Environmental Management

, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–377 | Cite as

Agricultural land evaluation and site assessment in the United States: An introduction

  • Frederick Steiner
Special Section

Abstract

The US Soil Conservation Service has developed an agricultural land evaluation and site assessment (LESA) system. The LESA system is being used by the US Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies to implement the Farmland Protection Policy Act of 1981. The LESA system and three case studies from the Pacific North-west are introduced in this article.

Key words

Suitability analysis Land evaluation Site assessment Planning 

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© Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1987

Authors and Affiliations

  • Frederick Steiner
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Program in Environmental Science and Regional PlanningWashington State UniversityPullmanUSA

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