Earth and Environmental Science

Environmental Issues: Land Management & Urban Sprawl

Environmental Issues: Land Management & Urban Sprawl

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    • Urban sprawl is caused in part by the need to accommodate a rising urban population; Urban sprawl has resulted in loss of productive agricultural lands, open green spaces and loss of surface water bodies.
    • Hence, there is a dire need to study, understand and quantify the urban sprawl.
    • This book integrates our current understanding of environmental processes with relevant social economic and other subjects to provide an integrated approach to land use.
    • Discusses goals, plans, and implementation means concerning public interference in land management and to what degree market forces and inputs of individuals predominate.