Land use Survey and Strategy

By Rakibul Hasan

Research BackgroundLand as an entity is finite, while the natural resources it supports can vary over time and according to management conditions and uses. As each nation moves to the next level of economic or development intensity, human requirements and economic activities place ever-increasing pressures on land resources, creating competition and conflicts and resulting non-optimal use of both land and land resources. By examining all uses of land in an integrated manner, it should be possible to build consensus and minimize conflicts through informed negotiations among competing uses, to make the most efficient tradeoffs and to link social and economic development with environmental protection and enhancement.Bangladesh has an area of 147,610 sq. Km, and lies in the Indo-Gangetic plain of South Asia between 20 34′and 26 38′North and 88 01′and 92 41′East, bordered by India to the West, North and Northeast, Myanmar to the southeast and Bay of Bengal to the South. The territory is situated on one of the largest, complex delta in the World where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers enter the Bay of Bengal. With a sub-tropical monsoon climate, it experiences three seasons a year: a hot or summer season from March to June; a warm and humid monsoon season from June to September and a cool dry season from October to February. Rainfall varies from 1500 to 5000 mm a year. Given its situation in the low lying plain of Bengal, the variability in annual rainfall and the occurrence of typhoons, Bangladesh often experiences natural disasters such as floods, droughts.Although several researchers have worked on models of land use and land use change especially in the form of change into different crops, few have considered major competing land uses. This study aims to discuss the present condition of land use and major changes from past land use pattern in the study area (Tajhat Mouza, Rangpur, Bangladesh).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B089M435C3
• ISBN13: 9798651760190
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"