Land Use Policy and Practice on Karst Terrains Living on Limestone /

• Main Author: Fleury, Spencer. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Geography.; Geology.; Regional planning.; Environmental management.; Environmental economics.; Earth Sciences.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Economics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9670-9

Land use decisions in karst terrains can have immediate and serious impacts on the local landscape and groundwater resources. The existing literature on karst and land use can be difficult to locate in the journals of any of a half-dozen different disciplines. The book Living on Limestone: Land Use...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Karst processes, landforms and issues
• Chapter 2: A brief look at land use regulations in karst terrains
• Chapter 3: What planners and land use professionals understand about karst
• Chapter 4: The practical impacts of karst regulations on the communities that implement thema pair of case studies
• Chapter 5: Karst land use regulation in rural settings
• Chapter 6: Moving Toward a Framework for Karst Land Use Regulations
• Appendix A: A glossary of karst terminology
• Appendix B: Results of a survey of land use professionals working in karstic areas of the United States.