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Train derailment prompts contaminated land investigation - Case study

On March 30th 2015 a long freight train, transporting a variety of goods including lumber and chemicals, wound its way through the state of Mississippi. At around 5pm, part of the train failed to negotiate a curved portion of the track in a rural area near Minter City, resulting in the derailment of nine railcars, one of which leaked chemicals onto agricultural farmland and woodlands. Emergency ...

Nov. 8, 2017

By Gasmet Technologies Oy

Land-use planning, permaculture and the transitivity of 'development'

Land-use planning in England and Wales has been reluctant to embrace grassroots 'low impact development' projects, which are often based at least in part on principles of permaculture. This reluctance, and the planning system's concept of sustainable development, are examined against the wider global background of development discourse and politics. Development, particularly when understood as a ...

Dec. 14, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

A new understanding of formal land use plans in Germany

Traditionally, German local land use plans focus on issues such as zoning, transportation, social and green infrastructure planning. Nowadays, they are criticised to be too inflexible and ? especially in respect of content ? too limited to cope with the pace and complexity of various interacting sub-processes and actors of urban development. Accordingly, collaborative and strategic tasks of ...

Nov. 14, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

Heritage and land use planning – some useful ideas from the United Kingdom

The contrast between PEI and UK heritage protection and planning practices could not be more stark. Compared to the UK, we are doing no planning whatsoever. We have a lot to learn by looking at how things might be managed more effectively. The most important take-home point is that planning should involve all government departments, all levels of government and all of the land.Rights and ...

Apr. 14, 2009

By Trees In Trust

Risk–based land use planning around hazardous chemical installations

This paper presents a framework for supporting land use planning decisions around hazardous chemical facilities taking risk into consideration. The proposed methodology contains all the steps that a planner needs to fully define the problem based on multi–criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and incorporating the needs of major local stakeholders. The decision is supported by the generation of the ...

Jun. 17, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Developing a contaminated land use strategy

Landmark's Historical Map and Land Use datasets are invaluable for the identification of potentially contaminated land as part of the 1995 Environment Act. The challenge:Part IIa of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 makes local authorities responsible for the identification of historically contaminated land, which poses a threat to human health or to the environment, within their ...

Mar. 18, 2008

By Landmark Information Group

The impacts of Europe’s biofuel plans on carbon emissions and land

A new study analyses the likely impacts on land use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of biofuel use by 2020, as projected in recently published National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) in 23 EU member states. The analysis includes evidence on size and impacts of ‘indirect land use change’ (ILUC) resulting from biofuel use. It is the most comprehensive study to date to ...

Nov. 12, 2010

By Transport and Environment (T&E)

Modelling and optimization of land use/land cover change in a developing urban catchment

The impacts of land use/cover change (LUCC) on hydrological processes and water resources are mainly reflected in changes in runoff and pollutant variations. Low impact development (LID) technology is utilized as an effective strategy to control urban stormwater runoff and pollution in the urban catchment. In this study, the impact of LUCC on runoff and pollutants in an urbanizing catchment of ...

Mar. 3, 2017

By IWA Publishing

Environmental impact assessment of land use planning around the leased limestone mine using remote sensing techniques

The Limestone mining lease (ML) area lies between Latitude 24° 43’ N and 24° 45’ N and Longitude 74° 35’ E and 74° 37’ E. It is located in revenue villages Naya Kheda, Amarpura, Sawa, Sindaudi, Jorawar Singh Ka Khera, Rail Ka Amarana, Neem Ka Amarana, Bad Ka Amarana, Medi Ka Amarana, Karunda and Charlia, tehsil and District Chittorgarh in the State of Rajasthan, India. The Mining lease (ML) area ...

Feb. 12, 2006

By University of Tehran

Land in Europe: prices, taxes and use patterns

Background Developments in land-use patterns across Europe are generating considerable concern, particularly in relation to achievement of environmental goals. Land‑use trends — such as urban sprawl and land abandonment — are jeopardising the future for sustainable land use. Moreover, these trends endanger the achievement of European environmental goals in areas such as ...

