Environmental factors influencing urban land use

Abstract

A clean and healthy environment can be considered as the greatest fortune which humanity possesses and upon which the survival and existence of the humankind depend. The urban environment and its physical quality are especially important because of the population migration to the cities. In the last decades of the 20th c. people more often leave the countryside and move to live in the cities, as the result, the environmental pollution and the usage of natural resources are increasing. The daily small and large-scale activities of the cities and regions one way or another contribute to the total effect of the urban land on the environment. The more people there are, the more serious problems arise. The environmental factors in the urban land are especially important and form an integral part of the sustainable development priorities. In order to protect the environment, it is important to evaluate the environmental criteria which will influence the urban land use. The aim of the article: to point out the environmental criteria influencing the urban land use on the basis of the literature review. The object of the article – the environmental criteria influencing the urban land use. The analysis was conducted using the methods of scientific publications, statistical analysis and synthesis. This is the review article.