Land Use Policy and Practice on Karst Terrains - Living on Limestone (Paperback, 2009 ed.)

Land use decisions in karst terrains can have immediate and serious impacts on the local landscape and groundwater resources. The existing literature on karst and land use can be very difficult to locate in the journals of any of a half-dozen different disciplines. This book brings the interdisciplinary knowledge together in one place, in a format that academics and professionals alike will find accessible, informative and useful. Based on an examination of existing regulations, the experiences and opinions of planners and land use professionals, and quantitative analysis of publicly-available data, the book explores how human settlement patterns and urban systems in karst terrains are affected by land use regulations intended to protect karst resources. The book pays particular attention to the questions of whether these regulations will have a noticeable impact on density and on opportunities for economic growth and development in communities that choose to implement them. This analysis serves as the basis for a regulatory framework that may be used to understand the workings of land use regulations in karst terrains, and to aid in the development of such regulations in the future.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	2009
Authors:	Spencer Fleury
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	187
Edition:	2009 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400789340
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General Promotions
LSN:	9400789343
Barcode:	9789400789340

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