Institutional land uses are mostly associated with land that is occupied by public buildings such as schools, universities, government office buildings, art galleries​ ...2minutereadLandUseUsesOfTheLandParticularareasoflandcanbeutilizedbyhumansindiverseways.Thesecanincluderesidential,institutional,business,industrial,agricultural,forestry,park,andotherrelativelynaturallanduses.Eachofthesebroadercategoriescanbefurthersubdivided,basedonthenatureandintensityoftheactivitiesthatareundertaken.Residentiallanduses,forexample,caninvolvesingle-familydwellingsonlargeorsmalllots,oraggregationsofmultiple-unitdwellingsofvarioussorts.Themostintensiveresidentialland-usesareassociatedwithclustersofapartmentbuildings,whichcansupportextremelylargedensitiesofhumanpopulations.Institutionallandusesaremostlyassociatedwithlandthatisoccupiedbypublicbuildingssuchasschools,universities,governmentofficebuildings,artgalleries,andmuseums.Thesefacilitiesaremostcommonlylocatedinurbanorsuburbanareas.Businesslandusesarerathersimilarinmanyrespects,andaremostlyassociatedwithlandthatisappropriatedtoretailfacilitiesofvarioustypes,andwithofficebuildings.Industriallandusesareextremelyvaried,dependingonthenatureoftheindustrybeingconsidered.Urban-industriallandusagegenerallyreferstothesitingoffactoriesorpetroleumrefineries,andofutilitiessuchaselectricitygeneratingstations,andwater-andsewage-treatmentfacilities.Industriallanduseinruralareascanincludemines,smelters,andmillsfortheproductionofTheIncasusedterracestomakeoptimaluseofthelimitedlandareasavailableforcultivation.TheseterracesarefoundnearMachuPicchu,Peru.JLMVisuals.Reproducedbypermission.oresandmetals;minesandwellfieldsfortheproductionoffossilfuelssuchascoal,oil,andnaturalgas;andlargewater-holdingreservoirsfortheproductionofhydroelectricity.Landusesforagricultureandforestryarealsotypesofindustriallanduses,inthiscaseinvolvedwiththeproductionoffoodortree-fiberasrenewableresources.Thenatureofagriculturallandusesdependsonthetypesofcropsandagronomicsystems,