MODULE 2.1 Flashcards
never use the term “land utilization”
urban land use planners
use land use and land utilization interchangeably
natural resource planners
land use pertain to
broad categories (forest, agriculture, settlement)
land utilization pertains to
specific uses of smaller areas
land use is land use whether it refers to broad categories
urban planning
land utilization is never used
urban scale
if land serves as soil, what is the appropriate term?
land utilization
if land serves as site, what is the appropriate term?
land use
Nature-attached and reserve land use for human-introduced activities
land cover
connotes the difference between land cover modification and land use conversion
land cover
introduced by nature or land cover, if untouched, has the capacity to renew itself while land use introduced by man usually creates irreversible changes on the original character of the land
land use conversion
seen as a “tug-of-war” between human and nature
land use conversion
Two types of land use conversion
Irreversible and Reversible
soil cover and landforms are not substantially
changed
reversible
occurs when the original character of the land is
changed to such a degree that reversal to its former use or conditions becomes very difficult if not impossible
irreversible
practical limits to which a particular land unit
can be put to productive use
land use capacity
pertains to the ability of a given unit of land resource to produce net return above the production costs associated with its use associated concept is the highest and best us
economic term of land use capacity
intensity of a particular use to which a land unit can be put without causing significant damage to the land resource
ecological sense of carrying capacity
development to be sustainable, highest and best use of a land unit should not exceed its carrying capacity
TRUE
highest and best use of a piece of land when used in such a manner provides an ____________ return to its operator or to societY
optimum
may be determined in terms of harmony in ecological functions and effect, in terms of
economic linkages, or in terms of their consistency with accepted socio-cultural values of the affected population
land use compatibility
in terms of compatibility, ecological functions and effect must have
harmony
in terms of compatibility, socio-cultural values of the affected population must be
accepted
basis for compatibility among combined land uses can come in a number of forms
economic linkages
