Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area: Geodesign Urbanization Layer

Geodesign Technologies conducted an initial assessment of the development likelihood and conservation priority for the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area study region in central Florida. Geodesign used two prior analyses as the basis for this assessment, both of which are at a statewide Florida scale. The University of Florida's CLIP3 (Critical Lands and Waters Identification Project 3.0; Oetting et. al 2014) was the basis for the biodiversity assessment, and their prior statewide scenario simulations (Vargas et al. 2014) were used as an indicator of likelihood of development under a suite of divergent statewide policies. References: 1. Oetting, J., T. Hoctor, and M. Volk. 2014. Critical Lands and Waters Identification Project (CLIP): Version 3.0. Technical Report - February 2014. 110 pp.

    2. Vargas, J.C., Flaxman, and B. Fradkin. 2014. Landscape Conservation and Climate Change Scenarios for the State of Florida: A Decision Support System for Strategic Conservation. Summary for Decision Makers. GeoAdaptive LLC, Boston, MA and Geodesign Technologies Inc., San Francisco CA. 22 pp.