Product No.: ADR016
Date Published: 01/2008
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Analytical data report #16 is the latest in a series of bulletins designed to complement the commission's traditional data releases. This analytical data report provides 2005 land use data for the DVRPC region's counties and municipalities and compares it to land uses in 2000. The 2005 land use file is based on digital orthophotography created from aerial surveillance completed in the Spring of 2005. The report provides municipal-level land use data (in square miles and acres, respectively); summarizes county and regional land use data; and describes changes in residential land area, other developed areas, agricultural areas (including bogs) and other undeveloped land areas between 2000 and 2005. County-level maps illustrating 2005 land use are also provided.Geographic Area Covered: DVRPC’s 9-county region, including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties in New Jersey.
Key Words: Land use, orthophotography, residential, commercial, manufacturing, community services, recreation, agriculture, agricultural bogs, vacant, wooded.
Staff Contact(s)
- Brett Fusco (bfusco@dvrpc.org)
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