Transportation, Communications and Utilities Land

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028609",
  "term": "Transportation, Communications and Utilities Land",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The land uses included in the Transportation, Communications, and Utilities category occur to some degree within all of the other Urban or Buildup categories and actually can be found within many other categories. Highways and railways are characterized by areas of activity connected in linear patterns. The highways include rights-of-way. Rail facilities include stations, parking lots, roundhouses, repair and switching yards. Airport facilities include the runways, intervening land, terminals, service buildings, navigation aids, fuel storage, parking lots, and a limited buffer zone. Port areas include the docks, shipyards, drydocks, locks, and waterway control structures. Communications and utilities areas such as those involved in processing, treatment, and transportation of water, gas, oil, and electricity are also included in this category. Pumping stations, electric substations, and areas used for radio, radar, or television antennas are the major types.",
  "references": [
    "USGS A Land Use And Land Cover Classification System For Use With Remote Sensor Data Geological Survey Professional Paper 964 at http://www.usbr.gov/lc/socal/reports/SMappend_C.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/transportation-communications-and-utilities-land/"
}