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Ethical Land Use

Author : Timothy Beatley
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801846984
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (469 download)

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Download or read book Ethical Land Use written by Timothy Beatley and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology," wrote Aldo Leopold in 1933, "but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics." Since then, every generation has taken up Leopold's search for a "land ethic" to guide decision making which would balance economic considerations with concerns for beauty, sustainability and quality of life. Should a community preserve or develop the remaining wetlands within its jurisdiction? Should a local government allow low-income housing to be built in an affluent neighborhood? Does a farmer continue farming despite surrounding urbanization or does he sell the land for a profit and allow further development? Ethical Land Use is the first comprehensive examination of the eithical dimensions of land-use decisions and policy. Its premise is that all land-use decisions—whether to build an interstate highway or maintain a suburban lawn with chemical fertilizers—invariably involve ethical choices. Historically Beatley observes, many such decisions were made on narrow legal, technical, or economic grounds rather than on a full consideration of their complex ethical and moral dimensions. Drawing on a combination of actual land-use conflicts and hypothetical scenarios, Beatley offers a full description and analysis of the difficult issues faced by policy makers as well as individual citizens. He concludes by proposing a practical set of principles for ethical land use to guide future policy and planning

For the Health of the Land

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597267988
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book For the Health of the Land written by Aldo Leopold and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aldo Leopold's classic work A Sand County Almanac is widely regarded as one of the most influential conservation books of all time. In it, Leopold sets forth an eloquent plea for the development of a "land ethic" -- a belief that humans have a duty to interact with the soils, waters, plants, and animals that collectively comprise "the land" in ways that ensure their well-being and survival. For the Health of the Land, a new collection of rare and previously unpublished essays by Leopold, builds on that vision of ethical land use and develops the concept of "land health" and the practical measures landowners can take to sustain it. The writings are vintage Leopold -- clear, sensible, and provocative, sometimes humorous, often lyrical, and always inspiring. Joining them together are a wisdom and a passion that transcend the time and place of the author's life. The book offers a series of forty short pieces, arranged in seasonal "almanac" form, along with longer essays, arranged chronologically, which show the development of Leopold's approach to managing private lands for conservation ends. The final essay is a never before published work, left in pencil draft at his death, which proposes the concept of land health as an organizing principle for conservation. Also featured is an introduction by noted Leopold scholars J. Baird Callicott and Eric T. Freyfogle that provides a brief biography of Leopold and places the essays in the context of his life and work, and an afterword by conservation biologist Stanley A. Temple that comments on Leopold's ideas from the perspective of modern wildlife management. The book's conservation message and practical ideas are as relevant today as they were when first written over fifty years ago. For the Health of the Land represents a stunning new addition to the literary legacy of Aldo Leopold.

A Sand County Almanac

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0197500269
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book A Sand County Almanac written by Aldo Leopold and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with a call for changing our understanding of land management.

Bounded People, Boundless Lands

Author : Eric T. Freyfogle
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9781597263252
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Bounded People, Boundless Lands written by Eric T. Freyfogle and published by Island Press. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What right do humans have to claim sovereignty over the land, to build fences and set boundaries when nature itself recognizes no such boundaries? Is there hope for a new land ethic that is less destructive toward the land, that views nature as something to be valued and nurtured rather than exploited and "developed"?One of the main challenges of contemporary environmentalism is to find a lasting, more ethical way for people to live on the planet. In Bounded People, Boundless Lands, legal scholar Eric T. Freyfogle asks a series of pointed and challenging questions about the human quest for ecological harmony. Deftly interweaving moral and ethical considerations with case studies and real-life situations, Freyfogle provides a deep philosophical examination of personal responsibility and the dominion of human beings over the earth. He raises provocative questions about private property rights, responsible land ownership, the rights of wildlife, and ecological health. Although the questions that Freyfogle asks are not new, they are presented in the context of contemporary events, often connected to legal cases, which allows him to bring age-old issues up to date, and to make direct connections between abstract concepts and our own lives.Throughout, Freyfogle questions the way human beings envision the land, thinking they can claim nature as their own, and criticizes market approaches to valuing and using nature. As an introduction to land ethics, but one that embraces environmental, legal, and philosophical arguments, Bounded People, Boundless Lands is a unique contribution to the environmental literature.

Policy for Land

Author : Lynton Keith Caldwell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847677795
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (777 download)

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Download or read book Policy for Land written by Lynton Keith Caldwell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1993 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, two leading scholars, a political scientist and an ethical philosopher, outline a new national policy for land use, and provide the legal, political, and ethical justifications for their proposed policies.

