As an example, a single area of forest may be managed for
forestry, either hardwood or pulp; it may be utilized for water management objectives; it may fulfill an erosion control function; it can be managed for wildlife and hunting, recreation, zuid for villages and hamlets. Here we have not land use in the normal sense but comin unities of land uses.
The end product would be a map of present and prospective land uses, in communities of compatibilities, with dominants, co-dominants and subordinates derived from an understanding of nature as a process responsive to laws, having limiting factors, constituting a value system, and exhibiting opportunities and constraints to human use.