ACRE, Measure of Land Area

measure of land area used in the English units of measurement. The acre was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day and therefore differed in size from one locality to another. It is now fixed as 10 square chains or 160 square rods, i.e., 4,840 sq yd, 43,560 sq ft, or 1/640 sq mi. It is equal to about .4047 of a hectare or 4,046.9 sq m.

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books on: Acre Measure of Land Area  - 280 results

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Location and Space-Economy: A General Theory Relating to Industrial Location, Market Areas, Land Use, Trade, and Urban Structure
Book by Walter Isard; Technology Press of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965
Subjects: Industrial Location
...resources, 78 , 78 n as an inverted measure of proximity to people, 66...68 with value of farmland per acre, 68 population and distance...leading to overlapping market areas, 264 neglect of, in Launhardt...n- 201 n as affecting urban land use, 200 - 201 u the price...
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Land Use Information: A Critical Survey of U.S. Statistics Including Possibilities for Greater Uniformity
Book by Marion Clawson, Charles L. Stewart; Resources for the Future, 1965
Subjects: Land Use--Classification, Land Use--United States
...total, and about areas not fully stocked...productivity of the land for forest products...estimates of land area by site quality...volume of timber per acre tends to measure natural land quality...run; but it also measures a kind of improvement on the land. Data were included in the TRR on areas seeded or planted...
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Suburban Land Conversion in the United States: An Economic and Governmental Process
Book by Marion Clawson; Resources for the Future, 1971
Subjects: Cities And Towns--United States--Growth, City Planning--United States, Land Use--United States
...larger industrial areas, larger shopping...transportation uses of land such as major throughways...perhaps others. This measure, shown as item 3...basis of gross land area devoted to streets...primarily residential areas are under consideration...The index of land area per unit of population...dwelling units per net acre of land devoted to...
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Land and the Constitution in India
Book by H. C. L. Merillat; Columbia University Press, 1970
Subjects: Land Reform--India, Land Tenure--India, Land Tenure--Law And Legislation--India, Land Value Taxation--India
...than 60 actual acres. In Uttar Pradesh the unit of measure was an acre of "fair quality land," and 40 such acres could be held...twice the ceiling area. In Bombay the...distribute land to the landless...Agricultural Lands Amendment Act...
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The Lure of the Land: A Social History of the Public Lands from the Articles of Confederation to the New Deal
Book by Everett Dick; University of Nebraska Press, 1970
Subjects: Public Lands--United States--History
...jurisdiction the lands fell in his capacity...support of the small land-buyer. In 1790...concerning the public lands, Hamilton suggested measures to accommodate three...might wish to buy land in quantity and...wished to purchase an area as small as one-hundred acres at thirty cents an acre. Hamilton further...considered a compromise measure that favored the...
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journal articles on: Acre Measure of Land Area  - 693 results

