Land And Its Uses

Author : F. T. Last,M. C. B. Hotz,B. G. Bell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461321699

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Land and its Uses — Actual and Potential by F. T. Last,M. C. B. Hotz,B. G. Bell Pdf

During its existence the Ecosciences Panel of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was constantly concerned with (i) the communic ation gap between the generators of ecological/environmental infor mation and those who use it and (ii) the narrow interpretation of 'environmental' which too frequently was taken as being synonymous with pollution. Because of this concern, and because the panel recognised that land-use is perhaps the overriding facet of environmental policy it was decided to arrange the Seminar recorded in this volume :- Land and its Uses : Actual and Potential An Environmental Appraisal The development of this Seminar was chaired by Professor F. T. Last who was enthusiastically supported by B. G. Bell (U.K.), Drs S. Bie (Norway), 0. W. Heal (U.K.), R. Herrmann (Federal Republic of Germany), M.C.B.Hotz (formerly of NATO, Belgium, but now in Canada), L. Munn (Canada) and N. Yassoglou (Greece). Together, they decided that the participants should include (i) planners/decision makers and (ii) scientists generating ecological/environmental infor mation, in the hope that they would gain a better understanding of each others problems and attitudes and as a result identify how information can be prepared in a more usable form.

Author : Eric F. Lambin,Helmut J. Geist
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540322023

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Land-Use and Land-Cover Change by Eric F. Lambin,Helmut J. Geist Pdf

This book presents recent estimates on the rate of change of major land classes. Aggregated globally, multiple impacts of local land changes are shown to significantly affect central aspects of Earth System functioning. The book offers innovative developments and applications in the fields of modeling and scenario construction. Conclusions are also drawn about the most pressing implications for the design of appropriate intervention policies.

Author : Johann Heinrich von Thünen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033761128

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Isolated State by Johann Heinrich von Thünen Pdf

Abridged and translated from the 2d German ed. "A bibliography of references to Thèunen in English": pages xlv-xlvii.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136498879

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The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture is FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an 'advocacy' report, to be published every three to five years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as well as in other sectors. SOLAW is aimed at sensitizing its target audience on the status of land resources at global and regional levels and FAO's viewpoint on appropriate recommendations for policy formulation. SOLAW focuses on these key dimensions of analysis: (i) quantity, quality of land and water resources, (ii) the rate of use and sustainable management of these resources in the context of relevant socio-economic driving factors and concerns, including food security and poverty, and climate change. This is the first time that a global, baseline status report on land and water resources has been made. It is based on several global spatial databases (e.g. land suitability for agriculture, land use and management, land and water degradation and depletion) for which FAO is the world-recognized data source. Topical and emerging issues on land and water are dealt with in an integrated rather than sectoral manner. The implications of the status and trends are used to advocate remedial interventions which are tailored to major farming systems within different geographic regions.

Author : P. M. Driessen,N. T. Konijn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Land use
ISBN : 9067542288

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Land-use Systems Analysis by P. M. Driessen,N. T. Konijn Pdf

Author : Margarit Mircea Nistor
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128232651

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Climate and Land Use Impacts on Natural and Artificial Systems by Margarit Mircea Nistor Pdf

Climate and Land Use Impacts on Natural and Artificial Systems: Mitigation and Adaptation provides in-depth information on the linkages between climate change and land use, how they are related, how land use is shifting over time, and the major global regions at risk for climate and land use changes. This comprehensive resource discusses climatic factors and processes that impact natural and artificial systems, as well as the relationship between climate change and both natural and man-made hazards. The book includes case studies and original maps to provide real-life examples of climate change and land use over regions around the globe. In addition, the book presents future perspectives on mitigation and adaptation of the climate change impact. Summarizes current research on land use and climate change Provides future perspectives on climate change using climate models Includes case studies to provide real-life examples from various countries Incorporates high level graphics, images, and maps to support reviews and case studies

Author : Marvin T. Beatty,Gary W. Petersen,Leslie Denis Swindale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CHI:17612730

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Planning the Uses and Management of Land by Marvin T. Beatty,Gary W. Petersen,Leslie Denis Swindale Pdf

Author : Hugh Hill Wooten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Land use
ISBN : UOM:39015070420321

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Major Uses of Land in the United States by Hugh Hill Wooten Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264268609

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The Governance of Land Use in OECD Countries Policy Analysis and Recommendations by OECD Pdf

Land use has important consequences for the environment, public health, economic productivity, inequality and social segregation. Land use policies are often complex and require co-ordination across all levels of government as well as across policy sectors. Not surprisingly, land use decisions ...

Author : Lawrence Adkins Reuss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UVA:X030450740

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Inventory of Major Land Uses in the United States by Lawrence Adkins Reuss Pdf

The purpose of the present publication is to supply an account of the extent and distribution of the major agricultural land uses and a general analysis of the land use situation in the United States, showing the latest data available for both land in farms and land outside farms. The information on the acreages of land devoted to the chief purposes provides a comprehensive picture of the use of all land in the United States, trends in land use, and elements affecting use.

