Local and Watershed Land Use Controls: A Turning Point for Agriculture and Water Quality

Domestic food production and the conservation of limited agricultural resources, such as prime farmland soils, are of critical importance to both the short- and long-term health and welfare of Americans. Typical farming practices today require many inputs, such as fertilizers, pesticides, and mechan...

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Published in:Planning & Environmental Law 2010-02, Vol.62 (2), p.3-16
Main Author: Guercio, Lara DuMond
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adler, Robert W
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Censuses
Conservation
Family farms
Food
Food production
Greenhouse gases
Influence
Land use
Land use planning
Lifestyles
Natural resources
Population growth
Regulation
Ruhl, J B
Rural areas
Sedimentation
Sedimentation & deposition
Soil erosion
Surface water resources
Water conservation
Water quality
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:Domestic food production and the conservation of limited agricultural resources, such as prime farmland soils, are of critical importance to both the short- and long-term health and welfare of Americans. Typical farming practices today require many inputs, such as fertilizers, pesticides, and mechanized cultivation. Our nation's industrialized agricultural systems produce essential food products, but also environmental externalities, including excess nutrient runoff from fertilizers and livestock wastes, pesticide runoff, soil erosion and sedimentation, greenhouse gas emissions from farm machinery and livestock manure, and human enteric or intestinal pathogens. These outputs affect not only fish, wildlife, and other ecologically beneficial species, but also human use of water resources, including ground and surface waters, for domestic use and consumption, recreation, and commercial activities.
ISSN:1548-0755
1556-8601
DOI:10.1080/15480751003598146