Definition of «land disturbance»

"Land disturbance" refers to any activity or process that alters or disrupts the natural condition of the land. This could include activities like construction, digging, farming, or mining that change the shape, structure, or composition of the land's surface.

Sentences with «land disturbance»

Additional escalation of the mining impact occurs as conventional oil mining is supplanted by tar sands development, with mining and land disturbance from the latter producing land use - related greenhouse gas emissions as much as 23 times greater than conventional oil production per unit area [152], but with substantial variability and uncertainty [152]--[153]. (journals.plos.org)
This was the shortest route through that part of the state, and as a result it had the least amount of land disturbance and affected the fewest land - owners,» he said. (macleans.ca)
The scientists made a startling discovery: rates of hillslope erosion before European settlement were about an inch every 2500 years, while during the period of peak land disturbance in the late 1800s and early 1900s, rates spiked to an inch every 25 years. (sciencedaily.com)
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