LAND-USE SYSTEM EVALUATION - CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGY

Analysis of land use systems can be conveniently performed through partial analysis of the bio-physical and the socio-economic sub-systems, followed by their integration. The place of land use practices in both sub-systems is discussed and a format? for the flze description of the bio-physical components of land use practices is proposed. This new operation sequence approach is a deviation from the widely used land utilization type (LUT) concept. Differences and advantages are discussed. The proposed format allows both a more realistic quantitative assessment of the bio-physical of the bio-physical sub-system and a quantitative integration of the bio-physical and socio-economic sub-systems far the overall land use system evaluation.