The author studies 1981 New York Law as it pertains to land use control. The relationship between exclusionary zoning and public law is discussed as well as zoning to prohibit adult entertainment, conditional zoning, special permits, nonconforming land use, doctrine of estoppel, and federal land...

The author studies 1980 New York Law as it pertains to land use control. The relationship between exclusionary zoning and public law is discussed as well as open-space zoning, religious uses in residentials districts, nonconforming uses, Article 78 proceedings, zoning variances, and Zoning Board...

This research revealed the main socio-environmental pressures on indigenous lands located in the Amazon Biome. To achieve the objectives, ten analysis variables were used [deforestation (area and proportion), hot spots, mining(mining in river, area of mining and mining in isolated points),...

We analyze land-use regulation and the determinants thereof across Swiss municipalities. We construct several residential development stringency indices based on a comprehensive survey. These indices capture various aspects of local regulation and land-use coordination across jurisdictions....

The terms “solar farm” and “wind farm” could not more perfectly demonstrate the inevitable pairing of renewable energy and agriculture as uses of land. At the same time, harvesting the sun and wind and converting both to energy forms usable to mankind are far from traditional...

Agroforestry systems play important roles in increasing carbon (C) sequestration and mitigating climate change in western Canada. However, the effect of different agroforestry systems and their component land-uses on soil organic C (SOC) stability is poorly understood. We studied SOC stability...

The adverse effects of acidic ultrafine particles (AUFPs) have been widely recognized. However, a handful of studies successfully acquired the concentrations of AUFPs in the atmosphere. To explore the AUFPs pollution, six measurements were conducted in the roadside, urban and rural areas in Hong...

Discounting is standard in economics to consider time preferences of people and account for future market changes. However, so far discounting has mainly been applied to monetary flows and ignored for many ecosystem services. In multi-objective optimization, selectively disregarding time...

The inappropriate use and occupation of the environment has led to changes in the physical, chemical, and biological attributes of ecosystems that incorporated living standards that are unsustainable in relation to the maintenance of their quality. Therefore, this work had the following...