...Shikha Sharma; Divya Pandey; Madhoolika Agrawal Purpose – Varanasi, an ancient city has witnessed the conversion of forest into agricultural lands. The high urbanization rate along with affluent lifestyle is adding another category of land use, i.e. landfill. Such land use changes significantly...

... population and intensive agriculture has led to reduction in base-flows and in some reaches even negative. Extensive land-use changes in the Gomti river basin (GRB) severely impact the river and floodplain connectivity, the impacts are already evident as several tributaries are getting dried during the non...

...Shivani Sood; Vibhor Sood; R. Bansal; Siby John Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the urban stormwater quality with respect to different land uses, with a view to identifying areas of critical pollution. These areas can then be prioritised for applying best management practices...

...Cristina Milesi; Christopher D. Elvidge; Ramakrishna R. Nemani; Steven W. Running In the last 50 years, the Mediterranean Basin has experienced a doubling of its population. This demographic growth has been the cause of extensive land use changes that have undermined the ecological stability...

... of information provided by the local shepherds as well as on experts’ opinion. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Greece Environment Farming Land use Plant cover is an important factor for combating desertification. This is because it protects the soil surface from raindrop impact, enhances...

...Serafim Pricovic A multi‐criteria model is developed for analyzing the land‐use strategies for reducing the future social and economic costs in an area with potential natural hazard. A multi‐criteria decision‐making procedure consists of generating alternatives, establishing criteria, assessment...

... activities in this area, added to by local authorities policy. The analysis of all the thematic maps and of the quality of the water sources supply of the area, lead us to develop proposals for land use planning and zoning, adequate for the local conditions and the vulnerability of the underground water...

... with insufficient infrastructure, cause the water quality of the reservoir to tend towards the eutrophic stage from the mesotrophic stage parallel to the land use profile. In order to achieve a long‐term water supply from the reservoir and to arrive at sanitary solutions, new land use plans should be developed...

.... Economics Paradigms Mergers and acquisitions Forestry Land use Sustainable development A paradigm shift has taken place since the report of the Bruntland Commission was released in 1987. The traditional economic model of development no longer dominates development planning and decision making...

... interventions into natural systems aimed at their “improvement” with respect to socio‐economic goals. Discusses empirical examples for sustainability indicators, focusing on landscape processes, and relates land use to the analysis of material and energy flows. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Sustainable...

...Mark Mulligan; Sophie Burke This paper looks at the potential implications of land use and climate change for replenishment of the five aquifers which lie beneath the Upper Guadiana catchment in central Spain. The impacts of scenarios for climate and land use change on groundwater recharge...

... Environment Environmental management strategy Land use Planning (Town and Country) Pollution Resources Global changes, global warming, the greenhouse effect and sea‐level rise are some of the many terms which have joined the already lengthy list of ecological priorities such as pollution...