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REVIEW T HE CUMULAT IVE IMPACT OF NEW RESIDENT IAL DEVELOPMENT PAT T ERNS ON T HE NRV’S RURAL CHARACT ER
Things to Know:
Frequently, the cumulative impacts of small residential developments are not recognized until after irreversible damage is done to the rural character of a community. The problem stems from the difficulty of demonstrating that while each single land use change results in a negligible impact, the accumulation of these individual changes over time and within a landscape or region is likely to create a major impact.
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