Year of publication 2011

The present book has been prepared by an interdisciplinary group of experts with land use planning experiences in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Many of them had already been involved in the preparation of the first guide, others have newly joined the land use planning discussion coming from new fields where land use planning nowadays is applied. The guide is based on the previous publication of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH of 1995 and enriched with many recent examples of land use planning in a much broader context than in the past. It also includes technologies that have not been available at that time or only in a limited way. Based on a preparatory study in 2008, an experts meeting in 2009 defined targets, contents and structure of the publication. The guide has been prepared for local as well as international, senior and junior professionals involved in rural development in developing countries who are interested in learning more about land use planning and integrating relevant concepts of land use planning in their development work. Unlike the first publication, the present one does not only focus on methods, strategies and tools but also includes a wide range of applications for land use planning with concrete examples.