land use

Contains information about United States land and natural resources policy, covering land set asides and withdrawals; national forests and timber; mining and energy; national parks and wilderness; and other related topics.

Learn about our world and where we live. Discover that the Earth is comprised of land and water. Identify the seven contonents and the four oceans. Compare the Earth to a cap and a globe and understand the placement of the equator and poles. Discover that there are many countries on Earth.

Learn the story behind earth day and understand the importance of establishing a healthful environment on the land, in the air, and in the waters of our planet.

"Lifelong traveler, hitchhiker, and roamer Ken Ilgunas writes a witty, passionate, and utterly convincing manifesto that radically reconsiders our current understanding of private property and boldly proposes opening up North America's beautiful, vast, and off-limits countryside."--Publisher.

An illustrated geographic overview of England that describes its lands and waters, major cities, climate, people, transportation, wildlife, resources, and industries.

Brie, who has grown up homeschooled and constantly moving from place to place with her parents, struggles to adapt to a new life in small-town Wyoming. Her adjustment is helped by a new relationship with handsome cowboy Logan, and Brie and Logan's dedication to creating a sanctuary for mustangs.

"Urban Farming helps readers trace the history of farming in urban areas, understand why we do it, explore the science behind it, and discuss controversies from an objective viewpoint. The title will engage readers on the topic and help them to weigh the pros and cons as they make their own food decisions"--Publisher.

"More than five decades have passed since Jane Jacobs wrote her classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and since a front page headline in the New York Times read, "Cars Choking Cities as 'Urban Sprawl' Takes Over." Yet sprawl persists, and not by mistake. It happens for a reason. As an activist and a scholar, Benjamin Ross is uniquely placed to diagnose why this is so. Dead End traces how the ideal of a safe, green, orderly retreat where hardworking members of the middle class could raise their children away from the city mutated into the McMansion and strip mall-ridden suburbs of today. Ross finds that sprawl is much more than bad architecture and sloppy planning. Its roots are historical, sociological, and economic. He uses these insights to lay out a practical strategy for change, honed by his experience leading the largest grass-roots mass transit advocacy organization in the United States. The problems of smart growth, sustainability, transportation, and affordable housing, he argues, are intertwined and must be solved as a whole. The two keys to creating better places to live are expansion of rail transit and a more genuinely democratic oversight of land use. Dead End is, ultimately, about the places where we live our lives. Both an engaging history of suburbia and an invaluable guide for today's urbanists, it will serve as a primer for anyone interested in how Americans actually live"--.

This book provides comprehensive information on land management, its importance, and the environmental threats placed upon it.

Introduces young learners to the "fl" sound through a story about flat land.