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Beyond Bucks and Acres: Land Acquisition and Water
Journal article by Mary Ann King, Sally K. Fairfax; Texas Law Review, Vol. 83, 2005
Subjects: Land, Law, Perceptions, Studies, United States, Water conservation, Water resources
...enforcement measures. First, do...entire tract of land within the easement...those wetland acres described by...153 What about areas outside the...violations on land beyond the wetland acres specified in...not the entire area under easement...not the entire area. The provisions...the easement areas that grew larger...
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Oregon Land-Use Regulation and Ballot Measure 37: Newton's Third Law at Work
Journal article by David J. Hunnicutt; Environmental Law, Vol. 36, 2006
Subjects: Land tenure--Laws, regulations and rules, Land use planning--Laws, regulations and rules, Land use--Laws, regulations and rules, Land use--Planning, Landowners--Laws, regulations and rules, Property rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Right of property--Laws, regulations and rules
...land outside urban areas) in Oregon is zoned...or historical, on the land. (51) In raw land figures, the numbers...approximately 61,600,000 acres of land in Oregon. (52) Of...privately held Oregon lands, 24,800,000 acres (an area larger than the total...
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Local Urban Form Measures Related to Land-Use and Development Period: A Case-Study for Halifax, Nova Scotia
Journal article by Hugh Millward, Guang Xue; Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol. 16, 2007
Subjects: City planning--Research, Geographic information systems--Usage, Halifax, Nova Scotia--Social aspects, Land use--Nova Scotia, Land use--Research, Public spaces--Design and construction, Urban planning--Research
...The six land use categories...divided by sum area (ha) of lots...sum of areas of buildings...specific measure of building...Several of the measures were calculated...low. But SFR areas (and Mixed...across all land-use categories...Industrial areas. In keeping...Industrial lands show very large...Building shape measures are again somewhat...exceptional land-use. It...
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Rubber Tapper Citizens: Emerging Places, Policies, and Shifting Rural-Urban Identities in Acre, Brazil
Journal article by Jacqueline M. Vadjunec, Marianne Schmink, Carlos Valerio A. Gomes; Journal of Cultural Geography, Vol. 28, 2011
Subjects: Acre, Brazil--Economic aspects, Acre, Brazil--Social aspects, Cultural identity--Political aspects, Cultural identity--Protection and preservation, Rubber industry workers--Political activity, Social movements--Forecasts and trends, Social movements--History
...Forest Government in Acre (Becker 2005...led to growth of Acres gross domestic product...urban migration in Acre, beginning in the...between rural and urban areas, and between the...a rubber tapping area, revealing the still...conditions to the rural area, and 80% were not...to rubber tapping areas. In response to...if they received land. This incentive...and urban areas of Acre, Rio Brancos residents...
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Questioning the Rule of Capture Metaphor for Nineteenth Century Public Land Law: A Look at R.S. 2477
Journal article by James R. Rasband; Environmental Law, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Environmental management--Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental protection--Laws, regulations and rules, Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, Natural resource policy--Laws, regulations and rules, Property acquisition--Laws, regulations and rules, Public lands--Environmental aspects, Wilderness areas--Laws, regulations and rules
...development into areas where they otherwise...a particular area as wilderness...000 roadless acres. (53) Thus...with respect to lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management...those public lands not otherwise...reserved" land. Given the early...difficult. BLM lands, which have...those roadless areas of five thousand acres or more and roadless...of each such area Or island for...
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magazine articles on: Acre Measure of Land Area  - 283 results

