Land Use Planning and Development deals with land use planning, urban growth, land management and sustainable development.

The environmental and human impacts of urban development on land use conversion will be analyzed and discussed. Land use issues at the urban-rural fringe, Land capability assessment as a planning tool. Land use and Environmental planning and regulation.

The Planning process and planning tools for Land use management. Non-regulatory means of resolving land use conflicts. The use of GIS for land use analysis and management. Land use classification scheme and supervised classification of land cover types from remote sensing data. Planning models for sustainable environments. What are the different modes of organizing land ownership? Since land is both a public and private good, who is entitled to the benefits that accrue from land?