effort and money will be spent for the collection of data, which in the end
will not be used.
The key questionsfor any land use planning process are:
z ÄWhat are the past and present land uses?
z ÄWho is using what piece of land for what purpose? (What user groups
exist? What are their rights over the land they use? etc.);
z ÄHow satisfied are the land users as well as other stakeholders with the
current land use scheme?
z ÄWhat’s the overall land tenure situation (existing types of land rights)?
z ÄWhat problems or obstacles do land users and other stakeholders face
in respect to access to and use of land?
z ÄWhat land use and/or land ownership conflicts do exist?
z ÄWhich additional land use potentials do exist?
z ÄWhat is foreseen in existing sector plans for the same area?
z ÄWhat are local people’s needs and interests? How can they be satisfied?
z ÄHow can local land use needs and overarching land use objectives be
harmonized?
z ÄWhich infrastructure is relevant for the existing/future land uses?
z ÄWhat are the natural and socio-economic resources available/relevant
for current and future land uses?
Information and data can be categorizedin the following way:
z ÄPopulation, demographic trends, migration;
z ÄActors and institutions;
z ÄLand and other resources, including information on biodiversity, conservation values, ecosystem services etc;
z ÄEnvironment, e.g. availability of water, climate trends, natural hazards;
z ÄPast, present and future land use;
z ÄProduction and trends;
z ÄInfrastructure;
z ÄSocial services;
z ÄTopographic references;
z ÄAdministrative boundaries.