Mongabay is publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. This section shows how land use ...

Over 20 years ago, a national assessment of natural hazards research was undertaken to catalogue the status of research and to set funding priorities for the future, and to assess research needs in ...

Land use planning ensures the use of land resources in an organized fashion so that the needs of the present and future generations can be best addressed. Land use planning has as its basic purpose to ...

Mongabay is publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. In addition to regulating land tenure, ...

“Promoting sustainable human settlements development” is the subject of Chapter 7 of Agenda 21. Programme areas include: (A) Providing adequate shelter for all; (B) improving human settlements ...

The proposed framework of urban space monitoring and optimization. (A) Urban building space identification and change monitoring. (B) Optimization in non-construction area, designating vacated parcels ...

International climate talks in Egypt known as COP27 are into their second week. Thursday is Solutions Day at the summit. Recognising that urban planning is now a front-line response to climate change, ...

President, Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC), Isyaku Kura speaking at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Lagos chapter themed “Town ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE United States always have had the lead role in influencing the process of community development. This is still true, even with the significant intervention into municipal and ...

The Purdue University Land Use Team provides research-based resources and educational programs for Extension professionals, government officials, citizen planners, and residents on land use issues ...