Land development

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Land development is the alteration of landscape in any number of ways such as:

History

Land development has a history dating to Neolithic times around 8,000 B.C. From the dawn of civilization, the process of land development has elaborated the progress of improvements on a piece of land based on codes and regulations, particularly housing complexes.

Economic aspects

In an economic context, land development is also sometimes advertised as land improvement or land amelioration. It refers to

Home building and containment[clarification needed
] are two of the most common and the oldest types of development.

In an

urban
context, land development furthermore includes:

A

risk, and control cash flow
. This "profitable energy" means identifying and developing the best scheme for the local marketplace, whilst satisfying the local planning process.

Development analysis puts development prospects and the development process itself under the microscope, identifying where enhancements and improvements can be introduced. These improvements aim to align with best design practice, political sensitivities, and the inevitable social requirements of a project, with the overarching objective of increasing

land values and profit margins on behalf of the landowner or developer.[1]

Development analysis can add significantly to the value of land and development, and as such is a crucial tool for landowners and developers. It is an essential step in

GDV
(that which one could build on the land), land value is concurrently enhanced.

Land value is highly sensitive to supply and demand (for the end product), build costs, planning and affordable housing contributions, and so on. Understanding the intricacies of the development system and the effect of "value drivers" can result in massive differences in the landowner's sale value.

Conversion of landforms

Land development puts more emphasis on the expected

environmental value is only considered a priori in environmental full-cost accounting
.

Conversion to building land

Motorway construction in Ireland

Conversion to building land is as a rule associated with

road building, which in itself already brings topsoil abrasion,[3] soil compaction[4] and modification of the soil's chemical composition through soil stabilization, creation of impervious surfaces and, subsequently, (polluted) surface runoff
water.

Building construction

Construction activity often effectively seals off a larger part of the soil from

rainfall and the nutrient cycle, so that the soil below buildings and roads is effectively "consumed" and made infertile
.

With the notable exception of attempts at

vegetative cover of higher plants is lost to concrete and asphalt surfaces, complementary interspersed garden and park areas notwithstanding.[citation needed
]

Conversion to farmland

In Argentina and Bolivia, the Chaco thorn forest (A) is being felled at a rate considered among the highest in the world (B), to give way to soybean cultivation (C)

New creation of

farmland (or 'agricultural land conversion') will rely on the conversion and development of previous forests, savannas or grassland. Recreation of farmland from wasteland, deserts or previous impervious surfaces is considerably less frequent because of the degraded or missing fertile soil in the latter. Starting from forests, land is made arable by assarting or slash-and-burn
. Agricultural development furthermore includes:

  • Hydrological measures (land levelling, drainage, irrigation, sometimes landslide and flood control)
  • fertilization
    , establishment of a productive chemical balance).
  • Road construction
Oil palm
plantation and rainforest fragment on Borneo

Because the newly created farmland is more prone to

tree roots, such a conversion may mean irreversible crossing of an ecological threshold
.

See also: Horton overland flow

The resulting

shelterbelts), as a rule, lack the biodiversity of the lost forest, especially when realized as monocultures.[5][6][7][8] These deforestation consequences may have lasting effects on the environment including soil stabilization and erosion control measures that may not be as effective in preserving topsoil as the previous intact vegetation
.

Restoration

Massive land conversion without proper consideration of

geological consequences may lead to disastrous results
, such as:

While deleterious effects can be particularly visible when land is developed for industrial or mining usage, agro-industrial and settlement use can also have a massive and sometimes irreversible

impact on the affected ecosystem.[9]

Examples of

built
and agricultural areas.

