Land Use Policy is an international and interdisciplinary journal concerned with the social, economic, political, legal, physical and planning aspects of urban and rural land use. It provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and information from the diverse range of disciplines and interest groups which must be combined to formulate effective land use policies. The journal examines issues in geography, agriculture, forestry, irrigation, environmental conservation, housing, urban development and transport in both developed and developing countries through major refereed articles and shorter viewpoint pieces.
Land Use Policy aims to provide policy guidance to governments and planners and it is also a valuable teaching resource.

Special issues (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/land-use-policy/special-issues) published in Land Use Policy: Special Issue on Desertification Last update October 1987; Agriculture and landscape interaction; Addressing the social landscape dimensions: the need for reconciling cross scale assessments for capturing Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES); Public participation in Environmental Matters; Resolving Environmental Conflicts:Combining Participation and Muli-Criteria Analysis; Soil degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa; Special Issue Land Use in Africa Last update October 1986.