Land Use Planning and Health

Compactness for Regionalization and its Application in Land-Use Planning

Land Use Planning

Land Use Planning and Productive Capacity Assessment

The determination of the "productive capacity" of the land is the main component of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' (FAO) Agroecological Zones (AEZ) approach, and it is also an element in the sequence of land evaluation and land use planning as advocated by FAO for use in developing countries. The nature of the subject lends itself to little or no privatization, whi...

Remote Sensing, Computers, and Land Use Planning

Numerical Risk Assessment and Land Use Planning

The proposed siting of new chemical Hazardous Installations, modifications to existing Hazardous Installations, and proposals for development within the vicinity of these installations, are assessed by the Hazardous Installations Directorate (HID) of the Health & Safety Executive. Numerical risk assessment methodology is utilised to enable advice to be given to Local Planning Authorities. The u...