Settlement Compactness as a Quality Characteristic of Land Use

Compactness for Regionalization and its Application in Land-Use Planning

The past as a Key for the Future: Mutual Dependencies of Land Use, Soil Development, Climate and Settlement

It is of high actual importance to clarify historical climate variations and their impact, because it is not possible to predict future developments and its motors, if the past way of climate is not understood. The Decapolis area in northern Jordan provides excellent opportunities to investigate this question. Environmental change could have been responsible for the abandonment of the area, cau...

Land use impacts on surface water quality by statistical approaches

Surface waters are the most important economic resource for humans which provide water for agricultural, industrial and anthropogenic activities. Surface water quality plays vital role in protecting aquatic ecosystems. Unplanned urbanization, intense agricultural activities and deforestation are positively associated with carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous related water quality parameters. Multip...

the investigation of the relationship between type a and type b personalities and quality of translation

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Measurement and Spatial Distribution of Urban Land Use Compactness in Chaoyang District of Beijing, China

China is in the process of rapid urbanization, and wise land use is critical to the longterm sustainability of Chinese cities. Promotion of a compact city is typically believed to be a helpful for sustainable land use management. However, given the fact that Chinese cities are characterized by high population densities, the applicability of a more compact solution to expanding cities in China r...