Environmental Land Use Planning and Management is a unique new textbook that presents a diverse, comprehensive, and coordinated approach to issues of land use planning and management and their impacts on the environment. It builds on recent advances in environmental science, engineering, and geospatial information technologies to provide students with the scientific foundation they need to understand both natural land systems and engineering approaches that can mitigate impacts of land use practices. While offering a base of knowledge in planning theory and natural science, its primary emphasis is on describing and explaining emerging approaches, methods, and techniques for environmental land use planning, design, and policy.

The book is divided into two parts. Part I, "Environmental Land Use Management," introduces broad concepts of environmental planning and describes management approaches. Those approaches include collaborative environmental management, land conservation, environmental design, government land use management, natural hazard mitigation, and ecosystem and watershed management. Part II, "Environmental Land Use Principles and Planning Analysis," focuses on land analysis methods, such as geospatial data and geographic information systems (GIS); soils and slope analysis; assessment of stormwater quantity and quality; land use and groundwater protection; ecological assessment for vegetation, wetlands, and habitats; and integrated analytical techniques like land suitability analysis, carrying capacity studies, and environmental impact assessment.

Environmental Land Use Planning and Managementoffers a unique interdisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on application. It is an important new text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental planning, landscape architecture, geography, environmental studies, and natural resource management, and a valuable resource for professionals and others concerned with issues of environmental planning and land use.

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List of Tables
List of Boxes
Preface
Acknowledgments
 
PART I. Environmental Land Use Management
Chapter 1. Managing Human-Environment Interactions
Chapter 2. Environmental Planning
Chapter 3. Land Use Planning for Environmental Management
Chapter 4. Collaborative Environmental Management and  Public Participation
Chapter 5. Land Conservation for Working Landscapes,  Open Space, and Ecological Protection
Chapter 6. Design with Nature for People: Sustainable, Livable,  and Smart Land Use Development
Chapter 7. Local Government Smart Growth Management
Chapter 8. Regional, State, and Federal Management of Environmentally Sensitive Lands
Chapter 9. Natural Hazard Mitigation 
Chapter 10. Ecosystem and Watershed Management
 
PART II. Environmental Land Use Principles and Planning Analysis
Chapter 11. Environmental Geospatial Data and Geographic Information Systems
Chapter 12. Soils, Topography, and Land Use
Chapter 13. Land Use, Stream Flow, and Runoff Pollution
Chapter 14. Stormwater Management and Stream Restoration
Chapter 15. Land Use and Groundwater
Chapter 16. Landscape Ecology, Urban Forestry, and Wetlands
Chapter 17. Land Use, Wildlife Habitats, and Biodiversity
Chapter 18. Integration Methods for Environmental Land Analysis
 
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