Chapter 9: Cities, Forests, And Parks: Land Use And Resource Management

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suburbs

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smaller communities that ring cities

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sprawl

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the spread of low-density urban or susurban development outward from an urban center

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city planning (urban planning)

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planners advise policymakers on development options, transportatin needs, public parks, and other matters

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regional planning

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deals with the same issues as city planners, but they work on broader geographic scales and must coordinate their work with multiple municipal governements

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zoning

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the practice of classifying areas for different types of development and land use

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smart growth

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seek to rejuvenate the older existing communities that so often are drained and impoverished by sprawl; means "building up, not out"

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new urbanism

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seeks to design neighborhoods on a walkable scale, with homes, buinesses, schools, and other amenities all close together for convenience

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resource management

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the practice of harvesting potentially renewable resources in ways that do not deplete them

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forestry

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the professional management of forests by foresters, qho must balance the importance of forests as ecosystems with out society's demand for wood products

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maximum sustainable yield

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the aim is to achieve the maximum amount of resource extraction without depleting the resource from one harvest to the next

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ecosystem-based management

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attempts to manage the harvesting of resources in ways that minimize impact on the ecosystems and ecological processes that provide the resource

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adaptive managements

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invovles systematically testing different approaches and aiming to improve methods through time

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deforestation

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the clearing and loss of forests

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primary forest

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natural forest uncut by people

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secondary forest

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trees that sprawled after old-growth timber was cut

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national forest

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forest reserves set aside to grow trees, produce timber, protect watersheds, and serve as insurance against future scarcities of lumber

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clear-cutting

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all trees in an area are cut

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prescribed burns

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burning areas of forest under carefully controlled conditions

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salvage logging

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the removal of dead trees or snags, following a natural disturbance

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national parks

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publically head lands protected from resources extraction and evelopment but open to nature appreciatation and forms of recreation

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national wildlife refuge

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federally protected areas in the U.S. of A.

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wilderness areas

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off-limits to development, but they are open to hiking, nature study, and other low-impact public recreation

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wise-use management

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advocates are dedicated to protecting private property rights; opposing government regulation; transferring federal lands to state, local or private hands; and promoting motorized recreation on public lands

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land trusts

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local or regional organizations that purchase land with the aim of preserving it in its natural condition

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SLOSS dilemma

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biologists argue about whether it is better to make large reservesin size and few in number or many in number but small in size

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corridors

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forest running along a river conecting the large region to a small patch near a marsh