land use Articles
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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An approach to regional planning in India
The need for a more balanced spatial growth pattern in Karnataka is shown by applying Zipf's law to the Indian State of Karnataka, with the result demonstrating Bangalore's increasing urban primacy. The authors review the literature on promote more equitably distributed growth, primarily the European polycentric model, to conclude that it is a 'wicked problem' that requires multiple perspectives, ...
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Modeling the combined impact of future climate and land use changes on streamflow of Xinjiang Basin, China
The response of hydrologic circulation to climate and land use changes is important in studying the historical, present, and future evolution of aquatic ecosystems. In this study, the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase 5 multi-model ensemble and a raster-based Xin'anjiang model were applied to simulate future streamflows under three climate change scenarios and two land use/cover ...
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Implications of changing employment patterns on urban ecosystem service requirements: a study of Greater Christchurch
The world is becoming increasingly urbanised. As settlements expand in size and complexity, planners face increasingly challenging issues, like urban 'sprawl', traffic congestion, increasing demand for employment opportunities, loss of a sense of community, and pressure on critical infrastructure and environmental resources. Many metropolitan areas have developed strategies to cope with this ...
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The land use guidance system: a disaster mitigation tool for rural communities
As rural communities grow, the need to mitigate disasters and manage growth responsibly increases. Growth management and disaster planning and mitigation strategies designed for urban regions have been adopted by few rural communities in the USA. The Land Use Guidance System, a practical and successful management tool designed and implemented by three rural communities in the south-eastern USA, ...
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Crossroads of tourism: a complex spatial systems analysis of tourism and urban sprawl in the Algarve
Urban development combined with city expansion, has brought irreversible consequences for land use and environmental degradation. The balance between stability in urban areas and biodiversity, relates in essence to sustainability and economic development. This economic development in southern Europe is especially affected by service industries such as tourism. Preventing future damage is ...
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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 ...
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Nourishing urbanism: a case for a new urban paradigm
True sustainability demands that we seek to more than 'prop up' traditional approaches to our environment; rather, it requires that we redress current shortcomings in the planning and design of our urban environment at both bio-regional and local scales. Nourishing Urbanism proposes a shift in the urban and non-urban paradigm relating to energy, water and food; all face significant ...
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Methodology for risk assessment of flash flood events due to climate and land-use changes: application to the Llobregat basin
Global change, including climate, land-use and socio-economic changes, is expected to increase the stress on the entire water cycle. In the Mediterranean region, extreme events are likely to increase due to climate change. This work, framed in the EC Seventh Framework Programme project IMPRINTS, presents a methodology to obtain future flood risk maps using climate and land-use scenarios, ...
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A new approach to distributing urban trips
The traditional approach to urban transportation planning involves trip generation, distribution, modal split and assignment. For the most part these steps are logical and have a reasonable foundation in reality. The weakest of these on logical grounds is the distribution of trips using the gravity model. This approach gained acceptance in large part because total trips in an urban area tend to ...
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Land use change and the multifunctional role of agriculture: a spatial prediction model in an Italian rural area
Land use and cover change are very complex phenomena, based on relationships among environmental, social and economic factors. Moreover, its analysis could be highly valuable for predicting the effects of land use change and for planning a policy intervention able to steer agricultural activities towards sustainability. We implemented a spatial prediction model of agricultural land use changes ...
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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 ...
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Benefit–cost analysis of lake conservation with emphasis on aesthetics in developing countries
Urban water bodies like lakes, wetlands and rivers carry a number of intangible benefits. In order to assess true value of societal welfare and benefits derived from these assets, social benefit cost analysis (SBCA) should be preferred. Hedonic pricing method has been used in the present study for capturing the aesthetic benefit of the Sukhna Lake of Chandigarh City and then using the results in ...
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Potential health effects associated with residential proximity to freeways and primary roads: review of scientific literature, 1999–2006
This review presents epidemiologic evidence of adverse health effects associated with residential proximity to traffic. Of the 29 peer-reviewed studies that met the authors’ defined criteria, 25 reported statistically significant associations with at least one adverse health effect across a broad range of exposure metrics and diverse geographical locations. Specific pollutants contributing to the ...
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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 ...
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Environmental indicator assessment for smart growth
Two of the major environmental indicators evaluated in this study are changes in fragmented forests and increase in impervious surfaces. Both of these indicators have important implications for adverse environmental impact in the county. Satellite imagery and airborne photography were used to collect information on ground characteristics for these two indicators. Change detection analysis of the ...
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A GIS-based approach for the long-term prediction of human health risks at contaminated sites
A Health Index/Risk Evaluation Tool (HIRET) has been developed for the integration of risk assessment and spatial planning using GIS capabilities. The method is meant to assist decision makers and site owners in the evaluation of potential human health risk with respect to land use. Human health risk defined as the potential adverse effects on human life or health is generally accepted as the ...
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Housing as basis for sustainable consumption
An important element in the discussion regarding sustainable development in our part of the world is directed towards the large growth in private consumption, and the clash of interests that arises between this growth and sustainable development requirements. A considerable part of private consumption can be related to our houses and the living situations of which they are part. It is of ...
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