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Environmental Management And Land Use Pattern

ICSE · Class 12 · Geography

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1. Environmental Management and Sustainable Development

  • Environment means the total conditions around living beings at a given place and time.
  • The word environment is derived from the French word Environir, meaning to surround.
  • Environment includes biotic and abiotic elements and also physical, social, and biological factors.
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2. Land Use Pattern in India

  • Land in India is used for farming, forests, grazing, settlements, roads, water bodies, fallow land, and wasteland.
  • Knowledge of land use is essential for understanding the economic condition of a country.
  • Land use depends on physical factors such as topography, soil, and climate, and human factors such as population density, land tenure, and technical level.
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3. Land Utilization Categories in India

  • Net area sown has special significance in an agricultural country because agricultural production depends greatly on it.
  • Net sown area increased from 118.746 million hectares in 1950-51 to 133.199 million hectares in 1960-61 and to 139.92 million hectares in 2019-20.
  • Net sown area accounts for about 45.64 per cent of the total reporting area of India, compared with a world average of about 32 per cent.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Environmental management and land use pattern in India

EnvironmentDevelopmentEnvironmental managementSustainable developmentLand utilizationLand utilization categoriesAgricultural land qualitySize of land holdings

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