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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Boundary constraints on land planning

Boundary constraints on land planning

  • Constraining geographic divisions

Nature

A major obstacle to proper land utilization is the persistence of obsolete or cumbersome urban boundaries, fixed before population and transportation burst their originally prescribed limits.

Broader

Unfocused design of community space
Presentable
Ignorance of ecoregions
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Social divisions
Excellent
Excessive land usage by transport systems
Presentable
Divisive zoning disputes
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Uncontrolled urban development
Excellent
Unnatural boundaries between states
Yet to rate
Trans-boundary pollution
Yet to rate
Restrictive land ordinances
Yet to rate

Reduces

Uncontrolled physical expansion of cities
Presentable
Absorption of rural communities
Unpresentable

Reduced by

Loss of internal political borders
Yet to rate

Related

Uncertain land zoning
Presentable
Commercialization of the airwaves
Presentable

Strategy

Using ecological approach for environmental infrastructure
Yet to rate
Setting land boundaries
Yet to rate
Setting boundaries
Yet to rate
Promoting study of geographical problems
Yet to rate
Limiting
Yet to rate

Value

Land
Yet to rate
Constraint
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Geography » Geography
  • Geography » Land type/use
  • Government » Frontiers
  • Management » Planning
  • Societal problems » Restrictions
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    F0954
    DOCID
    11609540
    D7NID
    134065
    Last update
    Oct 14, 2020