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How Land-use Planning Benefits Big Business over Small
Magazine article by Bruce L. Benson; Freeman, Vol. 58, May 2008
Subjects: Fair market value, Forests, Interest groups, Legislation, Litigation, Lobbyists, Local elections, Oregon, Political campaigns, Property rights, Referendums, Regulation, State court decisions, Urban areas
...preservation of farm lands, and preservation of forest lands. All local governments...develop comprehensive land-use plans, to...Oregon involves a 40-acre parcel of land zoned...the value of the 40 acres without the ability...encompass enough land so that residential...the urban service area boundaries were put...rural residential lands just outside the...
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Private Land Lockup: Federal and State Agencies Are, in Essence, Pulling the Land Right out from under the Feet of Private Property Owners as Part of the United Nations' Radical Wildlands Project
Magazine article by William Norman Grigg; The New American, Vol. 18, May 20, 2002
Subjects: Abuse of process--Analysis, Land law--Interpretation and construction, Land nationalization--Laws, regulations and rules, Property rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Right of property--Laws, regulations and rules, Washington. Department of Natural Resources--Environmental policy
...larger than 500 acres that they were...which the RMAP measure is an outgrowth...on private lands" -- a description...peoples homes and land away." Hanjy...ignorant about the measures effects, they...commissioner of public lands, pointed out...road-less areas." The most...million-acre wilderness area in British...sized wild-lands area "establishes...percent of its land base as protected...
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Clinton Rushing to Lock Up 54 Million Acres of Forests
Magazine article by Timothy P. Carney; Human Events, Vol. 56, October 27, 2000
Subjects: Clinton, Bill, Federal government, Forest Service, Forests, Government agencies, Roads & highways
...Up 54 Million Acres of Forests by...politically motivated measure crafted by extremist...Forest Service land. Jim Caswell...use of forest land. Sen. Larry...federally owned lands "wilderness" areas. In these special...wilderness" area is set aside within...our political lands." Craig told...the Bureau of Land Management (BLM...
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Protecting the Best of the West: The Bureau of Land Management Must Start Taking Its Conservation Mandate Seriously
Magazine article by Wendy Vanasselt, Christian Layke; Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 22, Spring 2006
Subjects: Conservation of natural resources--Laws, regulations and rules, Conservation of natural resources--United States, Land management--Laws, regulations and rules, Natural resource conservation--Laws, regulations and rules, Natural resource conservation--United States, United States. Bureau of Land Management--Reports
...from the Federal Land Policy and Management...mean that every acre must or should...this way, BLM lands taken as a whole...the 26 million acres of the NLCS...and Wilderness Areas. Although the...specially designated areas or "units...indicators and measures: 35 indicators...degree to which an area is fragmented by roads as one measure of ecosystem...mission on NLCS lands. In our report...and untouched areas and to monitor...
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National Heritage Areas: Celebrating Our Culture and Landscapes
Magazine article by Andrew Pillifant; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 37, March 2002
Subjects: Culture, History, Parks & recreation areas, United States
...various ways. One such measure, developing National Heritage Areas, works with the...National Heritage Areas can bring our rich...among the heritage areas illustrates a key...National Heritage Area in northeastern Iowa...experiences of the land and its people...cabins and a 45-acre countyowned park...
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Bell Tolls for the Acre; EUROPEAN INTERVENTION While English Heritage Is Busy Conserving the Nation's Historical Assets, Eurocrats in Brussels Have Determined to Do Away with One of Britain's Ancient Land Measures - the Acre. Julian Shellard, Birmingham-Based Chairman of Regional Business at CB Richard Ellis, Ponders on Where to Draw the Line between Preservation and Progress
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 18, 2008
...Britains Ancient Land Measures - the Acre. Julian Shellard...Julian Shellard Acres are set to go...system of land measure across Europe...has used the acre to measure land for 700...the Weights and Measures Act 1878 deLned...conservation areas, with developers...beneLt the area". Although...
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Bungalow Transformed - except the View; Five-Bedroomed Country Home Set in 10 Acres of Land at Bonvilson Is on the Market for Pounds 1m-Plus
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), October 16, 2008
...Country Home Set in 10 Acres of Land at Bonvilson Is on...them handmade to measure." It is the kitchen...home. "I love that area of the house as it...With nearly 10 acres of grounds, which...bedrooms in almost 10 acres of land THIS five...
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Land's Uncertain Future If Glenwood School Closes, What Will Happen to 120 Acres?
Newspaper article by Josh Stockinger; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 14, 2007
Lands Uncertain Future...Will Happen to 120 Acres? by Josh Stockinger...Situated on 120 acres just west of forest preserve land and nearly surrounded...valuable to (the area)." The revelation...reason" to reject the measure, incorporation advocate...Glenwood sold 200 acres to developers in...
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Village Anger over the Buy-to-Let Gurus; after Planning Stalemate, Travellers Now Set Up Home on One-Acre Plot Sold by Couple
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 4, 2009
Subjects: Real estate industry, Travelers
...Up Home on One-Acre Plot Sold by Couple...even more desperate measure to raise cash: selling strips of land to travellers. The one-acre plot in Boughton...of the surrounding area. The Wilsons then...buying strips of land from the Wilsons...
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70-Acre Purchase Up to the Voters
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 27, 2009
...late motherAEs 70 acres to the park district...shelter, natural area and tree plantings...700,000 state land acquisition grant...help pay for the 70 acres if the ballot measure passes. "We realize...development on a back 55-acre section if voters...box. Another 40 acres in the parkAEs first...
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encyclopedia articles on: Acre Measure of Land Area  - 2 results

 
 
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Acre , Measure of Land Area
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ACRE , measure of land area measure of land area used in the English units of measurement . The acre was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day and therefore...
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English Units of Measurement
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Weights and Measures Units of Weight...ton, used to measure large masses...of Length and Area The basic unit...760 yd). The acre, equal to 4...for measuring land area. Units...Units of Dry Measure For dry measure, or dry capacity...of weights and measures are based on...


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