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Land Cover, Tenure Characteristics, and Rural Well-Being in a Black Belt County

Land Cover, Tenure Characteristics, and Rural Well-Being in a Black Belt County

Janice F. Dyer, Luke Marzen, Diane Hite
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 20
ISSN: 1947-9654|EISSN: 1947-9662|EISBN13: 9781466633735|DOI: 10.4018/jagr.2013070102
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Dyer, Janice F., et al. "Land Cover, Tenure Characteristics, and Rural Well-Being in a Black Belt County." IJAGR vol.4, no.3 2013: pp.19-38. http://doi.org/10.4018/jagr.2013070102

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Dyer, J. F., Marzen, L., & Hite, D. (2013). Land Cover, Tenure Characteristics, and Rural Well-Being in a Black Belt County. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR), 4(3), 19-38. http://doi.org/10.4018/jagr.2013070102

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Dyer, Janice F., Luke Marzen, and Diane Hite. "Land Cover, Tenure Characteristics, and Rural Well-Being in a Black Belt County," International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) 4, no.3: 19-38. http://doi.org/10.4018/jagr.2013070102

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Abstract

Landownership is an important form of wealth, especially in a natural-resource dependent region such as the Black Belt of Alabama. We examine the connection between property ownership, land cover, and the well-being of communities in Macon County, Alabama. This study is an exploratory application of geographic information systems to integrate information from property tax assessment records, land cover data, and a well-being index based on census data. Research questions regarding the relationships between socioeconomic well-being, land tenure, and land cover were tested on rural parcels 50 acres or larger (N=1418). Test results reveal statistically significant relationships between socioeconomic conditions and absentee ownership (both out-of-state and out-of-county) and land cover type (in particular, evergreen forestland). Analyses of research findings offer insight to the cultural-ecological connections within the Black Belt and prompts exploration of the notion of space as political.

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