Land-use management and the path towards sustainability

摘要: Land-use changes have received major attention within the global environmental change debate (see Meyer and Turner II, 1994; Nijkamp, 1997; Ostrom, 1990; Parry, 1990). Major reasons for this renewed interest are threats imposed by climate change, deforestation, desertification in general loss of biodiversity. In context, sustainable land use has become an important analytical policy issue Finco 1997). Land a peculiar economic feature that it derived nature: human action (e.g., production, consumption, investment, recreation etc.) requires its operation geographical space, which strict sense does not value itself (except as capital asset). Economic activities projected on space various manifestations, depending functions concerned (e.g. housing, facilities, infrastructure, agriculture, green etc.). This spatial mapping immediate consequences quality conditions area, there spatially distinct, hence conflicting, land-use possibilities also Frederick Rosenberg, Walker, 1993). offers glaring examples externalities, many cases may be seen distorted unbalanced use, biased favour specific environmentally non-benign activities. These considerations justify position management at heart sustainability II et al., 1995).