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sustainable land use

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  • [Víctor Hugo Durán Zuazo] Sustainable land use is the management of the natural environment and the built environment to conserve the resources that help to sustain the current local human population and that of future generations. This review serves three purposes. First, it gives an introduction to the concept of sustainability in relation to land use, assessing what is “unsustainable” and what is “sustainable.” The environmental, historical, and social context is described for understanding current land-use practices...

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20283

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