Toward Sustainable Urban Landscape Management: Floridians' Perceptions of Residential Landscapes and Their Maintenance Requirements

Hayk Khachatryan , , Xumin Zhang, andMichael Dukes

Release Date: 3/17/2021

Reviewed At: 7/7/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-fe1090-2021

Water Resources

Abstract

This 5-page fact sheet written by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Xumin Zhang, and Michael Dukes and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department is the first in a series from the Sustainable Residential Landscape Project, a study conducted in 2016 to address perceptions of landscapes in Florida, different factors that could influence the adoption of more sustainable landscape options, and ways to promote sustainable landscaping options.

About this Publication

This document is FE1090, one of a series of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2021. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Khachatryan, H., Rihn, A., Zhang, X., & Dukes, M. (2021). Towards Sustainable Urban Landscape Management: Floridians’ Perceptions of Residential Landscapes and Their Maintenance Requirements. EDIS, 2021(2), 5. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1090-2021

Authors

Hayk Khachatryan

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University of Florida

professor and Extension economist, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

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Alicia Rihn

assistant professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee, former postdoctoral research associate, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

Xumin Zhang

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University of Florida

assistant professor, economics, Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL

lecturer, Ph.D., UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics, Gainesville, FL

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Michael Dukes

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University of Florida

director, UF/IFAS Nutrient Management Program, associate dean for special initiatives, UF/IFAS Extension, professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and director, Center for Land Use Efficiency, Gainesville, FL

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