Role of Land Use in Urban and Regional Planning

Planning land use (Land Use) was instrumental in planning the city and was instrumental in influencing land use plan decisions:

1. Planning land use act as a coordinator / manager as a creator, and as that applying any form of land use planning regulations.

2. Land use planners encourage / support the community people together to achieve mutual benefits.

3. Land use planners must work effectively in view and respond to all interests, action and cooperation with the various "players".

4. Land use planners is not just a planner but also must act as a manager, preparing and implementing regulations and build bridges of cooperation between the actors involved to achieve common goals.

5. Planners have a unique position because it is responsible for the making of plans, regulations and the process of involving the community (participation) in the preparation of plans and policy evaluation.

Land use planners is not just a planner but also must act as a manager, preparing and implementing regulations and build bridges of cooperation between the actors involved to achieve common goals.

Planners have a unique position because it is responsible for the making of plans, regulations and the process of involving the community (participation) in the preparation of plans and policy evaluation.

a. Market-oriented actors (private sector, landowners, developers, builders, brokers, etc.) who seek to profit from changes in land use.

b. Government (central, provincial, local) that represent the interests of society as a whole.

c. Interest groups, which include representatives of special interests, such as environmental protection, environmental conservation, economic development, farmers, minorities, etc., who see through the eyes of the interests of their group opponents.

The actors (stakeholders) will compete both on the content (content) as well as regulatory procedures of land, planning and development decisions. Sometimes they work together and sometimes conflicting. Planners must understand the purpose and interest of each actor.

- In theory, the actors associated with the use of land are always in conflict (incompatibility) that continually cause endless pressure on land use planning.

- In practice, the conflict is regulated through a system of rules (laws) and the system of government