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Climate As a Factor in Regional Planning

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Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective

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There may be no greater constraint on the biota and human societies of a region than climate. Climate can be viewed as a resource, offering immense benefits, but it also can produce episodic “events” that are hazardous to living things. Along with the topography (Chapter 3), it provides the foundation on which all land-water processes take place.

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  1. Vernon Meentemeyer
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  1. Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

    Frank B. Golley

  2. Department of Ecology, Universidad de Alicante Facultad de Ciencias, Apartado 99, Alicante, 03080, Spain

    Juan Bellot

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Meentemeyer, V. (1999). Climate As a Factor in Regional Planning. In: Golley, F.B., Bellot, J. (eds) Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective. Springer Series on Environmental Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1448-9_4

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