Research objectives: Establishment of scientific grounds for sustainable planning and land use of Da Lat city and its vicinities on the basis of research, exploitation and use of land based on geographic approach. | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION VIETNAM ACADEMY OF AND TRAINING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ----------------------------- NGUYEN THI THUY STUDY ON GEOGRAPHIC BASIS IN EXPLOITING AND USING LAND FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANNING IN DA LAT CITY AND ITS VICINITIES - LAM DONG PROVINCE Major Geography of Resource and Environment Code 9 44 02 20 THESIS SUMMARY FOR GEOGRAPHY DOCTOR Hà Nội - 2019 The thesis was completed in Graduate University of Science and Technology- Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Science instructor 1 . Nguyen Dinh Ky Science instructor 2 Prof. . Sc. Hoang Van Huay Reviewer 1 Reviewer 2 Reviewer 3 The thesis will be defended in front of the Institute s doctoral thesis evaluation council meeting at the Graduate University of Science and Technology - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology at hour date month year 201 Thesis can be found in - The Library of Graduate University of Science and Technology - Vietnam s National Library INTRODUCTION 1. The necessity of the thesis Urbanization is an inevitable trend in the history of social development. Urban population has now reached 50 of the total world s population with rapid urbanization especially in developing countries. Urban concentration has brought greater economic scales to cities and territories but its downside can lead to negative impacts on resource degradation and environmental pollution. To address these challenges various approaches in urban and territorial planning have been studied and implemented. Located on Lang Biang Plateau with an average altitude of 1 500m above sea level Da Lat City is the first-class city of Lam Dong province. This is a famous vacation and tourism place of Vietnam. However over 120 years of formation and development today s landscape of Da Lat has had a great change. The city s space has been constantly expanding in terms of residential land and agricultural production land narrowing forest land increasing the density of .
