Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Area 3
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Category : Cheyenne River Watershed (Wyo. and S.D.)
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Area 3
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Category : Milk River Watershed (Mont. and Alta.)
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Author: F. T. Last
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461321697
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 577

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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.

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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Author: James Richard Anderson
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Category : Land cover
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Category : Land use surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Author: J. Henry Sather
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Category : Wetlands
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Author: Wesley G. Smith
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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Languages : en
Pages : 372

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Author: F.M. Brouwer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401132909
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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The patterns of land use that have evolved in Europe reflect the boundaries set by the natural environment and socio-economic responses to the needs of the population. Over the centuries man has been able to overcome increasingly the constraints placed on land use by the natural environment through the development of new technologies and innovations, driven by an increasing population and rising material expectations. However, activities are still ultimately constrained by natural limitations such as climatic characteristics and associated edaphic and vegetational features. A major problem for land management, in its broadest sense, can be a reluctance to foresee the consequent ecological changes. This means that mitigating strategies will not be implemented in time to prevent environmental degradation and social hardship, although in many parts of Europe, over some centuries, demands have been met in a sustainable way, by sound, prudent and temperate expectations that have dictated management regimes. The management of land in Europe has always been a complex challenge: land is the primary, though finite resource. DeciSions regarding the use of land and manipulation of ecosystem dynamics today may affect the long-term primary productivity of the resource. Decisions to change land use may be virtually irreversible; urbanization is an illustration of the influence of population density on the land resource.