As is so often the case with the archaeological record for Derbyshire there is in the early medieval period a marked contrast between the types of evidence which characterise the Peak District and that from the areas to the south and east. The evidence in the Peak District is dominated by the seventh century barrow burials and the later stone crosses and other sculptural remains. Outside the Pe...

Reconstructing stock herding strategies and land use is key to comprehending past human social organization and economy. We present laser-ablation strontium and carbon isotope data from 25 cattle (Bos taurus) to reconstruct mobility and infer herding management at the Swiss lakeside settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, occupied for only 15 years (3384-3370 BC). Our results reveal three distinct isoto...

This article estimated the impacts of land fragmentation on production costs and input demands using panel data of Japanese rice farms┻ Empirical results reveal that fragmentation increases production costs and offsets economies of size┼ and that these impacts are strong especially for large size farms┻ This result implies that as the farm gets larger┼ emphasis should be switched from increasin...

When examined within their historic context, vernacular landscapes inform us about the behaviors, beliefs, and interrelationships of ordinary people and their surroundings. Through the integration of historical research with a landscape archaeology approach, this paper examines the evolution and abandonment of a landscape of maple sugar and syrup production in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U...

The effect of housing development and roads on the distribution of stone curlews in the Brecks. The effect of housing development and roads on the distribution of stone curlew 3 Summary We combine data describing the nest location of stone curlews with data on the locations of new housing, road data and traffic data to explore the effect of housing and roads on the spatial distribution of stone...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This paper examines Latino migration to a " new destination " county in the southeastern U.S., Hall County, Georgia, where environmental equity is considered in terms of Latino communities' walking access to public and private parks in the county. Park access is considered an environmental equity or justice issue because some research shows less park acreage available to mino...

This study has used a numerical model (RAMS) at 1 km horizontal grid intervals over the Sydney Basin to assess the impact of land cover change on storms. Multiple storms using the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis data were simulated with pre-European settlement land cover then re-simulated with land cover representing Sydney's current land use pattern. While all si...

This paper tells the story of how the settlement of Huaycán in Lima (Peru) came into existence and how, from the outset, when the land invasion which was to form the settlement was first organized, the organizers sought to achieve a democratic, self-managed community. The author, who was one of the community leaders involved in the formation and development of Huaycán, also describes the comple...

The Mishna in Tractate Gittin discusses land qualities, in a context where land is used to settle monetary obligations. The law is that land of different qualities must be used to pay claimants in different situations; in particular, claimants pursuant to a tort case have the right to have their claim paid with land of the best quality. Creditors have the right to be paid with land of medium qu...

Olomouc is a unique and complex landmark with widespread forestation and land use. This research work was conducted to assess important and complex land use change trajectories in Olomouc region. Multi-temporal satellite data from 1991, 2001 and 2013 were used to extract land use/cover types by object oriented classification method. To achieve the objectives, three different aspects were used: ...