Existing literature on karst and land use is scattered among many journals from an array of disciplines. This compilation of all that information fully explores the effects of land use decisions in karst terrains on local landscape and groundwater resources.

Land use decisions in karst terrains can have immediate and serious impacts on the local landscape and groundwater resources. The existing literature on karst and land use can be very difficult to locate in the journals of any of a half-dozen different disciplines. This book brings the interdisciplinary knowledge together in one place, in a format that academics and professionals alike will find accessible, informative and useful.Based on an examination of existing regulations, the experiences and opinions of planners and land use professionals, and quantitative analysis of publicly-available data, the book explores how human settlement patterns and urban systems in karst terrains are affected by land use regulations intended to protect karst resources. The book pays particular attention to the questions of whether these regulations will have a noticeable impact on density and on opportunities for economic growth and development in communities that choose to implement them. This analysis serves as the basis for a regulatory framework that may be used to understand the workings of land use regulations in karst terrains, and to aid in the development of such regulations in the future.

First book-length work devoted solely to the topic of land use regulation in karst terrains Provides a framework for understanding and developing karst land use regulations

Inhalt
Karst Processes, Landforms and Issues.- A Brief Look at Land Use Regulations in Karst Terrains.- What Planners and Land Use Professionals Understand About Karst.- The Practical Impacts of Karst Regulations on the Communities that Implement Them a Pair of Case Studies.- Karst Land Use Regulation in Rural Settings.- Moving Toward a Framework for Karst Land Use Regulations.