Elena G Irwin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1574697 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena G Irwin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena G |
| FAMILY NAME | Irwin |
| SIGNATURE | IRWIN E G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7908-5964 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Six dimensions of sustainability: A framework for organizing diverse university sustainability curricula at The Ohio State University
Purpose Integrating sustainability into university curricula brings diverse challenges and conflicts as separate units vie for ownership of courses and topics. This case study presents a six dimensions sustainability framework developed at The Ohio State University to organize curricula under an inclusive strategy. Design/methodology/approach An interdisciplinary group of faculty focused on sustainability education engaged in a three-phased proce…
Accounting for spatial economic interactions at local and meso scales in integrated assessment model (IAM) frameworks: Challenges and recent progress
The scientific and policy needs to assess and manage climate change impacts have spawned new coupled, multi-scale integrated assessment model (IAM) frameworks that link global climate and economic processes with high-resolution data and models of human-environmental systems at local and meso scales (Fisher-Vanden and Weyant 2020 Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ. 12 471–87). A central challenge is in accounting for the fundamental interdependence of people…
Cyberinfrastructure for sustainability sciences
Meeting the United Nation’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for an integrative scientific approach, combining expertise, data, models and tools across many disciplines towards addressing sustainability challenges at various spatial and temporal scales. This holistic approach, while necessary, exacerbates the big data and computational challenges already faced by researchers. Many challenges in sustainability research can be tackled by h…
Focus on global–local–global analysis of sustainability
This special issue is the outcome of a workshop held at Purdue University in April 2022. It comprises thematic syntheses of five overarching dimensions of the Global-to-Local-to-Global (GLG) challenge to ensuring the long-term sustainability of land and water resources. These thematic dimensions include: climate change, ecosystems and biodiversity, governance, water resources and cyberinfrastructure. In addition, there are eight applications of G…
The Role of Distance‐Dependent Versus Localized Amenities in Polarizing Urban Spatial Structure: A Spatio‐Temporal Analysis of Residential Location Value in Columbus, Ohio, 2000–2015
This study examines the relative effects of distance‐dependent versus localized amenities in changing urban spatial structure of residential location values within urban areas. We also investigate the spatio‐temporal patterns of neighborhood value , which is the sum of distance‐dependent and localized amenity effects, at a local community scale. We use a hedonic housing price model that controls for residential property characteristics to disting…
An Agent Based Model of a Thinly Traded Land Market in an Urbanizing Region
We have developed a model of a multi-period agent-based land market based on the theory of thinly traded land markets. This new model builds upon the stylized fact that land demand (supply) decreases (increases) across the urban-rural gradient. The e ect of heterogeneous amenities are also included in the model. We simulated the model for a growing urbanizing region and investigated the evolution of land development patterns. We found that this s…
Science for the Sustainable City: Empirical Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology
Bridging barriers to advance global sustainability
Do Stormwater Basins Generate co-Benefits? Evidence from Baltimore County, Maryland
Human adaptations in food, energy, and water systems
Spatial Heterogeneity, Accessibility, and Zoning: An Empirical Investigation of Leapfrog Development
Using data on subdivision development from 1960 to 2005 in the Baltimore, Maryland region, we develop a new, subdivision-specific measure of leapfrog development. Applying this measure, we find that about 80% of developable land that was more accessible to the urban center than newly built subdivisions remained undeveloped as of 1960. This amount declined by more than 50% over our 45-year study period to 36% in 2005. We compare this pattern with …
Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress
Transient Social-Ecological Stability: The Effects of Invasive Species and Ecosystem Restoration on Nutrient Management Compromise in Lake Erie
Roy, E. D., J. F. Martin, E. G. Irwin, J. D. Conroy, and D. A. Culver. 2010. Transient social–ecological stability: the effects of invasive species and ecosystem restoration on nutrient management compromise in Lake Erie. Ecology and Society 15(1): 20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03184-150120
Dynamic modeling of environmental amenity-driven migration with ecological feedbacks
The evolution of urban sprawl: Evidence of spatial heterogeneity and increasing land fragmentation
We investigate the dynamics and spatial distribution of land use fragmentation in a rapidly urbanizing region of the United States to test key propositions regarding the evolution of sprawl. Using selected pattern metrics and data from 1973 and 2000 for the state of Maryland, we find significant increases in developed and undeveloped land fragmentation but substantial spatial heterogeneity as well. Estimated fragmentation gradients that describe …
Determinants of Residential Location Choice: How Important Are Local Public Goods in Attracting Homeowners to Central City Locations?
