Assessment of Land-use Impact of Highways in Small Urban Areas
Author : Alan J. Horowitz
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Page : 186 pages
File Size : 26,62 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Land use
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Author : Alan J. Horowitz
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 26,62 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Land use
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Author : Jörg Niewöhner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 12,88 MB
Release : 2016-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319336282
This book contributes to broadening the interdisciplinary knowledge basis for the description, analysis and assessment of land use practices. It presents conceptual advances grounded in empirical case studies on four main themes: distal drivers, competing demands on different scales, changing food regimes and land-water competition. Competition over land ownership and use is one of the key contexts in which the effects of global change on social-ecological systems unfold. As such, understanding these rapidly changing dynamics is one of the most pressing challenges of global change research in the 21st century. This book contributes to a deeper understanding of the manifold interactions between land systems, the economics of resource production, distribution and use, as well as the logics of local livelihoods and cultural contexts. It addresses a broad readership in the geosciences, land and environmental sciences, offering them an essential reference guide to land use competition.
Author : Alan J. Horowitz
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 35,64 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780938744436
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 29,56 MB
Release : 2006-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309100887
All phases of road developmentâ€"from construction and use by vehicles to maintenanceâ€"affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants and animals. Roads and traffic can alter wildlife habitat, cause vehicle-related mortality, impede animal migration, and disperse nonnative pest species of plants and animals. Integrating environmental considerations into all phases of transportation is an important, evolving process. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has made road development more complex and controversial. Over the past two decades, the Federal Highway Administration and state transportation agencies have increasingly recognized the importance of the effects of transportation on the natural environment. This report provides guidance on ways to reconcile the different goals of road development and environmental conservation. It identifies the ecological effects of roads that can be evaluated in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of roads and offers several recommendations to help better understand and manage ecological impacts of paved roads.
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Page : 672 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 1999
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Page : 90 pages
File Size : 16,6 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Urban transportation
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Author : Alan J. Horowitz
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 32,26 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Business forecasting
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Author : S. H. Putman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1135684162
This book was first published in 1983.
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Page : 256 pages
File Size : 31,83 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Urban transportation
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Author : Basant Maheshwari
Publisher : Springer
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 23,2 MB
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3319281127
This book provides a unique synthesis of concepts and tools to examine natural resource, socio-economic, legal, policy and institutional issues that are important for managing urban growth into the future. The book will particularly help the reader to understand the current issues and challenges and develop strategies and practices to cope with future pressures of urbanisation and peri-urban land, water and energy use challenges. In particular, the book will help the reader to discover underlying principles for the planning of future cities and peri-urban regions in relation to: (i) Balanced urban development policies and institutions for future cities; (ii) Understanding the effects of land use change, population increase, and water demand on the liveability of cities; (iii) Long-term planning needs and transdisciplinary approaches to ensure the secured future for generations ahead; and (iv) Strategies to adapt the cities and land, water and energy uses for viable and liveable cities. There are growing concerns about water, food security and sustainability with increased urbanisation worldwide. For cities to be liveable and sustainable into the future there is a need to maintain the natural resource base and the ecosystem services in the peri-urban areas surrounding cities. This need is increasing under the looming spectre of global warming and climate change. This book will be of interest to policy makers, urban planners, researchers, post-graduate students in urban planning, environmental and water resources management, and managers in municipal councils.