Skip to main

eLter

You are using a development system of the emerging eLTER Research Infrastructure (RI). Please note that this service is still under construction and may not yet be fully functional.

Preferred term

land use intensity

Is replaced by

Definition

  • A piece of land, irrespective of its size, is characterized by a particular use. This use is associated with a given type of management which is dictated mainly by climate and changes because of environmental, social, economic, technological and political factors. Depending on the particular type of management or land use intensity, land resources are subject to a given degree of stress.

Broader concept

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/EnvEU_267

Download this concept