Layers of the Land in Agincourt

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This paper identifies examples of the three different types of layers of the land: abiotic, biotic and cultural (the ABC approach) in the Agincourt area. It focuses on the relationship between those three types of layers. It then investigates how the characteristics of the ABC approach have been manifested in this particular geographical area and determines the level of integration of the various resources through the use of examples related to the ABC approach and how those examples interact.

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"As with other areas of the peri-urban zone, it is difficult at times to distinguish what is rural from what is urban in the Agincourt area. Even though the level of urban growth is severely restricted in Agincourt, commercial expansion continues at high cost to the biotic as well as certain cultural elements. The area is a combination of rural and urban, and the priority at this time needs to become the rural. The pattern since the early 1980s is the urban aspect has dominated. In order to preserve the ecological balance between the three different types of layers of the land, what remains of the rural and farmland as well as green areas have to be preserved. The basic problem is found in a scarcity of resources which are overwhelmingly allocated to the urban or development aspect. These resources now need to be directed to preserving the rural part of Agincourt. In this way, the natural life forms or the biotic forms will be able to be sustained. The main focus has to be upon sustainability for the area of Agincourt."

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