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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"land-use issues"”.
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Agenda-Building in Local Land-Use Issues: Blacksburg Versus the Big Box
… Blacksburg, Virginia, has struggled with land-use policy, planning, and growth issues. This struggle intensified when town residents discovered a Walmart store might be included in a new retail development project. Local interest groups quickly formed, establishing different perspectives …
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Participatory GIS for growth management in the Cheat Lake planning district of Monongalia County, West Virginia
… methodology for collecting public input in local land use planning and smart growth management. PGIS-based approaches provide residents with an opportunity to discuss and map their priority land use issues and to identify land use hotspots in a way that is not typically possible in a general …
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A concept of the field of land use in relation to forestry
… of this research are to clarify the field of land use as it relates to forestry and to identify the principles that govern its phenomena. Land use is defined as the ways in which man uses the earth’s resources to create services to satisfy his wants. Any land use is an issue, as there are …
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Public views on the Central Highland National Park - conditions for a consensus among recreational users
… of a National Park in the Central Highland of Iceland, now on the forefront of the political agenda, would set a milestone in the nature conservation history of Iceland and constitute the largest national park in Europe. While this project enjoys a broad public support, underlying …
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Analysis of Calcutta bamboo for structural composite materials
Land use issues have dramatically changed the timber supply outlook for our nation's forest products industry. Since demand for wood products shows no sign of abating, alternative products must be developed. Bamboo is a very promising alternative raw material for the manufacture of structural …
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A legal perspective on the role of municipalities in navigating the relationship between land use planning and mining
… and executive powers dealing with mining and land use respectively are allocated to different spheres of government. Mining rights are issued by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), as representative of the national government, whereas land use and zoning are regulated by municipalities, …
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Determining Transportation and Development Impacts of Consolidated Schools in West Virginia
… time and mode choice, as well as the impact on land use patterns around the consolidated school facility.;This research seeks to help quantify those above mentioned variables for 5 rural school facilities at several different grade levels in different geographic regions of the state. Two high …