A hybrid conditional logit choice model is estimated using data on the characteristics and destination of homeowners who engaged in intrametropolitan moves among 17 school districts within the Columbus, Ohio area in 1995. The model is used to test the relative influence of local fiscal and public goods versus household‐level characteristics in determining household location choices across central city and suburban school districts. Results provid…
Determinants of Residential Land‐Use Conversion and Sprawl at the Rural‐Urban Fringe
We estimate a probit model of residential land conversion using parcel‐level data from a rural‐urban county in Ohio. Spatial landscape pattern metrics are used to quantify land‐use patterns and to link patterns of residential sprawl with factors estimated to influence parcel‐level land conversion. Findings indicate that the location of new residential development is influenced by preferences for lower density areas that nonetheless are close to e…
The Effects of Open Space on Residential Property Values
The marginal values of different open space attributes are tested using a hedonic pricing model with residential sales data from central Maryland. The identification problems that arise due to endogenous land use spillovers and unobserved spatial correlation are addressed using instrumental variables estimation with a randomly drawn subset of the data that omits nearest neighbors. Results show a premium associated with permanently preserved open …
Interacting agents, spatial externalities and the evolution of residential land use patterns
We develop a model of land use conversion that incorporates local spillover effects among spatially distributed agents. The model is used to test the hypothesis that fragmented patterns of development in rural‐urban fringe areas could be due to negative externalities that create a ‘repelling’ effect among residential land parcels. Identification of the hypothesized interaction effect is complicated by unobserved, spatially correlated heterogeneit…
Theory, data, methods: Developing spatially explicit economic models of land use change
Interacting agents, spatial externalities and the evolution of residential land use patterns
We develop a model of land use conversion that incorporates local spillover effects among spatially distributed agents. The model is used to test the hypothesis that fragmented patterns of development in rural‐urban fringe areas could be due to negative externalities that create a ‘repelling’ effect among residential land parcels. Identification of the hypothesized interaction effect is complicated by unobserved, spatially correlated heterogeneit…
Bridging barriers to advance global sustainability
Transient Social-Ecological Stability: The Effects of Invasive Species and Ecosystem Restoration on Nutrient Management Compromise in Lake Erie
Roy, E. D., J. F. Martin, E. G. Irwin, J. D. Conroy, and D. A. Culver. 2010. Transient social–ecological stability: the effects of invasive species and ecosystem restoration on nutrient management compromise in Lake Erie. Ecology and Society 15(1): 20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03184-150120
Theory, data, methods: Developing spatially explicit economic models of land use change
The Effects of Open Space on Residential Property Values
The marginal values of different open space attributes are tested using a hedonic pricing model with residential sales data from central Maryland. The identification problems that arise due to endogenous land use spillovers and unobserved spatial correlation are addressed using instrumental variables estimation with a randomly drawn subset of the data that omits nearest neighbors. Results show a premium associated with permanently preserved open …
Interacting agents, spatial externalities and the evolution of residential land use patterns
We develop a model of land use conversion that incorporates local spillover effects among spatially distributed agents. The model is used to test the hypothesis that fragmented patterns of development in rural‐urban fringe areas could be due to negative externalities that create a ‘repelling’ effect among residential land parcels. Identification of the hypothesized interaction effect is complicated by unobserved, spatially correlated heterogeneit…
Determinants of Residential Land‐Use Conversion and Sprawl at the Rural‐Urban Fringe
We estimate a probit model of residential land conversion using parcel‐level data from a rural‐urban county in Ohio. Spatial landscape pattern metrics are used to quantify land‐use patterns and to link patterns of residential sprawl with factors estimated to influence parcel‐level land conversion. Findings indicate that the location of new residential development is influenced by preferences for lower density areas that nonetheless are close to e…
Determinants of Residential Location Choice: How Important Are Local Public Goods in Attracting Homeowners to Central City Locations?
