Area: Redlands Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2008-01-01 End Date: 2008-01-01 Methods Sampling Description Mosaiced several DEMs into one that covers the site. I then converted the elevations to % slope. The site boundaries were designed by the author based on a website that describes the boundaries of Redland (an unincorporated area with no official boundaries). Method Step Description Mosaiced several DEMs into one that covers the site. I then converted the elevations to % slope. The site boundaries were designed by the author based on a website that describes the boundaries of Redland (an unincorporated area with no official boundaries). Instrumentation Esri GIS software Distribution Intellectual Rights This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. 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Dataset Keywords FCE Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring Urban Growth Modeling SLEUTH Redlands Miami-Dade County GIS geographical information systems Cellular Automata zoning land use South Florida slope mosaic Data Submission Date: 2011-09-16 Maintenance This is a land use GIS file and susequent data and metadata updates will be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of GIS_HD_Onsted_008 original. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013. Dataset Contact Name: Jeff Onsted Position: Project Collaborator Organization: FIU Address: 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-1693 Fax: 305-348-6137 Email: jonsted@fiu.edu Position: Information Manager Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: https://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Submission Date 2011-09-16 Information Management Notes This is a land use GIS file and susequent data and metadata updates will be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of GIS_HD_Onsted_008 original. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.