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Question
Differentiate between
Rural and Urban land use
Solution
| Sr. No. | Rural land use | Urban land use |
| 1. | In rural areas, land use revolves around agriculture. | In urban areas, land use revolves around residential and other economic activities. |
| 2. | Land use is classified as nonagricultural, wasteland, pastures, culturable waste land, current fallow, fallow other than current fallow and net sown area. | Land use is classified as residential, industrial, institutional, recreational, transportation, commercial area, plot layouts, mixed land use. |
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