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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resource management > land management > land use > zoning
Preferred Term:

zoning

Definition:
In general, the demarcation of a planning area by ordinance into zones and the establishment of regulations to govern the use of the land (commercial, industrial, residential, type of residential, etc.) and the location, bulk, height, shape, use, and coverage of structures within each zone.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
land use
Narrower Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • land use zoning
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/49162
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2014-11-13
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