Land Use and Spatial Planning

Graciela Metternicht is a Professor at the Institute of Environmental Studies, UNSW Australia. Her main research interests are in the fields of environmental management and geospatial technologies..

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Planning: definitions and evolution in the context of SLM.- 3. Principles of best practice in land use planning for SLM.- 4. Contributions of land use planning to sustainable land use and management.- 5. Concluding remarks.- 6. References.