Finally, we developed a GIS ModelBuilder routine to map the WUI for the selected buffer distance.
With a few exceptions, soil clay content and bulk density increase with increasing buffer distance (particularly within 0 100 m range), while organic matter content and available water capacity decrease with buffer distance.
When buffer distance of spatial scale was 25 km, air quality showed the highest correlation with forest coverage.
The results were easy to interpret, but sensitive to the buffer distance and the arrangement of sample points.
In addition, we assessed the effects of buffer distance, topographic conditions, and building characteristics on the accuracy and quality of building extraction.
Finally, the judge rejected the claim for a permanent injunction to stop Baxter swathing in the future, because of "the absence of an empirical basis to support any buffer distance".
Beyond the 100 m buffer distance and in the third layer of the soil profiles (approximately C horizons), the soil properties examined in all stream buffer zones become less distinguishable.
The results showed that the LDI index values varied significantly as the buffer distance increased, and specifically, the wetlands plus a 300-m wide swath was found to encompass the most appropriate area of inclusion for assessment.
The sign treatment was found to shift motor vehicles away from the rightmost lane positions, though the signs did not significantly affect the mean buffer distance between the bicyclists and passing motorists or the propensity of crowding events during passing.
For the definition of the interface (buffer) distance between WUI infrastructural and wildland components, we computed the empirical cumulative distribution functions (ECDF) of the percentage of ignition points (observed and simulated) arising at increasing distances from the selected infrastructures.
The overall accuracy and quality of our approach was positively related to buffer distance, with accuracies ranging from 50 to 95% for buffer distances from 0 to 100 m.