Development and Justice

Author : Rajula Annie Watson
Publisher : ISPCK
ISBN 13 : 9788172147488
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Development and Justice written by Rajula Annie Watson and published by ISPCK. This book was released on 2004 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restoring the health of the land is indispensable not only because it is the ground of our sustenance and survival, but also land has in itself the inherent worth. This book challenges humanity's indulgence, and activities of development, science and technology, and insists for human responsibility and moral duties towards the land, the sustaining mother earth, which is abused, ransacked of its wealth, and ignored of its intrinsic value. The study attempts to bring together perspectives and values that are important for preserving the rights of the land, and proposes the contour of a land ethic.

Land Use Regulation

Author : Daniel P. Selmi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Land Use Regulation written by Daniel P. Selmi and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dynamic casebook focuses on the role of the lawyer in land use regulatory matters And The factors that influence land development decisions. it emphasizes the modern practice of land use law and cutting-edge issues. Revised and updated to reflect the many new developments in the law, Land Use Regulation: Cases and Materials, Second Edition, Is equally well suited for courses in land use and land development. When you examine this concise casebook, be sure to notice its: Five-part structure, providing a frame of reference for understanding the various issues that arise in land use matters. Plentiful materials -- news articles, law review articles, essays, and other materials - to enrich teaching and illustrate the rapid change in the field. Emphasis on the most current material and recent cases to convey the dynamic context of land use law. Examination of the relative contributions of law, local government discretion and politics in the process that decides local land use questions. Focus on third-party rights in land development, such as the roles played by neighbors, citizen groups, business groups, and housing advocates. Exploration of ethical issues that arise in land use as viewed from the perspectives of both lawyers and society. Clear and practical explanations of the lawyer's role. Comprehensive Teacher's Manual, enhanced by the addition of a Transition Guide For The Second Edition, The authors have refined and improved their casebook by incorporating: deeper coverage of takings developments, including the most recent cases (such as Palazzolo and Tahoe) And The academic debate over the origins and reach of takings law. New cases of First Amendment protections: City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, The Florida 'voyeur dorm' case on the regulation of adult businesses, and cases under state and local legislation protecting religious institutions. New information on the economics of land use. A summary of the Playa Vista Project, a large-scale land use project that illustrates most aspects of land use regulation and that can be used as an introduction To The field. A completely updated section on smart growth, sprawl, and sustainable development. Expanded coverage of private law instruments, such as development agreements. New materials on annexations and redevelopment law. Cases chosen for their teaching value. Land Use Regulation: Cases and Materials, Second Edition, Is an excellent vehicle for giving students a realistic look at the modern practice of land use law.

Ecological Integrity and Land Uses

Author : Laura Westra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781536154061
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Ecological Integrity and Land Uses written by Laura Westra and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to focus the attention of scholars and policymakers on the ongoing land grabs that occur in all continents, as corporations, conglomerates and powerful governments ally themselves with those who reap economic profits from the dispossession of those who inhabit the lands.Often the dispossession takes place as a legal transaction, even as an internationally sanctioned form of so-called "sustainable development", something that, in reality, is neither sustainable, nor leading to the development of the communities indigenous to the land, who usually attempt to the best of their ability, to resist, and deny what they view as a forceful hostile occupation, of the lands which constitute their only source of sustenance.This book raises a grave question, as it asks, whether these dispositions might represent grave violations of the rights of peoples to be free from racial discrimination, and to their rights to their own resources and self-determination. When climate change is exacerbated by deforestation, in order to use the land for more profitable cash crops, then it is even possible to view the environmental disasters that ensue as crimes against humanity.

Land Use & Taxation

Author : Howard James Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781558441248
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Land Use & Taxation written by Howard James Brown and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can today's policy makers and researchers effectively draw on the ideas of nineteenth-century philosopher Henry George to help solve twenty-first-century problems? This compendium presents eight essays by scholars who demonstrate that many of George's ideas about land use and taxation remain valuable today.

Values at Sea

Author : Dorinda G. Dallmeyer
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820324661
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Values at Sea written by Dorinda G. Dallmeyer and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human impact on vast areas of the oceans remains relatively unregulated. Sometimes, in fact, the only controls over our exploitation of marine resources lie in our environmental consciousness. While the field of environmental ethics has explored rights and duties for land use, stewardship, and policy, relatively little attention has been given to comparable issues of marine environments. Values at Sea makes an important step toward moving environmental ethics discussions into a broader framework. Gathered here are fifteen papers by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, including ethicists, marine scientists, anthropologists, economists, geographers, lawyers, and activists. From the Great Lakes to the Pacific Islands, from the open sea to coastal areas, the papers cover a broad array of ethical issues and policy matters related to such topics as the valuation of marine life, indigenous peoples’ knowledge and environmental stewardship, endemic and exotic species, aquaculture, oil spills, and species protection.

