"Land use planning is the process of regulating the use of land by a central authority."
Land-use policy is a policy that regulates how land is used in a city.
"The goals of modern land use planning often include environmental conservation, restraint of urban sprawl, minimization of transport costs, prevention of land use conflicts, and a reduction in exposure to pollutants."
"Planners assume that regulating the use of land will change the patterns of human behavior."
"The first assumption, that regulating land use changes the patterns of human behavior is widely accepted."
"The second assumption - that these changes are beneficial - is contested, and depends on the location and regulations being discussed."
"Land use planning seeks to order and regulate land use in an efficient and ethical way, thus preventing land use conflicts."
"Governments use land use planning to manage the development of land within their jurisdictions."
"The systematic assessment of land and water potential, alternatives for land use, and economic and social conditions."
"A land use plan provides a vision for the future possibilities of development in neighborhoods, districts, cities, or any defined planning area."
"In the United States, the terms land use planning, regional planning, urban planning, and urban design are often used interchangeably."
"The Canadian Institute of Planners offers a definition that land use planning means the scientific, aesthetic, and orderly disposition of land, resources, facilities and services with a view to securing the physical, economic and social efficiency, health and well-being of urban and rural communities."
"The goal of land use planning is to further the welfare of people and their communities by creating convenient, equitable, healthful, efficient, and attractive environments for present and future generations."