Land use scenarios: environmental consequences of development

Any alteration of the natural processes occurring on a piece of land will have expected as well as unanticipated effects, and those effects have little regard for arbitrary human boundaries. Consequently, it is not enough for land managers to consider only how they might maintain the parcels for which they areresponsible; they must also anticipate how changes to neighboring lands mightimpact their properties. Land Use Scenarios: Environmental Consequences of Development demonstrateshow the success of local decision making is largely determined by factors that are difficult to control or forecast. It shows the importance of geographic vulnerability analysis, which takes into consideration possible scenarios about how, where, and when future patterns of land use might develop. It points tothe consideration of critical uncertainties—those aspects of the future, thatwhile difficult to predict, may have a profound impact on pending decisions.

• ISBN: 978-1-4200-9254-7
• Editorial: CRC Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 422
• Fecha Publicación: 14/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés