Introduction

3Due to the drastic changes in land use, irrespective of their quantity or pattern, they have a profound influence on the people’s daily lives. Unfortunately, because of the lack of scientific land use analysis and planning, there are bad influences which we do not accept. As a result, especially during the last half century, the importance of these two research fields has attracted the interests of researchers around the world. Although there have been numerous studies relating to them, this book analyzes and lists their several problems. Land use analysis and planning can often be studied respectively, but a combination of them is more and more closely sought.