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With the rapid economic growth and urbanisation process, a large amount of cultivated land has been permanently transformed into urban land.
Large reservoir projects typically occupy vast lots of rural land and trigger resettlement on a massive scale.
Regional ecological security assessment is a significant methodology for environmental protection, land utilisation, and human development.
This practical guide aims to help journalists in resource-rich countries identify, analyze and report on issues in the extractive industries. It offers tools for building convincing stories, research leads, and inspiration from experienced reporters.
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This article analyzes the heritage construction process or “heritagization” of Las Médulas gold mines, a prime example of how Spain’s mining heritage has been reused for tourism purposes.
Nowadays, urban sprawl, urban densification, housing shortages, and land scarcity are some problems that intervene in the practice of urban planning. Those specific problems are currently more than ever emergent because they imply the notion of spatial justice and socio-spatial inequalities.
Soil erosion determines landforms, soil formation and distribution, soil fertility, and land degradation processes. In arid and semiarid ecosystems, soil erosion is a key process to understand, foresee, and prevent desertification.
Mapping the characteristics and extent of environmental conflicts related to land use is important for developing regionally specific policies.