Efficiency and sustainability of land-resource use on a small island

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  • 島嶼地域における土地資源利用の効率と持続性

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<p>Land resources are essential for humans to survive, and different methods of land- resource use</p><p>depend largely on the local natural context and society. Here we propose a method to assess landresource</p><p>use in terms of efficiency and sustainability for three historical types of land-resource use in</p><p>the Babeldaob Island, Republic of Palau: self-supply, resource development and nature conservation.</p><p>Our proposed index of land-use efficiency makes comparisons possible among the types of landresource</p><p>use, considering both the natural and social conditions; land-use efficiency increased in the</p><p>order of self-supply, nature conservation and resource development. At the same time, sustainability</p><p>of land-resource use corresponded to population growth; when the population density was less or</p><p>more than 15 capitakm−2, self-supply and nature conservation were the most sustainable,</p><p>respectively.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390283659826460032
  • NII Article ID
    130007759962
  • DOI
    10.11520/jshwr.32.0_46
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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