Tree And Land Clearing Industrial Revolution

111 landlords had been clearing land to establish sheep farming.

Tree and land clearing industrial revolution.

Revolution and one of the largest industrial projects on earth 31. This has culminated into what we see today plenty of parks and for the most part plenty of urban trees. In both europe and the united states the surge of industry during the mid and late 19th century was accompanied by rapid population growth unfettered business enterprise great speculative profits and public failures in managing the unwanted physical consequences of development. According to michael williams in his 2001 article in history today in central european russia for example 67 000 square kilometers 16 556 060 acres of forests were cleared between the end of the 17th century to the start of the 20th century.

The dead trees would then be felled over time usually felled with axes the stumps and roots grubbed up by digging and hauling with ox teams with some used to build housing the better ones taken to the sawmill to be turned into lumber and the remainder and the roots burned down into potash which was a valuable cash crop exported to england to be made into soap. Land came to be seen as an asset to meet this need and as a source of profit rather than a means of support for its resident population. Cutting trees can result in the loss of habitat for animal species which can harm ecosystems. Following the industrial revolution trees progressively over the course of the remainder of the 1800s and then over the early to mid 1900s became more desired and thus more frequently planted within urban areas.

According to national geographic 70 percent of earth s land animals and plants live in forests and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes. Since the industrial revolution in the 1800s forests have been exploited worldwide. Urban planning urban planning the era of industrialization. As the industrial revolution took off large logs became of greater value and the horsepower to move them emerged.

University of alberta vast amounts of boreal forest the second largest intact forest in the world are cleared. The growing cities of the industrial revolution presented an increased demand for food. Timber forestry began to replace coppicing as land management goals changed.