UID:
edocfu_9959406336702883
Format:
1 online resource (190 pages)
Series Statement:
Matière à débattre et Décider
Content:
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 environment and agriculture. It suggests levers of action likely to limit its development and its negative effects.
Note:
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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 2-7592-3254-9
Language:
English
