Displaying Results of Land Suitability Models

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Displaying Results of Land Suitability Models

• Options for Communicating Areas of Competing High
  Values

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This set of 9 mapsrepresents areasof high and
lowvalues between one non-developedsuitability
and onedeveloped suitability. In this case,
natural low values1 through 5 Natural high
6-9(with highest 8 and 9) Industrial low
1-5Industrial high 6-9
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This map representsareas with highnatural area
values, then high farmvalues, then high forest
values then low value inall three. This
represents priority to naturalareas, then
farm, then forest
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This map representsareas with highnatural area
values, then high values for working
lands(either farm or forest)
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This map representsareas with highindustrial
values, then highcommercial values, then high
residential values then low value inall three.
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This map representsareas with highindustrial
or commercial values, then high residential
values
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High-Low Comparison This map of MooreCounty
representsareas that have (1) high suitability
for both development and non-development
(blue) (2) high suitabilityfor development and
low suitability for non-development
(orange)(3) high ratingsfor non-developmentand
low for development (green) (4) low for
bothcategories (gray). Development
andnon-development ratingsare each the maximum
of 3 types.