A hybrid conditional logit choice model is estimated using data on the characteristics and destination of homeowners who engaged in intrametropolitan moves among 17 school districts within the Columbus, Ohio area in 1995. The model is used to test the relative influence of local fiscal and public goods versus household‐level characteristics in determining household location choices across central city and suburban school districts. Results provid…
The evolution of urban sprawl: Evidence of spatial heterogeneity and increasing land fragmentation
We investigate the dynamics and spatial distribution of land use fragmentation in a rapidly urbanizing region of the United States to test key propositions regarding the evolution of sprawl. Using selected pattern metrics and data from 1973 and 2000 for the state of Maryland, we find significant increases in developed and undeveloped land fragmentation but substantial spatial heterogeneity as well. Estimated fragmentation gradients that describe …
Dynamic modeling of environmental amenity-driven migration with ecological feedbacks
Transient Social-Ecological Stability: The Effects of Invasive Species and Ecosystem Restoration on Nutrient Management Compromise in Lake Erie
Roy, E. D., J. F. Martin, E. G. Irwin, J. D. Conroy, and D. A. Culver. 2010. Transient social–ecological stability: the effects of invasive species and ecosystem restoration on nutrient management compromise in Lake Erie. Ecology and Society 15(1): 20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03184-150120
Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress
Human adaptations in food, energy, and water systems
Spatial Heterogeneity, Accessibility, and Zoning: An Empirical Investigation of Leapfrog Development
Using data on subdivision development from 1960 to 2005 in the Baltimore, Maryland region, we develop a new, subdivision-specific measure of leapfrog development. Applying this measure, we find that about 80% of developable land that was more accessible to the urban center than newly built subdivisions remained undeveloped as of 1960. This amount declined by more than 50% over our 45-year study period to 36% in 2005. We compare this pattern with …
Do Stormwater Basins Generate co-Benefits? Evidence from Baltimore County, Maryland
Bridging barriers to advance global sustainability
Science for the Sustainable City: Empirical Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology
The Role of Distance‐Dependent Versus Localized Amenities in Polarizing Urban Spatial Structure: A Spatio‐Temporal Analysis of Residential Location Value in Columbus, Ohio, 2000–2015
This study examines the relative effects of distance‐dependent versus localized amenities in changing urban spatial structure of residential location values within urban areas. We also investigate the spatio‐temporal patterns of neighborhood value , which is the sum of distance‐dependent and localized amenity effects, at a local community scale. We use a hedonic housing price model that controls for residential property characteristics to disting…
An Agent Based Model of a Thinly Traded Land Market in an Urbanizing Region
We have developed a model of a multi-period agent-based land market based on the theory of thinly traded land markets. This new model builds upon the stylized fact that land demand (supply) decreases (increases) across the urban-rural gradient. The e ect of heterogeneous amenities are also included in the model. We simulated the model for a growing urbanizing region and investigated the evolution of land development patterns. We found that this s…
Accounting for spatial economic interactions at local and meso scales in integrated assessment model (IAM) frameworks: Challenges and recent progress
The scientific and policy needs to assess and manage climate change impacts have spawned new coupled, multi-scale integrated assessment model (IAM) frameworks that link global climate and economic processes with high-resolution data and models of human-environmental systems at local and meso scales (Fisher-Vanden and Weyant 2020 Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ. 12 471–87). A central challenge is in accounting for the fundamental interdependence of people…
Cyberinfrastructure for sustainability sciences
Meeting the United Nation’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for an integrative scientific approach, combining expertise, data, models and tools across many disciplines towards addressing sustainability challenges at various spatial and temporal scales. This holistic approach, while necessary, exacerbates the big data and computational challenges already faced by researchers. Many challenges in sustainability research can be tackled by h…
Focus on global–local–global analysis of sustainability
This special issue is the outcome of a workshop held at Purdue University in April 2022. It comprises thematic syntheses of five overarching dimensions of the Global-to-Local-to-Global (GLG) challenge to ensuring the long-term sustainability of land and water resources. These thematic dimensions include: climate change, ecosystems and biodiversity, governance, water resources and cyberinfrastructure. In addition, there are eight applications of G…
Six dimensions of sustainability: A framework for organizing diverse university sustainability curricula at The Ohio State University
Purpose Integrating sustainability into university curricula brings diverse challenges and conflicts as separate units vie for ownership of courses and topics. This case study presents a six dimensions sustainability framework developed at The Ohio State University to organize curricula under an inclusive strategy. Design/methodology/approach An interdisciplinary group of faculty focused on sustainability education engaged in a three-phased proce…
Geography (14 works) · Economics (12 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Environmental Science (9 works) · Housing Market and Economics (8 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Econometrics (6 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Land use (6 works)