LAND-USE
LAND
USE
LAND USE
LAND USE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND USE PLANNING
TYPES OF PLANNING
METHODS OF PLANNING
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SECTION 1
LAND
USE
Land use is the human use of land. Land use
involves the management and modification of
natural environment or wilderness into built
environment such as:
fields,
pastures,
settlements.
It has also been defined as "the arrangements,
activities and inputs people undertake in a
certain land cover type to produce, change or
maintain it.
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SECTION 2
LAND
USE
AND
THE
ENVIRONMENT
Land use and land management practices have
a major impact on natural resources including
water, soil, nutrients, plants and animals.
Land use information can be used to develop
solutions for natural resource management
issues such as salinity and water quality.
For instance, water bodies in a region that
has been deforested or having erosion will
have different water quality than those in
areas that are forested.
The major effect of land use on land cover
since 1750 has been deforestation of temperate
regions. More recent significant effects of
land use include:
urban sprawl,
soil erosion,
soil degradation,
salinization,
desertification.
Land-use change, together with use of fossil
fuels, are the major anthropogenic sources of
carbon dioxide, a dominant greenhouse gas.
Land Use
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_use
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SECTION 3
LAND
MANAGEMENT
Land management is the process of managing
the use and development (in both urban and
rural settings) of land resources.
Land resources are used for a variety of
purposes which may include:
organic agriculture,
reforestation,
water resource management,
eco-tourism projects.
Land management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_management
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SECTION 4
LAND
USE
PLANNING
Land use planning is the term used for
a branch of public policy encompassing
various disciplines which seek to order
and regulate land use in an efficient
and ethical way, thus preventing land
use conflicts. Governments use land use
planning to manage the development of
land within their jurisdictions.
In doing so, the governmental unit can
plan for the needs of the community
while safeguarding natural resources.
To this end, it is the systematic
assessment of land and water potential,
alternatives for land use, and economic
and social conditions in order to select
and adopt the best land-use options.
Often one element of a comprehensive plan,
a land use plan provides a vision for the
future possibilities of development in
neighborhoods, districts, cities, or any
defined planning area.
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SECTION 5
TYPES
OF
PLANNING
Various types of planning have emerged
over the course of the 20th century.
Traditional or comprehensive planning:
Common in the US after WWII, characterized by
politically neutral experts with a rational
view of the new urban development. Focused on
producing clear statements about the form and
content of new development.
Systems planning:
1950s-1970s, resulting from the failure of
comprehensive planning to deal with the
unforeseen growth of post WWII America.
More analytical view of the planning area
as a set of complex processes, less
interested in a physical plan.
Democratic planning:
1960s. Result of societal loosening of
class and race barriers. Gave more
citizens a voice in planning for future
of community.
Advocacy and equity planning:
1960s & 70s. Strands of democratic planning
that sought specifically to address social
issues of inequality and injustice in
community planning.
Strategic planning:
1960s-present. Recognizes small-scale
objectives and pragmatic real-world
constraints.
Environmental planning:
1960s-present. Developed as many of the
ecological and social implications of
global development were first widely
understood.
Today, successful planning involves a
balanced mix of analysis of the existing
conditions and constraints; extensive
public engagement; practical planning and
design; and financially and politically
feasible strategies for implementation.
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SECTION 6
METHODS
OF
PLANNING
PROFESSIONAL
PLANNERS
Professional Planners work in the public
sector for governmental and non-profit
agencies, and in the private sector for
businesses related to land, community,
and economic development. Through
research, design, and analysis of data,
a planner's work is to create a plan
for some aspect of a community. This
process typically involves gathering
public input to develop the vision and
goals for the community.
CHARRETTS
A charrette is a facilitated planning
workshop often used by professional
planners to gather information from
their clients and the public about
the project at hand. Charettes involve
a diverse set of stakeholders in the
planning process, to ensure that the
final plan comprehensively addresses
the study area.
GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
GIS
Geographic Information Systems, or GIS,
is a very useful and important tool in
land use planning.
It uses aerial photography to show land
parcels, topography, street names, and
other pertinent information. GIS systems
contain layers of graphic information
and their relational databases that may
be projected into maps that allow the
user to view a composite of a specific
area, adding an array of graphically-
oriented decision making tools to the
planning process.
TRANSECT
A transect, as used in planning, is
a hierarchical scale of environmental
zones that define a land area by its
character, ranging from rural,
preserved land to urban centers. As
a planning methodology, the transect
is used as a tool for managing growth
and sustainability by planning land
use around the physical character of
the land.
This allows a community to plan for
growth while preserving the natural
and historical nature of their
environment.
Land Use Planning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_use_planning
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SECTION 7
LAND
USE
LINKS
Attorney.org's Top Land Use Law Blogs
http://www.attorney.org/top-environmental-and-land-use-law-blogs.html
Australian Planner
http://www.planning.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=130&Itemid=112
Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/304/description#description
The Country Land and Business Association CLA
http://www.cla.org.uk
Environment and Planning
http://www.envplan.com/
Journal of the American Planning Association
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t782043358
Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law
http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/landuse/
Journal of Land Use Science
http://www.gbhap.com/journals/journal.asp?issn=1747-423X&linktype=1
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Land Use Accountability Project
http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/luap/
www.eoearth.org/article/Land-use
http://Land use defined at Encyclopedia of Earth
Land Use Law News Alert
http://www.landuselawreport.org/
Land Use Policy
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30451/description#description
Landscape and Urban Planning
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/503347/description#description
Planning Theory
http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201559
Soil Use and Management
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0266-0032&site=1
Urban Policy and Research
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08111146.html
Urban Studies
http://www.gla.ac.uk/urbanstudiesjournal/
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