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Land Use and Spatial Planning

Author : Graciela Metternicht
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319718614
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Land Use and Spatial Planning written by Graciela Metternicht and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reconciles competing and sometimes contradictory forms of land use, while also promoting sustainable land use options. It highlights land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that strengthen land governance. Further, it demonstrates how to use these types of land-use planning to improve economic opportunities based on sustainable management of land resources, and to develop land use options that strike a balance between conservation and development objectives. Competition for land is increasing as demand for multiple land uses and ecosystem services rises. Food security issues, renewable energy and emerging carbon markets are creating pressures for the conversion of agricultural land to other uses such as reforestation and biofuels. At the same time, there is a growing demand for land in connection with urbanization and recreation, mining, food production, and biodiversity conservation. Managing the increasing competition between these services, and balancing different stakeholders’ interests, requires efficient allocation of land resources.

PAIS Bulletin

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book PAIS Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Integrated Land Use Planning for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

Author : M. V. Rao
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498720013
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis Integrated Land Use Planning for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development by : M. V. Rao

Download or read book Integrated Land Use Planning for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development written by M. V. Rao and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land represents an important resource for the economic life of a majority of people in the world. The way people handle and use land resources impacts their social and economic well-being as well as the sustained quality of land resources. Land use planning is also integral to water resources development and management for agriculture, industry, dr

Farming Systems and Poverty

Author : John A. Dixon
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251046272
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (462 download)

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Book Synopsis Farming Systems and Poverty by : John A. Dixon

Download or read book Farming Systems and Poverty written by John A. Dixon and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.

Sustainable Intensification

Author : Jules N. Pretty
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136529276
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainable Intensification by : Jules N. Pretty

Download or read book Sustainable Intensification written by Jules N. Pretty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa, where countries will have to find innovative ways to boost crop and livestock production to avoid becoming more reliant on imports and food aid. Sustainable agricultural intensification - producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts - represents a solution for millions of African farmers. This volume presents the lessons learned from 40 sustainable agricultural intensification programmes in 20 countries across Africa, commissioned as part of the UK Government's Foresight project. Through detailed case studies, the authors of each chapter examine how to develop productive and sustainable agricultural systems and how to scale up these systems to reach many more millions of people in the future. Themes covered include crop improvements, agroforestry and soil conservation, conservation agriculture, integrated pest management, horticulture, livestock and fodder crops, aquaculture, and novel policies and partnerships.

Economic Policy and Sustainable Land Use

Author : Nico Heerink
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642575587
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Economic Policy and Sustainable Land Use written by Nico Heerink and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980s many developing countries have implemented macro-economic policy reforms to curb inflation, reduce fiscal deficits and control foreign debt. The policy instruments used, such as exchange rate adjustment, budget cuts, trade policy reforms, public expenditure reviews and privatisation, have different and sometimes opposite consequences for agricultural land use. During the same period awareness was growing that deteriorating soil quality could become a limiting factor to increase or even sustain agricultural production. As a result, food availability and even accessibility for large population groups in developing countries may be jeopardised in the near future. Recently, quantitative models have made useful contributions to understanding the impact of economic policy reforms on the sustainability of land use. They provide a consistent analytical framework to deal with complex issues such as the direct and indirect effects of economic, agricultural, environmental and population policies, the role of market imperfections in transmitting economic policy signals, and the interactions between soil quality, agricultural production and household economic decision making. Different types of models can be distinguished: bio economic models, focussing on the link between farm household decisions and the agricultural resource base, household and village models, examining the impact of the socio-economic environment on farm household decisions, and more aggregate models, analysing interactions between sectors and their implications for sustainable land use.

The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136498877
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture is FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an 'advocacy' report, to be published every three to five years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as well as in other sectors. SOLAW is aimed at sensitizing its target audience on the status of land resources at global and regional levels and FAO's viewpoint on appropriate recommendations for policy formulation. SOLAW focuses on these key dimensions of analysis: (i) quantity, quality of land and water resources, (ii) the rate of use and sustainable management of these resources in the context of relevant socio-economic driving factors and concerns, including food security and poverty, and climate change. This is the first time that a global, baseline status report on land and water resources has been made. It is based on several global spatial databases (e.g. land suitability for agriculture, land use and management, land and water degradation and depletion) for which FAO is the world-recognized data source. Topical and emerging issues on land and water are dealt with in an integrated rather than sectoral manner. The implications of the status and trends are used to advocate remedial interventions which are tailored to major farming systems within different geographic regions.

Guidelines for Land-use Planning

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Soil Resources, Management, and Conservation Service
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251032824
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (328 download)

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Book Synopsis Guidelines for Land-use Planning by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Soil Resources, Management, and Conservation Service

Download or read book Guidelines for Land-use Planning written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Soil Resources, Management, and Conservation Service and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword. Nature and scope. Overview of the planning process. Steps in land-use planning. Methods and sources.

