Land use

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  • The term land use deals with the spatial aspects of all human activities on the land and with the way in which the land surface is adapted, or could be adapted, to serve human needs.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    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 10,000 years ago. It has been defined as "the purposes and activities through which people interact with land and terrestrial ecosystems" and as "the total of arrangements, activities, and inputs that people undertake in a certain land type." Land use is one of the most important drivers of global environmental change.

    土地利用(とちりよう、land use、land utilization)とは、土地の状態や用途といった利用状況のこと、あるいは土地を利用すること自体を表す概念である。 「森林」「水田」「市街地」といったおよその分類を用いて、その地域の土地の利用を広範囲でみるものから、「有料道路」「市役所」「灯台」といった細かい分類を用いて、それぞれの利用状況を見るものまであり、さまざまである。一口に「土地利用」と言っても、目的に合った土地利用の資料でなければ、適切な情報を得ることは難しい。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Land_use)