Use-land

Prepared by Abdulaziz Alaklouk

LA-222
2021-2022
Content

What is Land Use 3

Why the land-use is important 4
What is land use change 5
Effects of Land Use Changes 6
Example of land use 7
What is Land Use
Land use is the term used to describe the human use of
land . It’s determining what sort of community,
environment or settlement can be used on a specific type
of land. It represents the economic and cultural activities
that are practiced at a given place.
types of land uses
Recreational
Transport
Agricultural
Residential
Commercial

https://www.sustainable-environment.org.uk/Environment/Land_Use.php
https://www.epa.gov/report-environment/land-use
 Why the land-use is important
land use helps to understand the patterns associated
with land and urbanization. Understanding how the land
was used in the past can be an important indicator of
how the property will be used in the future.

https://www.land.com/buying/guide-to-land-use-definitions/
What is land use change
Land use change simply refers to the conversion of a piece of
land's use by humans, from one purpose to another. For
example, land may be converted from cropland to grassland,
or from wild land to human-specific land uses . Certain
types of land use change have well known words associated
with them, such as deforestation. afforestation, or
rewilding.

https://www.tabledebates.org/building-blocks/what-land-use-and-land-use-change
 Effects of Land Use Changes
Land use changes occur constantly and at many scales, and can have
specific and cumulative effects on air and water quality such as
Land development creates impervious surfaces through construction of
roads, parking lots, and other structures Impervious surfaces.
Agricultural land uses can affect the quality of water and watersheds

https://www.epa.gov/report-environment/land-use
 Example of land use
Dhudeshwar Ward Area Plan

https://portfolio.cept.ac.in/archive/dhudeshwar-ward-area-plan-/2