Environmental aspects of rehabilitating abandoned quarries: Israel as a case study

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 172-179

  Milgrom, Tamar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Land reclamation; Land use planning; Mining and quarrying restoration; Quarry rehabilitation; Regulations and policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SANITARY SEWERS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; LAND USE PLANNING; MINING AND QUARRYING RESTORATION; QUARRY REHABILITATION; REGULATIONS AND POLICY; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS;

QUARRIES;

ABANDONED LAND; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LAND USE PLANNING; QUARRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 49649128812     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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