May 11, 2010

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Modelling the hydrological impacts of rural land use change

The potential role of rural land use in mitigating flood risk and protecting water supplies continues to be of great interest to regulators and planners. The ability of hydrologists to quantify the impact of rural land use change on the water cycle is however limited and we are not able to provide consistently reliable evidence to support planning and policy decisions. This shortcoming stems ...

Dec. 22, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Modelling public land-use decisions as a cooperative game

The process with which to involve the public in national forest management planning and decision-making is analysed. Owing in part to various statutes that mandate the early and frequent involvement of the public in national forest system land management decisions, stakeholder conflict and often litigation surround these decisions. Many approaches have been used in an attempt to resolve these ...

Jan. 26, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Achieving Compliance with Environmental Health–Related Land Use Planning Conditions in Hong Kong: Perspectives from Traditional Motivation Theories

Environmental health–related land use planning conditions can enhance the environment in Hong Kong. Previous research by others has shown, however, that a lack of compliance with planning conditions often occurs. And as no direct enforcement of planning conditions exists in Hong Kong, it is of interest to understand possible ways in which to increase the motivation of land developers and property ...

Nov. 1, 2009

By National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)

ATES: a geo-informatics decision aid tool for the integration of groundwater into land planning

Groundwater is the primary source of drinking water for small municipalities and individuals. However, groundwater can be polluted by almost any land use. Consequently, many governments have acquired groundwater information in the aim of protecting the resource. Nevertheless, the resulting data are often ill-fitted to planning needs. In a previous study, a method was developed to help planners ...

Aug. 21, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Risk assessment of land-use suitability and application to Tangshan City

Risk assessment for suitability is one of the main problems in city landuse planning for disaster prevention. Decision-making strategy using GIS-based Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) method is discussed through analysing OWA evaluation procedure. Data of geological disaster in Tangshan City are used to calculate the distances from dangerous areas or safety area to yield evaluation criteria for ...

Sep. 27, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

IWRM Planning

In contrast to prescriptive and rather rigid master plans, an IWRM-oriented planning process takes a more flexible and dynamic approach to planning the development and management of water resources. Planning reflects the total activity in the system, whether defined as river basin, catchment or watershed, including for example ...

Mar. 19, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Use of Land over Closed Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

§330.951. Definitions. Unless otherwise noted, all terms contained in this section are defined by their plain meaning. This section contains definitions that are applicable only to this subchapter and which supersede definitions in §330.2 of this title (relating to Definitions) where those terms appear in this subchapter. As used in this subchapter, words in the singular include the plural ...

Apr. 1, 1995

Application of GIS to Plan Long-Range Water Supply Facilities by Linking Land Use and Water Billing Data of City of Cape Coral in Southwest Florida

This paper describes the application of a land use based approach to prepare a long-range forecast of water supply demand for the city of Cape Coral in southwest Florida. There are two common approaches to forecast water demand: (1) use of population projections; and (2) analysis of future land use planning. The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), as required in 2002 Legislation, has ...

Oct. 21, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Relationship between land use and water quality in a small watershed in South Korea

Recent research and monitoring undertaken by various institutions have emphasized measurements of river-water quality. Based on the results, government agencies have set guidelines to improve river-water quality management. However, the relationship between water quality and land use/land cover (LULC) has not been examined closely in South Korea to date. This study investigated this relationship ...

Dec. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Planning and Economics

Planning for Water Recycling In the face of limits on available surface water resources, and increasing vulnerability to drought and climate change, many water authorities are looking to diversify their sources of supply. Options to diversify supplies include groundwater sources, use of recycled water, or desalination of seawater. Recycled water is a good ...

Mar. 19, 2012

By IWA Publishing

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