Research into land use has changed dramatically in
recent times. Traditional methods based on maximising a single land or
resource use without understanding the full range of impacts have been
replaced by more integrated approaches. These bring together different
disciplines that work across spatial and temporal scales, that aim to
understand environmental, social and economic benefits and risks, and that
work with communities, industry and government. The goals of these new
approaches is firstly to better understand environmental problems and the
associated social and economic vulnerabilities that result, and secondly to
design new systems for providing more sustainable approaches to land and
resource use.
The Land Use Research Centre is a University
recognised cluster of research and education activities based around
developing multidisciplinary and integrated approaches to sustainable resource
management. The activities of the Centre are built around collaborative
ventures with other researchers, policy and management professionals, the
community and through its graduate students.
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