Artificialized Land and Land Take : Drivers, Impacts and Potential Responses.
Considered as one of the main factors in erosion of the biodiversity, land take describes the global reduction in the proportion of land allocated to farming and forestry or to natural spaces. This work identifies the decisive economic and social factors in land take and its impact on the environmen...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Versailles :
Quae,
2020.
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| Series: | Matière à débattre et Décider Ser.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Table des matières
- Artificialized land and land take
- Foreword
- 'Land Take', an ambiguous scientific concept
- Methods of measuring the extent of land take in France
- The impacts of land take on the characteristics and properties of soils
- The direct and indirect impacts of land take on the characteristics and functioning of artificialized environments
- Agricultural land, agricultural activities, and land take
- Household location strategies and housing construction
- Determinants of land take by enterprises and transport infrastructure
- Avoiding or reducing land take, or possibly compensating for its effects
- Bibliography
- List of Authors.
