strategy
Land use planning
Synonyms:
Planning long-range land useCreating total land plan
Designing land utilization
Developing comprehensive land plan
Enhancing functional land usage
Designing effective land use
Planning optimal land use
Designating adequate land use
Developing plans for land resource management
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends (a) establishing land-resource mapping and planning units at national, district and village levels to act as focal points and links between institutions and disciplines, and between governments and people; (b) developing national land-resource management plans to guide land-resource development and utilization.
Broader:
Managing landSpatial planningManaging land useManaging land useCoordinating land developmentPlanning development of natural resources Narrower:
Applying land customsDeveloping land-use modelsInitiating common land useCreating community land trustDetermining public land designAssessing current land situationDeveloping sustainable land use policyEmploying unused land Constrains:
Conserving land resources Facilitates:
Improving landImplementing land reformReleasing additional usable landUtilizing available land resourcesCorrecting defective land use planning Facilitated by:
Mapping land systemsBuilding capacity for land managementImproving education on land managementDeveloping presently unusable farming landStrengthening local organizations responsible for land managementExchanging information on participatory planning of land resourcesUndertaking research on land use Problems:
Cumbersome land systemDefective land use planning
Excessive land usage by transport systems
Excessive military usage of land
Excessive use of land by automobiles
Excessive use of land for agriculture
Ineffective utilization of public environment
Subjects:
Resources → Resources Geography → Land type/use
Management → Management
Management → Planning
Informatics, Classification → Classification
Economics → Resource utilization
Development → Development
Design → Design
Principles → Values
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
