Principles of land use planning questions.

You are a land use planning expert at district X. You are requested to advise the community in one of the agro-pastoralist villages in that district on designing their land use plan to avoid conflicts among various land uses. How would you advise them?

Why do you study land use planning?

Distinguish various approaches applicable to land use planning.

Why do we need to consider pastoralists/ agro-pastoralists in the process of making policies related to land use planning?

With reference to the national land use policy of 1997, what important issues regarding land use planning are not included in that policy?

What does the diagram below tell about land use planning?

Distinguish various concepts related to conflicts resolution. And which of the concepts do you think better describes conflicts which often recur between farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania?

Describe your understanding about land capability classification system. Do you think this system is relevant for range and other uses?. If yes, how? and if no, how?

In order to ensure effective land use planning in Tanzania, you need to combine carrot and stick incentives, Discuss.

Land use planning is a process with ten steps which are

1. Establishment of terms of reference
2. Organizing the work
3. Analyzing the problems
4. Identifying opportunities for change
5. Evaluating land suitability
6. Appraising the alternatives
7. Choosing the best option
8. Preparing land use plan
9. Implementing the plan
10. Monitoring and revising the plan

Do you thing we need these steps when planning for the use of land?. If the answer is yes, why? and if the answer is no, why?