| urbant grøntområde |
urban green (The complex of private and public gardens in an urban area) |
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| urbant habitat |
urban habitat (The resulting effects and interrelationships of human population concentrations, the built environment, and the biophysical environment) |
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| urbant stress |
urban stress (A state of bodily or mental tension developed through city living, or the physical, chemical, or emotional factors that give rise to that tension) |
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| urbant vann |
urban water (Water destined for private and public use in a town) |
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| urbant økosystem |
urban ecosystem (Towns and cities viewed as ecosystems, having an input of matter and energy, recycling within the system, and an output of matter and energy into the surroundings) |
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| urbanøkologi |
urban ecology (Concept derived from biology: the city is viewed as a total environment, as a life-supporting system for the large number of people concentrated there, and within this people organize themselves and adapt to a constantly changing environment. Regarded as the same as human ecology) |
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| urettmessig handling |
wrongful act (An act contrary to the rules of natural or legal justice) |
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| urettmessig statlig handling |
wrongful government act (A deed performed by a government official or agent in exercise of police, constitutional, legislative, administrative or judicial powers that infringes upon the rights of another and causes damage, without protecting an equal or superior right) |
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| urskog |
primary forest (Forest which originally covered a region before changes in the environment brought about by people) |
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| usoledarisk miljøholdning |
NIMBY aptitude (aptitude "not in my back yard"; Not In My BackYard: phrase used to describe people who encourage the development of agriculture land for building houses or factories, provided it is not near where they themselves are living) |
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| utbedring av skader i fjellområder |
land restoration in mountain areas (Measures adopted to control erosion and degradation phenomena in the mountain regions caused by the loss of forest cover due to acid rain, uncontrolled forest cutting, winter skiing resorts construction, etc.) |
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| utbedring av skadet jord |
land restoration (The treatment of any unusable land usually by filling with refuse or levelling until the land can be brought into productive use) |
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| utbedring etter gruvedrift |
mining site restoration (Mining is an intensive type of land use with potential for environmental impact over a limited area. When closure occurs, it should address both environmental and safety aspects. Mine reclamation is an ongoing program designed to restore to an acceptable state the physical, chemical and biological quality or potential of air, land and water regimes disturbed by mining. The objective of mine reclamation is to prevent or minimize adverse long-term environmental impacts, and create a self-sustaining ecosystem as near as practicable to what existed before the mining activity) |
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| utbedringsplan |
recovery plan (A formulated or systematic method for the restoration of natural resources or the reuse of materials and objects) |
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| utbredelsesberegning |
dispersion calculation (The calculation of pollutant dispersion is based on the use of air dispersion models that mathematically simulate atmospheric conditions and behaviour. Dispersion models can provide concentration or deposition estimates and can be used to evaluate both existing and hypothetical emissions scenarios) |
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| utbredelsesprosess |
propagation process (Process by which a disturbance at one point is propagated to another point more remote from the source with no net transport of the material of the medium itself; examples include the motion of electromagnetic waves, sound waves, hydrodynamic waves in liquids, and vibration waves in solids) |
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| utdanning |
education (The act or process of imparting or acquiring knowledge or skills) |
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| utdanningsinstitusjon |
educational institution (An organization or establishment devoted to the act or process of imparting or acquiring knowledge or skills) |
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| utdanningsnivå |
level of education (A position along a scale of increasingly advanced training marking the degree or grade of instruction either obtained by an individual, offered by a some entity or necessary for a particular job or task) |
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| utdanningspolitikk |
education policy (A course of action adopted and pursued by government or some other organization, which promotes or determines the goals, methods and programs to be used for training, instruction or study that leads to the acquisition of skills or knowledge, or the development of reasoning and judgment) |
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