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, and 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" (FAO, 1997a; FAO/UNEP, 1999).

Read more about Land Use:  Regulation, Environment, Urban Growth Boundaries

Famous quotes containing the word land:

    “If a man cheats the land, the land will cheat his belly.”
    —Chinese proverb.