Category: Uncategorized
Carbon sequestration:
Overlay Zones: An overlay zone is a zoning district that is applied over one or more previously established zoning districts, establishing additional
Working lands: lands used for farming, grazing, or the production of forests. (Law Insider)
Watershed: The specific land area that drains to a lake, river, or stream
Urban Growth Boundary: defines where development should and should not happen. The line circumscribes an entire urbanized area and is used by local go
transportation demand management
Transportation Demand Management (TDM): a program of information, encouragement, and incentives provided by local or regional organizations to help pe
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK): refers to the evolving knowledge acquired by indigenous and local peoples over hundreds or thousands of years
Topography: Refers to the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area such as the steepness and surface shapes of the land.
Subsidence: A gradual settling or sudden sinking of the Earth's surface due to removal or displacement of subsurface earth materials. (United States G
Riverine flooding: When the volume of water in a waterway (creeks, rivers, or constructed channels) exceeds the waterway's capacity, it will overflow