Land Use Analysis –[LUA]

(Land Use Pattern)

Lecture 11 Final Term

by Engr. Muhammad Irshad Khan

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 Land Use Analysis
Land use is the human use
of land and land use
analysis is the ranking or
prioritization of human use
of land.
Human activities
(employment, recreation,
residence)→ linked to land.
A land use study is one
way of understanding these
activities.
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Land Use Analysis
Different activities on land has
 different requirements
 different impact (different projects like roads, building
e.t.c have different requirements and different
impacts)

 LUA if a piece of land suitable for a given

activity(for residential area the slope should be 5%
and for other projects slope should not increase
25%. Park on dump site)

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Imp terminologies
 Location: spatial coordinate system.
 Activity: purpose, use of land.
 Natural qualities: Surface, subsurface characteristics.
 Improvements: Human modification of land.
 Intensity of land use: activity per unit area.
 Land tenure: ownership of a piece of land.
 Land price: land market activity.
 Interrelations: no piece of land stands alone. (The
access to a piece of land may affect the activity on it).
 Land cover: natural/ human altered land surface.
 land utilization: the actions on the land. 5
Because of the close connections between
land and human activities, LUA is carried
in an area where a change is expected

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Purpose of LUA
The purpose of LUA is to help answer the
questions????
 What should be built?
 Where should it be built?
 When and how should it be built?
 What impact will it generate?

and much more…

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Comprehensively

LUA is a set of tools that helps to understand

 How land is currently used?

 What land use changes can be brought?

 What are the impacts of land use change?

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Land value

Land value is often a reflection of its direct

usefulness to humans.
In land use analysis, human activities can be
divided into three major categories —
 Residential (where people live).
 Employment (where people work).
 Non-residential and non-employment
activities.
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 Human modification of land
 Material and energy flow
from land to humans.
 On the other hand, human
activities modify the nature
of the land.
 For example, people clear
natural vegetation to plant
crops for food, to build
houses for shelter, to level
hills or dig tunnels for
roads.
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 Human modification of land
 People can easily see the
benefit of withdrawing
resources from land and
modifying land.
 After a new road is built
people can start to enjoy the
improved travel right away.
 On the other hand, it is less
obvious and more difficult
for people to realize that the
changes on land can actually
harm people. 12
 Human modification of land
 As an example, the increased area of
impervious surface as a result of a new
road may contribute to loss of property and
human lives in a storm event.
 Increased water consumption due to
growing population and higher
consumption rates may lead to the
shortage of water resources in a city.
 However, it is difficult to link such damage
to any particular development. It is often
the result of an accumulation of many
development activities.(a number of
activities combine to effect the nature so it
is difficult to identified a singe activity) 13
 Summarizing
To ensure high quality
land development that
maximizes benefits
and minimizes
damage to humans,
urbanization and its
accompanying
development require
careful planning.
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Land Use Suitability Analysis

Factors considered in LUSA

 Physical constraints, such as slope, soil,
groundwater aquifers and flood plains;
 Access, such as distance to roads, surface
waters, sewer lines or water lines; and
 Costs and benefits of the development.

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