land-use

See also: landuse

English

Adjective

land-use (not comparable)

1. Of, or related to the use of land.
   • 1993, Soil Resources, Management and Conservation Service, Guidelines for Land-use Planning

     For subsequent land evaluation, these management standards are built into the defined land-use types.

   • 2014 September, Nahui Zhen, Bojie Fu, Yihe Lü, Zhenmin Zheng, “Changes of livelihood due to land use shifts: A case study of Yanchang County in the Loess Plateau of China”, in Land Use Policy‎^[1], volume 40, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     We selected Yanchang County as an example to track land use changes and their effects on the livelihood of the local population following the implementation of a new land use policy known as the Grain for Green Project (GGP). The data were collected from statistical yearbooks, questionnaire surveys, and satellite imagery from 1990, 2000, and 2008. We found that dramatic land use changes have occurred in Yanchang County.

   • 2019 August 30, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon fires show world heading for point of no return, says UN”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     This year, the world’s leading scientists warned human civilisation was in jeopardy because forest clearance, land-use shifts, pollution and climate change had put a million species at risk of extinction.

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