Land use in this meaning can be termed sustainable only if is achieved such a s patial distribution or configuration of the different uses as to guarantee biodiversity and preserve the. Unesco eolss sample chapters land use land cover and soil sciences vol iii land use planning for sustainable development paul de wit willy verheye than 44 of the economically active people in the world is still employed in agriculture. Unesco eolss sample chapters land use land cover and soil sciences vol iii land use planning for sustainable development paul de wit willy verheye cencyclopedia of life support systems eolss had put this environmental concern on the political agenda. Thirteen years ago the first edition of land use planning for sustainable development examined the question is the environmental doomsday scenario inevitableit then presented the underlying concepts of sustainable land use planning and an array of alternatives for modifying conventional planning for and regulation of the development of land. International cooperation on sustainable development made in the past 20 years offers some hope and lessons for facing such challenges how are land use and land use modeled in scenario exercises models for predicting future lucc change use theory to link changes with its biophysical and socio economic drivers