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ZONE CLASSIFICATION [4 records]

Record 1 2011-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Maps of the eco-floristic zones are supplemented by tables of the corresponding principal vegetation types. For each eco-floristic zone it is possible to give a classification of the vegetation types that it contains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
CONT

Darién contiene tres de las cuatro zonas ecoflorísticas y cuatro de los centros de endemismo identificados para Panamá.

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Record 2 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Biogeography
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Merriam(1890) recognized that increases in elevation generally result in vegetation changes similar to those found when travelling north in the Northern Hemisphere at the same elevation, and this is the basis of his life zone classification.

CONT

The distribution of plant species into zones in response to some habitat condition such as salinity or moisture.

OBS

zone classification : term used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Biogéographie
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Répartition verticale du milieu et des peuplements marins en bandes successives dénommées zones, en fonction de critères physiques : lumière, pression, humidité, température, agitation de l'eau [...]

CONT

[...] citons ici la zonation végétale du Bodensee [...] les zones de végétation littorales sont parfois envahies par des plantes flottantes [...]

OBS

La zonation désigne la classification en zones.

OBS

classification des zones : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Biogeografía
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 3 2003-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Development
  • Regulations (Urban Studies)
CONT

FAR(floor area ratio) : the gross floor area of the building to the area of the lot on which it's built. Each zoning district classification contains an FAR limit. A building can contain floor area equal to the lot area multiplied by the floor area ratio(FAR) of the district in which the lot is located. In a zone where the permitted FAR is a maximum of 1. 0, a 40, 000 sq foot lot(approximately an acre) could have 40, 000 sq ft building. Staying within the Far limit, a developer might build a 4-story building at 10, 000 sq ft per floor, or a 2-story building at 20, 000 sq ft per floor. Height rules permitting, it could also be a 10-story building at 4, 000 sq feet per floor. If the FAR is 4. 0(the greatest FAR currently permitted in Cambridge), the same lot could have a 160, 000 sq ft building. Parking areas, cellar space, floor space in open balconies, elevator or stair-bulkheads, and other non-habitable space within the building do count as part of the FAR.

CONT

In France, the central government sets a national Floor Area Ratio limit of 1, and 1.5 in the Paris region (the Plafond Légal de Densité). Regardless of what density is permitted in a local POS or ZAC, developers who wish to build above the nationally permitted FAR must purchase the rights to do so from the municipality. This system is technically a form of betterment recoupment, since it applies to land whose value has been raised primarily because of planning and zoning allowances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement urbain
  • Réglementation (Urbanisme)
DEF

Limite à l'exercice du droit de construire au-delà de laquelle il y a obligation pour le constructeur de verser une contribution à la collectivité.

CONT

Le PLD exprime un rapport entre la surface d'un terrain et la surface utile de planchers : depuis 1983, le Code de l'urbanisme fixe à 1 la valeur de PLD pour l'ensemble du territoire français (la limite légale de densité étant de 2); [...]

OBS

[...] pour la ville de Paris, la valeur du PLD est de 1,5 (limite légale de densité portée à 3). Tout dépassement du PLD entraîne, pour le bénéficiaire d'un permis de construire, le versement d'une taxe dont le montant équivaut au prix du complément de terrain qui serait nécessaire pour éviter le dépassement.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Operating Systems (Software)
CONT

For those salary ranges containing predetermined increments or steps the PS Level identifies the specific increment/step. For those classification groups and levels that are performance pay, the PS Level will always be identified as 00. For those salary ranges applicable to GS's, GL' s and ED-EST's : PS Level identifies the pay zone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
CONT

Pour les échelles de salaire contenant des échelons : Échelon indique l'échelon particulier. Pour les échelles de salaire n'ayant qu'une rémunération au rendement : la valeur dans échelon est toujours 00. Pour les échelles de salaires des GS, GL et EDEST: échelon indique la zone de paye.

Spanish

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