Land use corresponds to the socio-economic description (functional dimension) of areas: areas used for residential, industrial or commercial purposes, ...nextpreviousitemsDosomethingforourplanet,printthispageonlyifneeded.Evenasmallactioncanmakeanenormousdifferencewhenmillionsofpeopledoit!TogglenavigationSkiptocontent.|SkiptonavigationAdvancedsearchA-ZGlossarySectionsEuropeanEnvironmentAgencyTopicsCountriesDataandmapsIndicatorsPublicationsMediaAboutusENLogintoCMSSearchTheEEAisanagencyoftheEuropeanUnionAlbanian(sq)Български(bg)Bosnian(bs)čeština(cs)Hrvatski(hr)dansk(da)Nederlands(nl)ελληνικά(el)English(en)eesti(et)Suomi(fi)Français(fr)Deutsch(de)magyar(hu)Íslenska(is)italiano(it)Latviešu(lv)lietuvių(lt)Macedonian(mk)Malti(mt)Norsk(no)polski(pl)Português(pt)Română(ro)slovenčina(sk)Slovenščina(sl)Español(es)Svenska(sv)Türkçe(tr)AdvancedsearchA-ZGlossaryErrorCookiesarenotenabled.Youmustenablecookiesbeforeyoucanlogin.TheEEAWebCMSworksbestwithfollowingbrowsers:GoogleChrome(recommended)FirefoxInternetExplorerisnotrecommendedfortheCMSarea.LoginNamePasswordForgotyourpassword?Ifyouhaveforgottenyourpassword,wecansendyouanewone.PersonaltoolsYouarehere:HelpGlossaryEEAGlossarylanduseInfoTermlanduseTermLandusecorrespondstothesocio-economicdescription(functionaldimension)ofareas:areasusedforresidential,industrialorcommercialpurposes,forfarmingorforestry,forrecreationalorconservationpurposes,etc.Linkswithlandcoverarepossible;itmaybepossibletoinferlandusefromlandcoverandconversely.Butsituationsareoftencomplicatedandthelinkisnotsoevident.Contrarytolandcover,landuseisdifficultto'observe'.Forexample,itisoftendifficulttodecideifgrasslandsareusedornotforagriculturalpurposes.Distinctionsbetweenlanduseandlandcoverandtheirdefinitionhaveimpactsonthedevelopmentofclassificationsystems,datacollectionandinformationsystemsingeneral.Synonyms:Source:EEAGlossaryContext:CommentDefinitionsourcepublicationPublicationyear2004DefinitionsourceURLhttp://www.eionet.eu.int/GEMETOrganisationEEAOrganisationfulln