Land use and land cover dynamics are a result of the interactions between human activities and the environment. The objective of this thesis is to analyze Amazonian land use and land cover pattern dynamics in order to identify the underlying system dynamics. By combining empirical statistical models and Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping, feedbacks in the human-environment system can be explored to identify more sustainable development pathways.

Het bestand LGN7 geeft voor Nederland landsdekkende informatie over landgebruik. Het is een rasterbestand met een resolutie van 25*25 m hetgeen overeenkomt met een 1:50.000 schaal. Het bestand geeft een tijdsbeeld van het landgebruik voor 2012 dat voor zowel beleidsanalyses als voor modelinput is te gebruiken. In het bestand worden 39 verschillende typen landgebruik onderscheiden die geaggregeerd worden naar de acht monitoringsklassen: agrarisch gebied, kassen, boomgaarden, bossen, water, stedelijk gebied, infrastructuur en natuur.

The Mediterranean landscape has been rapidly changing over the past decades. Many regions saw a population decline, which resulted in changing land use, abandonment of marginal lands and colonisation by shrubs and tree species. Typical features like farming terraces, olive yards, and upland grasslands have been decreasing over the past 50 years. This results in a declining biodiversity and loss of traditional Mediterranean landscapes.

Nederland staat de komende jaren voor forse opgaven op het gebied van waterveiligheid, zoetwatervoorziening, waterkwaliteit en natuur. Daarbij is het belangrijk bij deze investeringen ambities te laten ‘meekoppelen’ om zo meer maatschappelijk rendement te halen. In opdracht van het ministerie van Economische Zaken heeft Alterra een onderzoek uitgevoerd naar de succesfactoren en belemmeringen van het mee-koppelen van water- en natuuropgaven.

The objective of the study is to provide methodological instruments to governments in Latin America to facilitate the identification of the vulnerability of the physical infrastructure of coastal marine areas to climate change and facilitate the identification of adaptation options. It sets out the main ideas covered, that takes the experiences, lessons learned and best practices in the beneficiary countries of the EUROCLIMA programme in order to estimate and reduce the vulnerability of coastal marine infrastructures in the face of climate change.

The Second National Action Program to Combat Desertification is a national cross-sectoral program of Georgia for the period of 2014-2022. Its main objective is to forge a global partnership to reverse and prevent desertification and land degradation, and to mitigate the effects of drought in affected areas in order to support poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.The Program identifies key operational objectives which are used to break down the specific actions. Namely, the Operational Objective 1 entails supporting advocacy, awareness and education.

This Law, consisting of 3 Chapters divided into 22 articles, establishes the principles, guidelines and objectives of the Territorial Development Policy of the State of Bahia, and creates the State Council of Territorial Development (CEDETER) and the Territorial Sustainable Development Collegial Agencies (CODETERs). It establishes spaces of social participation and relationship between the representations of the civil society and government authorities federal, state and municipal.

Mandalay has many faces. As the last capital of the Konbaung Dynasty, Mandalay is
considered the origin of the traditional Myanmar culture. A wide variety of handicrafts
remain in practice today and are a focal point of the Buddhist practice. However, Mandalay
cannot be discussed in only the narrow framework of Myanmar culture. Mosques, Hindu
temples, and Chinese temples stood in a row along its streets, demonstrating the complex
history of this city.
However, the study of Mandalay’s diversity remains limited. The urban area of

La presente Ley de Armonización y Simplificación en materia de Protección del Territorio y de los Recursos Naturales, tiene como finalidad incidir sobre la arquitectura del sistema territorial y medioambiental con el fin de eliminar rigideces innecesarias y clarificar las competencias que corresponden a los tres niveles administrativos (el del Gobierno de Canarias, el de los cabildos y el de los ayuntamientos), además de agilizar al máximo los procedimientos de formulación y aprobación de los instrumentos de planeamiento territorial, ambiental y urbanístico.Además, se propone revisar la nor

This Government Regulation implements the provisions of Law No. 41 of 1999 on Forestry. It establishes that to accelerate the development excluding the activity of forestry, it simplifies the procedure of changing the designation and function of forest areas and solves the problems that cannot be resolved under the provisions of Government Regulation No. 10 of 2010 on Procedure to Change the Designation and Function of Forest Areas.

South Sudan is a new country of 10.5
million people that has just emerged from conflict and still
facing challenges with recovery and development. Although
economic disparities, political exclusion and deprivation in
the distribution of political and economic power between the
northern and southern parts of then united Sudan were often
tendered as the proximal causes of the conflict, at the
center of the prolonged civil war was the struggle for

En el marco del objetivo de promover el uso y ocupación eficiente del territorio nacional, las presentes disposiciones rigen la operación del Programa de Ordenamiento Territorial y Esquemas de Reubicación de la Población en Zonas de Riesgo. Dicho programa tiene por objetivo orientar el uso óptimo del territorio, impulsar el desarrollo sustentable de las actividades económicas y elevar la calidad de vida de la población, fortaleciendo la ocupación ordenada del territorio.