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DENSITE PEUPLEMENT [3 records]

Record 1 2003-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demography
  • Urban Studies
CONT

When mechanical transport was not available, this increase in population had to be provided for by packing people in tighter, increasing existing density of settlement by ... similar proportions at all levels.

Key term(s)
  • settlement density

French

Domaine(s)
  • Démographie
  • Urbanisme
DEF

Rapport entre le nombre d'habitants et la superficie totale du territoire où ils vivent.

CONT

Le quartier, où résident plus de 105.000 hab., souffre d'une forte densité de population (22.400 hab/Km2), la deuxième de la ville toute entière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Demografía
  • Urbanismo
DEF

Número de individuos por unidad de superficie o volumen.

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Record 2 2001-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Silviculture
DEF

A quantitative measure of tree stocking expressed in terms of number of trees, total basal area, or volume, per unit of area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Mesure quantitative du degré d'occupation d'une surface donnée, définie par la couverture de cime, le nombre d'arbres ou la surface terrière.

OBS

Dans ce contexte, le couvert forestier comprend les semis et les jeunes arbres; le concept ne sous-entend donc pas un âge donné.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farming Techniques
OBS

of planting, seeding, i.e. the number of plants per unit of area

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques agricoles
OBS

d'une culture, c'est-à-dire le nombre de plantes par unité de surface

Spanish

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