Scientific Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: South Asia, course: MaharaniLakshmi Ammanni Centre for Social Science Research, language: English, abstract: Land is an essential resource for economic development. But it is also vital for the survival of humanity and planet earth itself. Natural balance with the environment of earth gets disturbed. Nothing will happen to the universe. (Bodies like earth emerge and get destroyed, time and on in the universe.) Economic theory has indicated the need for discretion in the use of land right from Adam Smith by projecting the law of diminishing returns. The greater the economic opportunities, greater has been the use of land without considering the scarcity of land and its balance with other elements of nature. Globalization ushered in after 1999 has brought a plethora of economic opportunities in the form of investment, trade and employment opportunities enhancing income all over the world having multiplier effect further on. It is of pertinent value to know how globalization affects land use. The value addition out of contemplating and discussing the classification cf land use, change in proportion of land used for various purposes is critical at present as it is affecting sustainable development. It is triggering skepticism about the goodness cf globalization. It is that Globalization, which is hailed in Economics as the harbinger of economic paradise on earth. The value addition out of contemplating and discussing the classification of land use, change in proportion of land used for various purposes is critical at present as it is affecting sustainable development. [...]