The term 'amenity migration'describes a broad diversity of patterns of human movement to
rural places in search of particular lifestyle attributes. This review of international literature …

Whilst biophysical and economic values are often included in spatial planning for
conservation and environmental management, social values are rarely considered. This …

Current and predicted trends indicate that an increasing proportion of the world's population
is living in urban and suburban places. The nature of the urban environment becomes an …

The rapid growth of cities around the world is now seen as a major contributor to global
biodiversity loss and many governments include biodiversity conservation as an explicit …

Much effort is expended toward planning for conservation, natural resource management
and sustainable land use in agricultural landscapes. Although often not explicitly stated, the …

Abstract Peri-Urban Landscapes (PULs) are transitional areas composed of a mix of natural
and anthropogenic land covers. The unsustainable character of many PULs is widely …

Urbanization leads to land-use changes and landscape fragmentation, impacting natural
habitats and their connectivity. In principle, many local decision-makers are obliged to adopt …

This book reconciles competing and sometimes contradictory forms of land use, while also
promoting sustainable land use options. It highlights land use planning, spatial planning …

Land developers can apply biodiversity offsetting in different ways, from a project-by-project
approach to a pooled and proactive approach, this latter appearing to provide greater …

Over the last two decades, systematic conservation planning has been increasingly applied
in terrestrial and marine systems. The approach has traditionally been lagging in freshwater …