Last edited 27 Oct 2022

Carrying capacity

High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Environmental Statement, Glossary, abbreviations and references, published by the Department for Transport in 2022, defines carrying capacity as: ‘The maximum number of organisms or amount of biomass that can be supported in a given area or by an ecosystem.’

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