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Anna M. Hersperger
Researcher at Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Publications - 98
Citations - 4071
Anna M. Hersperger is an academic researcher from Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spatial planning & Land use. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 87 publications receiving 3223 citations. Previous affiliations of Anna M. Hersperger include Harvard University & University of Copenhagen.
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Driving forces of landscape change — current and new directions
TL;DR: The proposed research directions include: studying landscape change across borders and transects, focusing on persistence as well as change, investigating rates of change, considering attractors of landscape change, targeting correlation and causality, and searching for precursors of landscapes change.
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Defining a typology of peri-urban land-use conflicts - A case study from Switzerland
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a typology of land-use conflicts for a peri-urban area of Switzerland, based on a content analysis of print media reports on land use conflicts in a larger geographical area.
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Road traffic and nearby grassland bird patterns in a suburbanizing landscape.
TL;DR: It is concluded that road ecology, especially the effects extending outward >100 m from roads with traffic, is a sine qua non for effective land-use and transportation policy.
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Containing urban sprawl—Evaluating effectiveness of urban growth boundaries set by the Swiss Land Use Plan
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the effect and success of urban containment strategies by analyzing expansion of developed land, change in number of buildings, and building density within and outside building zones in four Swiss municipalities 1970-2000.
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Linking Land Change with Driving Forces and Actors: Four Conceptual Models
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present four basic models for linking land change with driving forces and actors, and propose guidelines for choosing among the four models for specific studies based on the main characteristics of the models and practical considerations.