Multifunctional Land Use
Title | Multifunctional Land Use PDF eBook |
Author | Ülo Mander |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 422 |
Release | 2007-05-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3540367632 |
This book is a major contribution to the debate on future land development strategies, as well as helping to supporting land use decision making at all levels. Scientists from across Europe installed the Landscape Tomorrow network to prepare for upcoming challenges in research on sustainable land development. The book’s interdisciplinary perspective analyses, among other things, the general principles of land use multifunctionality and reports on a variety of success stories.
Sustainable Development of Multifunctional Landscapes
Title | Sustainable Development of Multifunctional Landscapes PDF eBook |
Author | Katharina Helming |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 332 |
Release | 2013-03-09 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3662052407 |
New demands on landscapes and natural resources call for multifunctional approaches to land development. Tools are required to identify the effects of land management on landscape sustainability and to support the decision-making process on the multipurpose utilisation of landscape resources. Scientists from across Europe installed the "Landscape Tomorrow" network to be prepared for new challenges in research to sustainable land development in an international perspective. This publication analyses general principles of landscape multifunctionality, develops methods to assess the sustainability of agricultural and forestry land management and identifies strategies of sustainable land management. Moreover, it contributes to the scientific basis for future land development strategies and helps support land use decision-making on the political, planning and management level.
Multifunctional Rural Land Management
Title | Multifunctional Rural Land Management PDF eBook |
Author | Floor Brouwer |
Publisher | Earthscan |
Total Pages | 385 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1849772029 |
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.
Toward Sustainable Relations Between Agriculture and the City
Title | Toward Sustainable Relations Between Agriculture and the City PDF eBook |
Author | Christophe-Toussaint Soulard |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 239 |
Release | 2018-01-30 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 3319710370 |
This book gives an overview of frameworks, methods, and case studies useful for the analysis of the relations between agriculture and the city, in Europe and the Mediterranean. Its originality lies in the analysis of urban food systems sustainability from an actors’ perspective. All the chapters consider the key role of actors in the definition of innovations and pathways, which enhance sustainability, seen as an ongoing process. Part 1 presents systemic approaches of agricultural-urban interactions at the city-region scale in France, Egypt, Italy and Morocco. Part 2 deals with methods and tools for urban planning and local development, utilized to design and assess sustainable food systems. The Part 3 inventories the recent changes in urban agriculture and the new forms of governance which are emerging in European cities (Athens, Berlin, Lisbon, Montpellier, Paris and Zurich). These results are useful for students, academics and activists involved in local policies and projects.
Multifunctional landscapes
Title | Multifunctional landscapes PDF eBook |
Author | Ülo Mander |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Land use |
ISBN | 9781853129360 |
A Nexus Approach for Sustainable Development
Title | A Nexus Approach for Sustainable Development PDF eBook |
Author | Stephan Hülsmann |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2020-11-10 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3030575306 |
This book explores how integrated management of environmental resources via a nexus approach can help in achieving the respective Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides conceptual considerations but mainly practical examples on how to implement a nexus approach in cities and multifunctional land-use systems to increase resource use efficiency and develop a low carbon economy. After sketching out the background and conceptual outline, contributions to the book explore key aspects of the nexus implementation. Specifically, they • Demonstrate how to sustainably use organic waste and wastewater for agriculture, • Explore examples on how to manage multifunctional land-use systems including multipurpose reservoirs, • Highlight the importance of economic incentives for successful nexus implementation, and • Provide a comprehensive perspective on challenges and opportunities of implementation, considering peer-to-peer learning, indigenous knowledge, and stakeholder participation. The chapters in this book shed a new light on key aspects of the interrelation between SDGs and the nexus approach in resilient cities and multifunctional land-use systems, and provide specific examples on how to advance sustainable resources management.
Land Use Competition
Title | Land Use Competition PDF eBook |
Author | Jörg Niewöhner |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 370 |
Release | 2016-07-29 |
Genre | 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.