Land use planning is rarely a neutral process. Stakeholders often use it to control access to, ownership
of and use of land. It is therefore essential to have a participatory tool (with constantly counterchecked processes) and flexible monitoring approaches to ensure sustainable land use and secure
land tenure. The Practical Guide presents a unique approach to simultaneously addressing land
use and tenure security challenges at the country level. The information and processes presented
here are based on research and experiences drawn from Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) countrylevel interventions in Africa and Asia presented in the policy guide Tenure-Responsive Land Use
Planning: A Guide for Country-Level Implementation (Global Land Tool Network, 2016b). 2
The Practical Guide aims to enhance knowledge about how to tackle tenure insecurity through
land use planning in a practical and adaptable way. It will also be useful to the global partners
of GLTN (currently more than 80 professionals, development partners, research and training
institutions, and technical and civil-society groups) as a guide to implementing land use planning as
an approach to provide tenure security.
The policy guide Tenure-Responsive Land Use Planning: A Guide for Country-Level Implementation
complements the Practical Guide by providing a broad survey of land use planning and tenure
security. It is a starting point for developing primary knowledge of how to improve tenure security
through land use planning, with a particular focus on applications in developing countries. All
users of the Practical Guide should also familiarize themselves with the content of the policy guide