The land use suitability concept: Introduction and an application of the concept to inform sustainable productivity within environmental constraints
journal contribution
posted on 2024-06-21, 03:54authored byRich McDowellRich McDowell, Ton Snelder, Simon Harris, Linda Lilburne, Scott Larned, Mike Scarsbrook, Andrew Curtis, Blake Holgate, John Phillips, Ken Taylor
This paper addresses an application of the LUS concept: evaluating the suitability of land for sustained productivity subject to environmental constraints, as defined by water quality objectives. We refer to this application of the LUS concept as 'Productivity within Environmental Constraints' (PEC).
Funding
Funded by the New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment's Our Land and Water National Science Challenge (Toitū te Whenua, Toiora te Wai) as part of project Land Use Suitability