Land resources are limited and finite. There is bound to be conflict over land use. In a developing country like India, land use planning is applied at four broad scale: national, state, district and village (or small watershed). Different kinds of decisions are taken at such level, where the methods of planning and kinds of plan also differ.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/relevance-socio-economic-factors-context-indian-land-use-planning-overview
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-n-goswami
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-chatterji
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-v-venugopalan-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/agricultural-situation-india
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-resources
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-ownership
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-tenure
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/women
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infrastructure-development