Land Lingo is a compendium of terms, commonly used within the Department of Planning and Infrastructure. All the definitions are intended as a simple guide to the 'jargon' used by the multidisciplinary team of professional and technical people employed in defining, quantifying and promoting sustainable development of the Northern Territory's land and water resources.
The Lands Group (Land Services) consists of the Building, Land Administration, Land Information, and Planning groups.
NTLIS is a dynamic system of inter-related knowledge and expertise, spatial data and information, policies, procedures and standards, information technology and communications. NTLIS is focused on Corporate spatial data and information, which encompasses the spatial, geographic and attribute information required by more than one government agency or industry organisation to carry out core business functions.
The management of soil is an important consideration, particularly in urban areas and on rural properties where the risk of significant off-site impacts must be managed. Soil is made up of air, water, minerals and organic material and is one of the most important natural resources on earth. Most life on earth depends on soil as a direct or indirect source of food. Plants and animals source their nutrients from the soil and it is home to many different forms of life. Soil comes in a variety of forms and takes many years to develop, however it can be destroyed very easily.
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