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sustainable land use

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sustainable land use

Definition

[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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Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa1038

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Created 10/12/16, last modified 3/21/22

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