Author : Dana Desonie
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business
ISBN : 9781438105659

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Geosphere by Dana Desonie Pdf

Details how sustainability is gaining ground with individuals, communities, regions, and even nations, and shows readers how they, too, can become involved.

Author : Floor Brouwer,C. Martijn van der Heide
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136560927

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Multifunctional Rural Land Management by Floor Brouwer,C. Martijn van der Heide Pdf

The increasing demand for rural land and its natural resources is creating competition and conflicts. Many interested parties, including farmers, nature conservationists, rural residents and tourists, compete for the same space. Especially in densely populated areas, agriculture, recreation, urban and suburban growth and infrastructure development exert a constant pressure on rural areas. Because land is a finite resource, spatial policies which are formulated and implemented to increase the area allocated to one use imply a decrease in land available for other uses. As a result, at many locations, multi-purpose land use is becoming increasingly important. This notion of multi-purpose land use is reflected in the term 'multifunctionality'. This volume provides insights into viable strategies of sustainable management practices allowing multiple functions sustained by agriculture and natural resources in rural areas. It shows how the rural economy and policies can balance and cope with these competing demands and includes numerous case studies from Europe, North America and developing countries.

Author : Cynthia Nickerson,Robert Ebel,Allison Borchers,Fernando Carriazo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1477617159

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Major Uses of Land in the United States 2007 by Cynthia Nickerson,Robert Ebel,Allison Borchers,Fernando Carriazo Pdf

The United States has a total land area of nearly 2.3 billion acres. The Economic Research Service's Major Land Uses (MLU) series is the only accounting of all major uses of public and private land in all 50 States. These State estimates were started in 1945 and have been consistently published at roughly 5-year intervals, coinciding with the Census of Agriculture. Land use and land-use changes involve important economic and environmental implications for commodity production and trade, open space, soil and water conservation, and other policy issues. To study land-use change, statistics on land use over time must be developed. This publication presents the results of the latest inventory (2007) of U.S. major land uses and discusses national and regional trends in land use compared with earlier estimates. Data from USDA's Forest Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, the U.S. Census Bureau, public land management and conservation agencies, and other sources were compiled by State to estimate the uses of several broad classes and subclasses of land in 2007.

Author : Richard Thackway
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781921934421

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Land Use in Australia by Richard Thackway Pdf

Land Use in Australia: Past, Present and Future, is a compilation of invited chapters from Australia’s leading specialists in land use policy and planning and land management. Chapters present many widely recognised issues involved in Australia’s land use policy and planning, including limited understanding and poor awareness of: the rich history of poor decisions on land use planning and management across different levels of governmentthe discontinuities between providers of national biophysical informationthe tools, data and information to improve national land use decision-making outcomesthe poor synthesis and integration between science to policy to natural resource management and resource conditionthe benefits of land use practitioners engaging in connection, cooperation, mutual inquiry and collective social learnings. The aims of the book are threefold: 1) provide a review of the current status of land use policy and planning in Australia; 2) provide a resource to inform and influence the development of land use policy and planning; and 3) provide a sound contribution to Australia’s public–private land use debates in the future. The audience for the book includes government and non-government land management agencies from state and national bodies, universities and researchers.

Author : Derek Hall,Philip Hirsch,Tania Li
Publisher : Challenges of the Agrarian Tra
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822038186128

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Powers of Exclusion by Derek Hall,Philip Hirsch,Tania Li Pdf

Questions of who can access land and who is excluded from it underlie many recent social and political conflicts in Southeast Asia. Powers of Exclusion examines the key processes through which shifts in land relations are taking place, notably state land allocation and provision of property rights, the dramatic expansion of areas zoned for conservation, booms in the production of export-oriented crops, the conversion of farmland to post-agrarian uses, “intimate” exclusions involving kin and co-villagers, and mobilizations around land framed in terms of identity and belonging. In case studies drawn from seven countries, the authors find that four “powers of exclusion”—regulation, the market, force and legitimation—have combined to shape land relations in new and often surprising ways. Land debates are often presented as a conflict between market-oriented land use with full private property rights on the one side, and equitable access, production for subsistence, and respect for custom on the other. The authors step back from these debates to point out that any productive use of land requires the exclusion of some potential users, and that most projects for transforming land relations are thus accompanied by painful dilemmas. Rather than counterposing “exclusion” to “inclusion,” the book argues that attention must be paid to who is excluded, how, why, and with what consequences. Powers of Exclusion is a path-breaking book that draws on insights from multiple disciplines to map out the new contours of struggles for land in Southeast Asia. The volume provides a framework for analyzing the dilemmas of land relations across the Global South and beyond.