Integrated Regional Land Use Plan for the Zambezi Region, vol. 2

Abstract

Land use planning is defined by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) as the ‘systematic assessment of land and water potential, alternatives for land use and economic and social conditions in order to select and adopt the best land use options. Its purpose is to select and put into practice those land uses that will best meet the needs of the people while safeguarding resources for the future’ (FAO, 2013). Unfortunately, there is often great confusion by the general misunderstanding of land use planning.