Land management

Land management is the process of managing the use and development (in both urban and rural settings) of land resources. Land resources are used for a variety of purposes which may include organic agriculture, reforestation, water resource management and eco-tourism projects. Land management can have positive or negative effects on the terrestrial ecosystems. Land being over- or misused can degrade and reduce productivity and disrupt natural equilibriums.[1]

See also

• Acreage Reduction Program (ARP)
• Conservation grazing
• Environmental management scheme
• Habitat conservation
• Holistic management
• Land Allocation Decision Support System
• Society for Organic Urban Land Care (SOUL)
• Sustainable agriculture
• Wildlife management

References

1. Foley, J. A.; Defries, R.; Asner, G. P.; Barford, C.; Bonan, G.; Carpenter, S. R.; Chapin, F. S.; Coe, M. T.; Daily, G. C.; Gibbs, H. K.; Helkowski, J. H.; Holloway, T.; Howard, E. A.; Kucharik, C. J.; Monfreda, C.; Patz, J. A.; Prentice, I. C.; Ramankutty, N.; Snyder, P. K. (2005). "Global Consequences of Land Use". Science. 309 (5734): 570–574. Bibcode:2005Sci...309..570F. doi:10.1126/science.1111772. PMID 16040698.

Further reading

• Dale P.D. and McLaughlin, J.D. 1988. Land Information Management, Clarendon Press: Oxford. ISBN 0-19-858404-0
• Larsson G. 2010. Land Management as Public Policy, University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-5248-3. ASIN 0761852484
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Agenda 21
• Papadimitriou, Fivos (2012). "Modelling landscape complexity for land use management in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil". Land Use Policy. 29 (4): 855–861. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.01.004.