15 relations: Canada Land Inventory, Conservation easement, Green belt, Index of soil-related articles, Miami (soil), Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Peoria-to-Chicago Highway, Rural–urban fringe, Sciota, Illinois, Soil classification, Surface mining reclamation in West Virginia, Tejon Ranch, Unique farmland, Urban growth boundary, Urban sprawl.
Canada Land Inventory
The Canada Land Inventory (CLI) is a multi-disciplinary land inventory of rural Canada.
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Conservation easement
In the United States, a conservation easement (also called conservation covenant, conservation restriction or conservation servitude) is a power invested in a qualified private land conservation organization (often called a "land trust") or government (municipal, county, state or federal) to constrain, as to a specified land area, the exercise of rights otherwise held by a landowner so as to achieve certain conservation purposes.
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Green belt
A green belt or greenbelt is a policy and land use designation used in land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighbouring urban areas.
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Index of soil-related articles
This is an index of articles relating to soil.
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Miami (soil)
The Miami soil series is the state soil of Indiana.
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Naval Air Station Patuxent River
Naval Air Station Patuxent River, also known as NAS Pax River, is a United States naval air station located in St. Mary's County, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River.
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Peoria-to-Chicago Highway
The Peoria-to-Chicago Highway refers to an effort made in the U.S. state of Illinois in the late 1990s to directly connect the cities of Peoria and Chicago with a multilane freeway.
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Rural–urban fringe
The rural–urban fringe, also known as the outskirts or the urban hinterland, can be described as the "landscape interface between town and country", or also as the transition zone where urban and rural uses mix and often clash.
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Sciota, Illinois
Sciota is a village in McDonough County, Illinois, United States.
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Soil classification
Soil classification deals with the systematic categorization of soils based on distinguishing characteristics as well as criteria that dictate choices in use.
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Surface mining reclamation in West Virginia
Surface Mining is done all over the United States and this causes growing concerns about the impact on the environment.
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Tejon Ranch
Tejon Ranch Company, based in Lebec, California is one of the largest private landowners in California.
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Unique farmland
Unique farmland is land, other than prime farmland, that has combined conditions to produce sustained high quality and high yields of specialty crops, such as citrus, nuts, fruits, and vegetables when properly managed.
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Urban growth boundary
An urban growth boundary, or UGB, is a regional boundary, set in an attempt to control urban sprawl by, in its simplest form, mandating that the area inside the boundary be used for urban development and the area outside be preserved in its natural state or used for agriculture.
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Urban sprawl
Urban sprawl or suburban sprawl describes the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into low-density, monofunctional and usually car-dependent communities, in a process called suburbanization.
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