Pest risk maps are an important source of decision support when devising strategies to minimize introductions of invasive organisms and mitigate their impacts. When possible management responses to an invader include costly or socially sensitive activities, decision makers tend to follow a more...

Estimating rates of spread and generating projections of future range expansion for invasive alien species is a key process in the development of management guidelines and policy. Critical needs to estimate spread rates include the availability of surveys to characterize the spatial distribution of ...

Phytophthora capsici was first documented in the eastern USA in Florida in 1931 and was subsequently reported in New York in 1935, New Jersey around 1970, South Carolina in 1994, Michigan in 1997 and Illinois in 1999. The host range, epidemiology in the eastern USA, isolating from plant tissue,...

This chapter focuses on regional parks and networks and the new concept of 'green infrastructure'. A case study is presented of the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (HCMA), Detroit. The establishment of the HCMA allowed the four counties of Oakland, Wayne, Washtenaw and Macomb (later to be...

This chapter details place-based strategies, including production and branding of regional, niche, and heritage foods and regional wines; development of agritourism destinations; and linking sites via tourist trails or routes. It also discusses recent private- and public-sector developments for...

This chapter examines the patterns of second-home distributions within the USA, focusing specifically on the Upper Great Lakes States (UGLS) comprising Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. The purpose of the study is to explore the landscape characteristics that are integral to the location of the...

This chapter considers livestock disease eradication programmes, the incidence of costs related to these programmes, and resulting farm-level incentives and responses. The focus is largely on bovine tuberculosis in cattle herds in Michigan (USA) but information and lessons from the experiences in...

This chapter first discusses agricultural restructuring, which pressures farmers to develop value-based alternatives such as agritourism in order to keep land in production and in the family. It then discusses agrarian values and the appeal of rural landscapes that help drive the growth of...