Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principles, procedures and definitions: A technical handbook supporting the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (4th Edition)

Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principles, procedures and definitions: A technical handbook supporting the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (4th Edition) Report

• Author(s): Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences,
• Published: 2011
• Publisher: Bureau of Rural Sciences

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Abstract: The Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification is based on a land use classification developed for the Murray–Darling Basin Commission in 1994 and has been refined in a series of national reviews. Five primary levels of land use are distinguished in order of increasing levels of intervention or potential impact on the natural landscape. Water is also included as a sixth primary class due to its importance for natural resource management and production. The classification has a three-tiered hierarchical structure. This handbook is the primary reference for the ALUM Classification. It describes the concepts and principles that underpin the classification, presents definitions that apply to the current version (version 7) and provides guidance in its application. It contains detailed procedures and specifications for catchment scale and national scale land use mapping, as well as approaches to reporting land use change.

• Urls: http://data.daff.gov.au/data/warehouse/pe_abares99001806/GuidelinesLandUseMappingHighRes2011.pdf
• Publisher Location: Canberra