Analysis of land use systems can be conveniently performed through par
tial analysis of the bio-physical and the socio-economic sub-systems,
followed by their integration. The place of land use practices in both
sub-systems is discussed and a format? for the flze description of th
e bio-physical components of land use practices is proposed. This new
operation sequence approach is a deviation from the widely used land u
tilization type (LUT) concept. Differences and advantages are discusse
d. The proposed format allows both a more realistic quantitative asses
sment of the bio-physical of the bio-physical sub-system and a quantit
ative integration of the bio-physical and socio-economic sub-systems f
ar the overall land use system evaluation.