Unit 2. The types of land use planning.

Vocabulary.

misuse-злоупотребление

sustainable-жизнеспособный

exploitation-использование

grazing-пастбище

deforestation-обезлесивание

erosion hazard-опасность эрозии

consider-рассматривать

manufacture-производство

legal-юридический

define-определять

legislation-законодательство

arrangement-устройство, организация

property-собственность

interfarm-межхозяйственный

illegal-нелегальный

It is very important to define the best use of land for successful land use planning because land is limited resource and the misuse of land can lead to such problems as non-sustainable land use: processes of overexploitation (overgrazing, deforestation, erosion hazard).

Land use planning is based on understanding of land as the object of social and economic communications and as part of natural complex. It can be considered in two ways: as a science and as a system of special activities.

Land use planning as a science studies laws of functioning and management of land use as an object of using nature, as a general means and industrial basis of manufacture, as an object relation between land-legal and nature protective problems.

Land use planning as a system of activities can be defined as a complex of state and individual actions for realization of the land legislation.

The purpose of land use planning is arrangement and exploitation of land resources of the regions, separated landed properties and land uses.

Two basic kinds of land use planning are known: local and interfarm, each of which solves the tasks by their own specific ways(expect for topographical and other researches and tests).

Land use planning is carried out according to decisions of government bodies, local self-management, administrative area and cities.

In land use planning may participate citizens and organizations. According to the Russian Federation legislation the state guarantees to all participants of land use planning activity irrespective of ownership forms on land and citizenship maintenance of equal rights and interests protected by the law, and the right of the appeal in juridical order of any illegal actions.

Answer the questions:

1. Is it important to define the best use of land?

2. How many kinds of land use planning do you know?

3. What are they?

4. What is the purpose of land use planning?

5. Who can participate in land use planning work?

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