Title: Explain zoning classifications and their effects.
Course: Ecology and Environmental Management (18003-36) > Section: Planning and Managing Land Use

Explanation should include

- definition of zoning and agricultural and forestal districts
- identification of local zoning classifications
- correlation of zoning classifications with specific examples on the local level
- interpretation of how zoning classifications affect society and citizens
- land conservation strategies (e.g., conservation easements, agricultural and forestal districts, land-use taxation).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are zoning classifications, and why are they important?
- How might zoning classifications positively or negatively affect a community and its citizens?
- How can classification of land use that limits activities protect the environment?
- Why is it important to provide rural conservation zones reserved for the production of agricultural products, timber, and the maintenance of open space land as an economic and environmental resource?