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INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE AND LAND USE IN ALASKA: COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT
Get PDFThrough the utilization of qualitative methods such as archival analysis, semi-structured interviewing, comparative and extended case studies, and observation, this paper closely examines two related Alaska Native communities. Our purpose is to document the impact of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) on land tenure, land use, and community structure. In all, 41 interviews were conducted, focusing on the following issues: (1) the role of the tribal government in relation to the regional and village corporate structure; (2) the recent changes in traditional land uses; and (3) how group decisions are made regarding land management and distribution of resources. By locating ANCSA within a broader context of economic, political, and cultural globalization that seeks to substitute traditional collective rights in land with individual tenure in a "free market" economy, the findings of this research may carefully and cautiously be applied beyond North America to other indigenous-state struggles regarding control of land and resources.United States. -- [Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act], Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Alaska, Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Alaska, Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Claims, Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Alaska, Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Government relations -- History, Land Economics/Use,
Land cover classification using multi-temporal MERIS vegetation indices
Get PDFThe spectral, spatial, and temporal resolutions of Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) data are attractive for regional- to global-scale land cover mapping. Moreover, two novel and operational vegetation indices derived from MERIS data have considerable potential as discriminating variables in land cover classification. Here, the potential of these two vegetation indices (the MERIS global vegetation index (MGVI), MERIS terrestrial chlorophyll index (MTCI)) was evaluated for mapping eleven broad land cover classes in Wisconsin. Data acquired in the high and low chlorophyll seasons were used to increase inter-class separability. The two vegetation indices provided a higher degree of inter-class separability than data acquired in many of the individual MERIS spectral wavebands. The most accurate landcover map (73.2%) was derived from a classification of vegetation index-derived data with a support vector machine (SVM), and was more accurate than the corresponding map derived from a classification using the data acquired in the original spectral wavebands
Evidence for the decay B0→J/ψω and measurement of the relative branching fractions of meson decays to J/ψη and J/ψη′
Get PDFFirst evidence of the B 0 → J / ψ ω decay is found and the B s 0 → J / ψ η and B s 0 → J / ψ η ′ decays are studied using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb -1 collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. The branching fractions of these decays are measured relative to that of the B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0 decay:frac(B (B 0 → J / ψ ω), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 0.89 ± 0.19 (stat) - 0.13 + 0.07 (syst),frac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 14.0 ± 1.2 (stat) - 1.5 + 1.1 (syst) - 1.0 + 1.1 (frac(f d, f s)),frac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η ′), B (B 0 → J / ψ ρ 0)) = 12.7 ± 1.1 (stat) - 1.3 + 0.5 (syst) - 0.9 + 1.0 (frac(f d, f s)), where the last uncertainty is due to the knowledge of f d / f s, the ratio of b-quark hadronization factors that accounts for the different production rate of B 0 and B s 0 mesons. The ratio of the branching fractions of B s 0 → J / ψ η ′ and B s 0 → J / ψ η decays is measured to befrac(B (B s 0 → J / ψ η ′), B (B s 0 → J / ψ η)) = 0.90 ± 0.09 (stat) - 0.02 + 0.06 (syst)
Annandale [cartographic material] : for private sale /
No full textSales plan for land in the suburb of Annandale in Sydney bordered by Johnston Street, The Crescent, Nelson Street, and Rose Street.; "Terms, 10 per cent deposit, balance in 16 quarterly payments, with interest at 6% per annum, payable quarterly".; "Torrens title".; At bottom left hand corner: J. M. Cantle, Draftsman, 90 Pitt St.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-lfsp41
Agricultural Land Suitability Series ? Report 16b
No full textThis report describes the soil and land capability study of the Lower Weaber and Keep River Plains (23,716 ha). This was a joint Commonwealth and Northern Territory project and is one of a number of parallel studies undertaken to better understand the soil and water resources within the Lower Weaber and Keep River Plains. The investigation has assessed land based constraints and determined land capability outcomes for potential future agricultural development. Section 2 of the study, which encompasses 16,929 ha of the Lower Keep River Plain has reinterpreted legacy soil data only. Pre-existing mapping in the Lower Keep was re-examined with the aid of additional landscape observations and high resolution aerial imagery. As a consequence the outcomes are of lower confidence, and convey less certainty with regard to land capability outcomes.Executive Summary; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Landform groups and land units; 4. Root zone salinity assessment; 5. Land evaluation; 6. References; Appendices.Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)
Melton Park, Woodville Road, Granville [cartographic material] /
No full textSales plan for land bounded by Baker and Bertha Streets, and Woodville Road, Granville (now part of Merrylands), New South Wales. Includes local sketch.; Oriented with north to right.; "Torrens title".; "Price from 12 to 14 per block".; "R.N. Henderson, Esq., solicitor to the estate, Hunter St., Sydney."; "J.M. Cantle, draftsman, 90 Pitt St."; Printed in green.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-lfsp958
Agricultural Land Suitability Series, Report 3.
No full textThis report details the land units at a mapping scale of 1:50 000 and describes the dominant landform, soils and vegetation of the the Warumungu (NT Por 502) and Kurnturlpara (NT Por 4802) Aboriginal Land Trust areas, Northern Territory. The study area covers 172km2 and is located approximately 150km east of Tennant Creek via the Barkly Highway.
The primary purpose of the investigation was to map, describe and evaluate soil landscapes to inform future irrigation development in an area with identified potential for groundwater extraction. Core landform, soil and vegetation attributes are also described for each of the land units.1. Introduction -- 2. Background information -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Landscapes -- 5. Land Units -- 6. Soil, 7. Vegetation -- 8. Land Evaluation -- 9. Crop Suitability -- 10. References -- Appendices.Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT
Cadastral reform of indigenous land information and environmental sustainability in New Zealand
No full textNew Zealand’s cadastral system has come under scrutiny in recent years, A sharp rise in the number of land claims by the country’s indigenous Maori, accompanied by historic environmental legislation, have prompted milk for cadastral reform. Although no consensus has yet emerged among experts about future cadastral reforms, land information mangers and Maori leaders generally concede the need for the overhaul of current land information management practices. However, any future reforms will have to reconcile seemingly incompatible goals, by being legally sound, culturally appropriate, and environmentally sustainable. Most of the land in New Zealand is subject to legislation enacted within the past decade, which incorporates concern for the issues of sustainability, as well as the Maori’s cultural values and ancestral rights. The presence of this legislation, and a growing capacity among Maori to be involved, both mean that Maori concepts of land management and sustainability are receiving increasing attention in New Zealand, and are likely to influence the shape of future cadastral reforms for Maori lands
Letter from Carl Hayden to M. J. Riordan
No full textLetter from Carl Hayden to M. J. Riordan expressing his support for Coconino County in turning over the Bright Angel Trail to the federal government
The changing face of the Constantia Valley a temporal study of land use change in a heritage landscape
No full textIncludes bibliographical references.The study of land use change and urban morphology requires a multi-layered approach. Case studies are needed to gain an understanding of the local factors that are driving land use change and forming urban landscapes. This study will provide a temporal perspective on land use change in the Constantia Valley, a high income suburb on the outskirts of Cape Town. It will contextualise the efforts to conserve its heritage and, furthermore, attempt to explain the factors underlying the observed changes in the urban form. This study, through the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping and a series of interviews, examines how and why the urban form of the Constantia Valley has changed. Finally, based on the findings the possible future urban form of Constantia will be considered
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