Introduction

Land in a community can be used for many things. The location of the land determines its use.

Land located at the outskirts of the community are mostly used for farming.

Land located at the Centre or around the Centre of the community are mostly used for settlement and business.

In your previous lesson on mapping, our environment, you learnt about maps. Mapping a community beautifies it and makes it look well organized.

In this topic, you will learn about how the land in the community are used in layouts, settlements and slums.