Sustainable development is a significant concern in the 21st century around the world. The world is becoming a global village. The top most priority is to use available resources without compromising the need for the future generations... more
Sustainable development is a significant concern in the 21st century around the world. The world is becoming a global village. The top most priority is to use available resources without compromising the need for the future generations with an emphasis on social, economic and environmental parameters. In the context of urban land use planning, the sustainable term means to address major aspects of a city inclusive of the urban sprawl, transportation network, socio-economic development, city expansion, various land uses, and so on. It all contributes to improving the standards of living and make an urban environment livable. This paper focuses on identification of the need for formal land use planning using GIS tools. The paper discusses the situation on urban land use planning for a case from Post-War City of Monrovia, Republic of Liberia, which was ravaged by 14 years in civil conflicts. In the decade of 1980, by the then planners attempted to formalize land use. However, in the duration of the war, haphazard development evolved which need to be addressed in the post-war condition of present time. At the stage, research reveals that the efforts are essential to treat from scratch. Monrovia habitats a population of about 1.2 million wherein the density of population is very low spreading over a large space. A compact and sustainable planning considering the land use is emphases in the paper. For identification of current land use and to address diverse issues in relation, GIS tools are extensively used for deriving interventions and interpretations.