Land Use Policies for Sustainable Development

Author : Desmond McNeill
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781002479
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (81 download)

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Book Synopsis Land Use Policies for Sustainable Development by : Desmond McNeill

Download or read book Land Use Policies for Sustainable Development written by Desmond McNeill and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The urgent need to enhance sustainable development in developing countries has never been greater: poverty levels are growing, land conversions are uncontrolled, and there is rapid loss of biodiversity through land use change. This timely book highlights the need for integrated assessment tools for developing countries, considering the long-term impacts of decisions taken today. The success of land use policies has in the past often been hampered by the fact that we simply do not know enough about their impact on sustainable development across developing countries. This book contributes to bridging this knowledge gap whilst facilitating the successful design and implementation of land use policies. The challenge of land use changes in response to changes in the policy environment – macro policy, agricultural and forest policy, environmental policy – is explored with a focus on the South. Detailed case studies encompassing seven countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America are presented via a common framework of analysis. In each case, sustainable development concerns are identified from environmental, economic and social perspectives. The interrelated causes of these problems are analysed by identifying key drivers and relevant land use policies, and the potential impact of prioritized land use policies are then discussed. This important book will prove invaluable to academics, researchers, postgraduate students and policy makers concerned with land-use planning, sustainable development and environmental studies.

Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe

Author : Miranda P. M. Meuwissen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009103385
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe written by Miranda P. M. Meuwissen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What exactly is resilience and how can it be enhanced? Farming systems in Europe are rapidly evolving while at the same time being under threat, as seen by the disappearance of dozens of farms every day. Farming systems must become more resilient in response to growing economic, environmental, institutional, and social challenges facing Europe's agriculture. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for enhanced resilience has become even more apparent and continues to be an overarching guiding principle of EU policy making. Resilience challenges and strategies are framed within four main processes affecting decision making in agriculture: risk management, farm demographics, governance and agricultural practices. This empirical focus looks at very diverse contexts, with eleven case studies from Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden. This study will help determine the future and sustainability of European farming systems. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Land Use Analysis and Planning for Sustainable Food Security

Author : P. K. Aggarwal
Publisher : IRRI
ISBN 13 : 9712201686
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (122 download)

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Book Synopsis Land Use Analysis and Planning for Sustainable Food Security by : P. K. Aggarwal

Download or read book Land Use Analysis and Planning for Sustainable Food Security written by P. K. Aggarwal and published by IRRI. This book was released on 2001 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Land Use, Land Cover and Soil Sciences - Volume IV

Author : Willy H. Verheye
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848262388
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Book Synopsis Land Use, Land Cover and Soil Sciences - Volume IV by : Willy H. Verheye

Download or read book Land Use, Land Cover and Soil Sciences - Volume IV written by Willy H. Verheye and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2009-09-19 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Encyclopedia of Land Use, Land Cover and Soil Sciences is a component of the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Land is one of our most precious assets. It represents space, provides food and shelter, stores and filters water, and it is a base for urban and industrial development, road construction, leisure and many other social activities. Land is, however not unlimited in extent, and even when it is physically available its use is not necessarily free, either because of natural limitations (too cold, too steep, too wet or too dry, etc.) or because of constraints of access or land tenure. This 7-volume set contains several chapters, each of size 5000-30000 words, with perspectives, applications and extensive illustrations. It carries state-of-the-art knowledge in the fields of Land Use, Land Cover and Soil Sciences and is aimed, by virtue of the several applications, at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students, Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers and NGOs.

Land Use and Food Security in 2050

Author : Chantal Le Mouël
Publisher : Editions Quae Gie
ISBN 13 : 9782759228799
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Land Use and Food Security in 2050 written by Chantal Le Mouël and published by Editions Quae Gie. This book was released on 2024-06-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a first foresight study on World food security in 2050' (Agrimonde), CIRAD and INRA have turned their attention to a new foresight exercise on Land use and food security in 2050' (Agrimonde-Terra). This new study seeks to highlight levers that could modify ongoing land-use patterns for improved food and nutrition security.

Farmland Conversion The Spatial Dimension of Agricultural and Land Use Policies

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264415521
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (644 download)

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Book Synopsis Farmland Conversion The Spatial Dimension of Agricultural and Land Use Policies by : OECD

Download or read book Farmland Conversion The Spatial Dimension of Agricultural and Land Use Policies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-18 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land is a key input into agricultural production and the agricultural sector remains the main user of rural land in most OECD countries. How land is managed in agriculture, and the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural uses, are likely to have implications not only for the provision of food, but also for the supply of public goods such as rural amenities, as well as for the quantity and quality of water.

Yearbook of the United Nations, Volume 41 (1987)

Author : United Nations
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004636730
Total Pages : 1450 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Yearbook of the United Nations, Volume 41 (1987) written by United Nations and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 1450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issued annually since 1946/47, the Yearbook is the principal reference work of the United Nations, providing a comprehensive, one-volume account of the Organization's work. It includes details of United Nations activities concerning trade, industrial development, natural resources, food, science and technology, social development, polulation, environment, human settlement, children and legal questions, along with information on the work of each specialized agency in the United Nations family.

Rethinking Agricultural Policy Regimes

Author : Reider Almas
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780523491
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Agricultural Policy Regimes written by Reider Almas and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through international case studies, this book evaluates how various policy challenges are having an impact on specific agricultural policy regimes, and what future lessons might be learnt from key policy experiments around neoliberalism and multifunctionality.

Drawdown

Author : Paul Hawken
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524704652
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Drawdown written by Paul Hawken and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • New York Times bestseller • The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world “At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will not solve the climate crisis. Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope.” —Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming “There’s been no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have. There remains no single, comprehensive, reliable compendium of carbon-reduction solutions across sectors. At least until now. . . . The public is hungry for this kind of practical wisdom.” —David Roberts, Vox “This is the ideal environmental sciences textbook—only it is too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook.” —Peter Kareiva, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are described here—some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth’s warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being—giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world.