Ecological Integrity

Author : David Pimentel
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 161091063X
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Ecological Integrity written by David Pimentel and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Integrity Project has brought together leading scientists and thinkers from around the world to examine the combined problems of threatened and unequal human well-being, degradation of the ecosphere, and unsustainable economies. Based on the proposition that healthy, functioning ecosystems are a necessary prerequisite for both economic security and social justice, the project is built around the concept of ecological integrity and its practical implications for policy and management.Ecological Integrity presents a synthesis and findings of the project. Contributors -- including Robert Goodland, James Karr, Orie Loucks, Jack Manno, William Rees, Mark Sagoff, Robert Ulanowicz, Philippe Crabbe, Laura Westra, David Pimentel, Reed Noss, and others -- examine the key elements of ecological integrity and consider what happens when integrity is lost or compromised. The book: examines historical and philosophical foundations of the concept of ecological integrity explores how integrity can be measured examines the relationships among ecological integrity, human health, and food production looks at economic and ethical issues that need to be considered in protecting ecological integrity offers concrete recommendations for reversing ecological degradation while promoting social and economic justice and welfare .Contributors argue that there is an urgent need for rapid and fundamental change in the ecologically destructive patterns of collective human behavior if society is to survive and thrive in coming decades.Ecological Integrity is a groundbreaking book that integrates environmental science, economics, law, and ethics in problem analysis, synthesis, and solution, and is a vital contribution for anyone concerned with interactions between human and planetary health.

Examining International Land Use Policies, Changes, and Conflicts

Author : Hasnat, G. N. Tanjina
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799843734
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Examining International Land Use Policies, Changes, and Conflicts written by Hasnat, G. N. Tanjina and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though conflicts continue to arise over land use and land cover changes, the conversion of forest land to cropland or other land uses such as housing and urban development have been on the rise in recent years. Decisions regarding land use and land cover influence climate change as well as various natural processes. While proper changes can minimize the effects and speed of climatic changes, the continued adverse changes may be accelerating the deterioration of the world’s condition. Examining International Land Use Policies, Changes, and Conflicts presents the latest research on the present status of land use and land cover changes throughout the world in order to determine appropriate land use policies that can protect earth’s present and future condition. The findings of the studies investigate the conflicts behind the land tenure and land uses in different countries of the world and examines existing policies and the reasons behind changes in them. Ultimately, the book provides readers with knowledge on how land can be managed in a sustained manner, how landscape models are helpful for predicting and determining future land uses, how land can be managed with the best architectural measures, and how urban forestry is helpful for better environmental management and adapting or mitigating climate change effects. Land users, agriculturalists, urban planners, policymakers, government officials, researchers, academicians, and students looking to improve their understanding of this topic for better use of land in the future will find this book to be an asset to their current research.

Land Use in a Nutshell

Author : John R. Nolon
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Land Use in a Nutshell written by John R. Nolon and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use this compact reference for a condensed study of the subject matter contained in most leading land use casebooks. Text provides coverage of common-law controls, private law devices, planning processes, land development regulation, zoning, and taxation. The last chapter addresses new influencing considerations in land use, such as energy and space.

Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience

Author : Richard L. Knight
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195348834
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience written by Richard L. Knight and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-11 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Aldo Leopold and an Ecological Conscience ecologists, wildlife biologists, and other professional conservationists explore the ecological legacy of Aldo Leopold and his A Sand County Almanac and his contributions to the environmental movement, the philosophy of science, and natural resource management. Twelve personal essays describe the enormous impact he has had on each author, from influencing the daily operations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the creation of a land-use ethics guide for Forest Service personnel, to much needed inspiration for continuing on in today's large, complex and often problematic world of science. Here is Aldo Leopold as a mentor, friend, and companion and an affirmation of his hope that science will continue to be practiced in the cause of conservation.

Character and Environment

Author : Ronald L. Sandler
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231141076
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Character and Environment written by Ronald L. Sandler and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-22 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Character and Environment, Ronald L. Sandler brings together contemporary work on virtue ethics with contemporary work on environmental ethics. He demonstrates the many ways that any ethic of character can and should be informed by environmental considerations. He also develops a pluralistic, virtue-oriented environmental ethic that accommodates the richness and complexity of our relationship with the natural environment and provides effective and nuanced guidance on environmental issues.

The Land Ethic

Author : Si Balch
Publisher : Society of American Foresters.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Land Ethic written by Si Balch and published by Society of American Foresters.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ecology and Environmental Ethics

Author : Robert Jay Goldstein
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351159461
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Ecology and Environmental Ethics written by Robert Jay Goldstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2004. Examining the successes and failures of three decades of environmental law, this absorbing book reconsiders some of the policies devised to remedy centuries of abuse of the planet. It acknowledges the advances made using technological standards to effect pollution control as well as rudimentary systems that regulate use of land at the local level. However, as the author observes, these systems have limitations in solving vexing problems such as sprawl and non-point source pollution, as the cost of their use can easily outweigh the benefits. He suggests a system, termed 'Green Wood in the Bundle of Sticks', that provides the necessary theoretical and historical bases to bridge the gap between the potentials of each system. Using objective criteria based on science, this system is tied to a land ownership system that also takes into account societal concerns at a broader level.