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Optimizing the Riparian Buffer: Harold Brook in the Skaneateles Lake Watershed, New York

Azzaino, Z., Conrad, J. M., Ferraro, P. J. 2002. Optimizing the Riparian Buffer: Harold Brook in the Skaneateles Lake Watershed, New York. Land Economics. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Volume 78, Number 4. 501-514

Model, Riparian buffer, Water quality, Riparian, Decision-making, Optimization

This paper demonstrates how land acquisition for riparian buffer creation can be approached as an issue of binary optimization; it applies the resulting decision-making model to a case study of Harold Brook in New York.