5. What is land use?
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Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods. Land use by humans has a long history, first emerging more than 10 thousand years ago.It also has been defined as "the total of arrangements, activities, and inputs that people undertake in a certain land type.
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Landuse is the function of land – what it is used for. Land use varies from area to area. In rural areas (countryside) land use can include forestry and farming. In urban areas (towns and cities) land use could be housing or industry. Land use in urban areas in MEDCs varies from land use in urban areas in LEDCs. Urban land use use models attempt to simplify the way land is used in urban areas.
Landuse models contain zones showing their different functions. The main zones are:
- Central Business District – CBD
- Inner City
- Suburbs
- Rural Urban Fringe