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The paper suggests that the divisive urban issue of density has critical importance for sustainability. It is … divide urban communities. They are applied with data to Perth to illustrate the issues and how they can be resolved. …
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Tree planting is widely advocated and applied in urban areas, with large-scale projects underway in cities globally … different supporting conditions—relating not only to the type and placement of the tree, but also to the broader urban system … tensions more explicit, allowing them to be used to test the decadal-scale resilience of urban street trees. Our analysis …
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The global urban transition increasingly positions cities as important influencers in determining sustainability … outcomes. Urban sustainability literature tends to focus on the built environment as a solution space for reducing energy and … dwelling and motor vehicle ownership are partially influenced by urban form, they are also influenced by cultural and socio …
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Australia’s urban built environment contributes significantly to the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions; therefore …, encouraging urban development to pursue low-carbon outcomes will aid in reducing carbon in the overall economy. Cities and urban … carbon certification scheme for the built environment and provide a platform for generating carbon credits from urban …
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The aim of this study is to determine the impact potential of land use on biotic production and climate regulation in the agricultural phase of a product, taking into account the varied soil and crop management. Land occupation and transformation impacts of soybean production in Argentina for...
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Terraced areas have existed in Italy since ancient times, and they continue to be characteristic elements of the cultural identity of the country. The progressive abandonment of rural areas and farmland that began in the 1960s has led to the disintegration and disappearance of many terraces,...
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The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the land use and natural resources for future sustainable ecotourism site planning using GIS as a tool. The study is based on 2007 land use land cover data and ecotourism suitability data which are then integrated with other GIS datasets to...
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An integrated environmental and economic assessment of land use for food, energy and timber in the UK has been performed using environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and economic Life Cycle Costing (LCC), to explore complementary sustainability aspects of alternative land uses. The...
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American forest resource management and planning goes back to the European roots of American Forestry. Timber management plans, documents based on forest regulation for timber production, were the foundation of American forestry. These types of management plans predominated until World War II....
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