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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Land misuse

Land misuse

Broader

Unconstrained exploitation of natural resources
Presentable
Unethical practices in agriculture
Unpresentable
Irresponsible social designers
Unpresentable

Narrower

Misuse of agricultural land for fuel production
Presentable
Increasing proportion of land surface devoted to urbanization
Presentable
Excessive land usage by transport systems
Presentable
Excessive land usage
Presentable
Defective land use planning
Presentable
Alienation of land through acquisition by foreigners
Presentable
Unused land
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Limited available land
Presentable
Land degradation
Presentable

Aggravated by

Abuse of agricultural techniques
Excellent
Unmeaningful relationships to place
Presentable
Underdeveloped farming skills
Unpresentable

Value

Land
Yet to rate
Abuse
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Geography » Land type/use
  • Societal problems » Maltreatment
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D8142
    DOCID
    11481420
    D7NID
    140005
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020