Land Use Planning for

Sustainable development

Land use planning is the branch of public

policy that provides rational and judicious
approach of allocating land resources. The
purpose is to prevent public landuse
developpment of land within jurisdictions. It is
safeguarding of natural resources.

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 Sustainable Development
 Economic development that is conducted
without depletion of natural resources.

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 GOALS OF LAND USE IN
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CONTEXT

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC
DIMENSIONS DIMENSIONS

SOCIAL INSTITUTIONAL
DIMENSIONS DIMENSIONS
 ENVIRONMENTAL
Dimensions
Environmental dimension generally deals with
maintaining a certain stock of natural resources
above a certain quality threshold. A number of
criteria to asses this dimension can be put f orward.
 􀂃 Biodiversity preservation measured against species
richness, abundancediversity, high number of endemic
species, high number of important gene pools.
􀂃 Rate of irreversible resource depletion.
 􀂃 Degree and reversibility of degradation of renewable
resources.
 􀂃 Use rate of non-renewable resources against the
potential use by future generations and/or the orderly
transition to renewable energy sources.
 ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS

 Reliable infrastructure and services, including for water supply,

waste management, transport and communications, and energy
supply
 Affordable access to land or premises in appropriate locations
with secure tenure
 Financial institutions and markets capable of mobilizing
investment and credit
 A healthy educated workforce with appropriate skills
 An enforceable legal system that ensures competition,
accountability and property rights
 Appropriate and adequately resourced regulatory frameworks
which define and enforce non-disciplinary, locally appropriate
minimum standards for the provision of safe and healthy
workplaces and the treatment and handling of waste emissions
 SOCIAL DIMENSIONS

 Promoting equal access to, and fair and

equitable provision of, services
 Advancing social integration by
prohibiting discrimination and offering
opportunities and
 Physical space to encourage positive
interactions
 Assuring gender and disability sensitive
planning and management
 INSTITUTIONAL
DIMENSIONS
 Political will and support in the delivery of
sustainable visions
 Transparent administrative structures and processes
 Adequate and sustained institutional capacities
 Appropriate supporting legal frameworks
 Sustained stakeholder involvement
 Adequate sustained coordination between concerned
government bodies, and among government bodies,
community groups and private sector stakeholders
 Relevant and effective regulations for the sustained
management and revenue generation of urban
development services
 LIMITS AND CONSTRAINTS TO
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT

– Shortages of Arable Land

– Land Degradation
– Loss of Agricultural Land to Urbanization
– Water Shortages
– Biophysical constraints
– Socio-economic constraints
– Changing Political climate

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 CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE
LAND MANAGEMENT
 Pillars (UNCED, 1993)
– Productivity-Maintain or enhance
production/services .
– Security-Reduce the level of production risk.
– Protection-Protect the potential or natural
resources and prevent degradation of soil and
water quality.
– Viable-Be economically viable.
– Acceptability-Be socially acceptable

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 Methodological Framework
BIOPHYSICAL FACTORS SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
So cio cultural factors

PO PULATION
SO IL CHA RACTERIS TICS
WATER ACCESS TO SERVICES,
VEGETATION INF RASTRUCTURE,
OTHERS CREDIT, ETC.

PRODUCTION SYSTEM

NA TU RAL SITE USE

HU MAN
INF LU EN CES INF LU EN CES
ACT UAL
SITUATION

CLIMATE
PRO DUCTION PO LITICAL
SY STEM S INS TITUTION AL

Economic In stitutional factors

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 CONCERNS
Degradation:
 Declining yields
 Influence of soil borne and other diseases
 Declining soil fertility (shortening or
elimination fallow periods)
 Pollution of ground water
 Soil salinity
 Globalization
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 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Water resources databases
 Analysis of data from meteorological stations
 Repeated measurements of stream flows
 Assessment of ground water reserves through
borehole analysis
 Amount and types of actual uses being made of the
water resources.
 Some countries may not have the equipment or
resources to take these measurements on an on-going
basis.
 Cost of taking some of these measurements may be
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 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Land cover and biodiversity databases

 Geo-referenced information on floral and faunal

diversity is scarce
 Areas of known or inferred archeological value or
reflecting typical past land use systems need to be
mapped

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 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Land uses, crop and production

systems
• Land use information is usually consolidated at
district level rather than being fully georeferenced.
• Lack of practical, simple and widely accepted method
of describing land uses and production systems is a
serious constraint
• Each land use type should be assessed on its
inherent sustainability, on the basis of a set of
sustainable indicators
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