Environmental issues

The environmental impact of

political action committees (PACs)[further explanation needed] can influence the scope, or even cancel, a project based on concerns like the loss of an endangered species’ habitat.[citation needed
]

In most cases, the land development project will be allowed to proceed if mitigation requirements are met.[citation needed] Mitigation banking is the most prevalent example, and necessitates that the habitat will have to be replaced at a greater rate than it is removed. This increase in total area helps to establish the new ecosystem, though it will require time to reach maturity.[citation needed]

Further information: land recycling, soil conservation, soil salinity control, environmental remediation, and urban climate

Biodiversity impacts

The extent, and type of land use directly affects

terrestrial species.[12] An example of land conversion being a chief cause of the critically endangered status of a carnivore is the reduction in habitat for the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus.[13]

Deforestation is also the reason for loss of a

Urban growth has become a problem for forests and agriculture, the expansion of structures prevents natural resources from producing in their environment.[14] In order to prevent the loss of wildlife the forests must maintain a stable climate and the land must remain unaffected by development. [citation needed] Furthermore, forests can be sustained by different forest management techniques such as reforestation and preservation. Reforestation is a reactive approach designed to replant trees that were previously logged within the forest boundary in attempts to re-stabilize this ecosystem. Preservation on the other hand is a proactive idea that promotes the concept of leaving the forest as is, without using this area for its ecosystem goods and services.[15] Both of these methods to mitigate deforestation are being used throughout the world.[citation needed
]

The

U.S. Forest service predicts that urban and developing terrain in the U.S. will expand by 41 percent in the year 2060.[16] These conditions cause displacement for the wildlife and limited resources for the environment to maintain a sustainable balance.[17]

See also

  • Agricultural expansion – Growth of agricultural land in the 21st century
  • Built-up area
     – Human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment
  • Colonization – Establishment and development of settlements by people or animals
  • Developed environments
     – Community of any size, in which people live
  • Developmentalism – Economic theory
  • Environmental impact statement – Assessment required under US environmental law
  • Illegal construction – Type of construction work
  • Infrastructure – Facilities and systems serving society
  • Land consumption – expansion of built-up area that can be directly measured in a defined area
  • Land development bank – type of bank in India
  • Land grabbing – Large-scale acquisition of land (over 1,000 ha) whether by purchase, leases or other means.
  • Land management – Process of managing land
  • Land reclamation – Creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lakes
  • Land recycling – Reuse of abandoned buildings or sites
  • Landscape ecology – Science of relationships between ecological processes in the environment and particular ecosystems
  • Land-use conflict – disagreement about what a particular area of land should be used for
  • Leopold matrix – Environmental impact assessment method
  • Mitigation banking – Wetland improvement to offset development
  • Ocean development – Establishing of human activities at sea and use of the ocean
  • Political action committee – American political organization
  • Real estate development – Process that creates or renovates new or existing spaces
  • Subdivision (land) – Divided piece of land
  • Subsurface drainage – A system by which water is drained on
  • Sustainable agriculture – Farming approach that balances environmental, economic and social factors in the long term
  • Urban planning – Technical and political process concerned with the use of land and design of the urban environment
  • Urban renewal – Land redevelopment in cities
  • Watertable control – Use of drainage to control the groundwater level in an area

References

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  3. ^ Top soil is removed from the new road bed (Video). Dayton, TN: Bryan College. 2009-09-03. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
  4. ^ Urban Soil Compaction (PDF) (Report). Soil Quality – Urban Technical Note No. 2. Auburn, AL: U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Quality Instsitute. March 2000.
  5. ^ Wilson, Sarah Jane (2014-08-14). "Not All Forests Are Created Equal: Reforesting the Tropics for People, Biodiversity, and Carbon". The Equation (Blog). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Union of Concerned Scientists.
  6. ^ Boucher, Doug (June 2011). The Root of the Problem: What's Driving tropical Deforestation today? (PDF) (Report). Tropical Forest and Climate Initiative. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Union of Concerned Scientists. p. 85.
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  13. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg Archived 2010-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Ehrhardt-Martinez, Karen (Aug 16, 2003). "Demographics, Democracy, Development, Disparity and Deforestation: A Crossnational Assessment of the Social Causes of Deforestation". American Sociological Association. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10.
  15. ^ Lund, H. Gyde (2006). Definitions of Forest, Deforestation, Afforestation, and Reforestation. Gainesville, VA: Forest Information Services.
  16. ^ "Forest Service report forecasts natural resource management trends and challenges for next 50 years | US Forest Service". www.fs.usda.gov. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  17. ^ National Conference of State Legislature."State Forest Carbon Incentives and Policies".Jocelyn Durkay and Jennifer Schultz..22 March 2016. Web.25 April 2015.http://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/state-forest-carbon-incentives-and-policies.aspx
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