DEVELOPING A LAND USE MONITORING MODEL TO ACHIEVE SUITABLE LAND USES IN COASTAL ZONES

The LUP land use monitoring program has been designed according to a couple of purposes such as achieving the sustainable development goals, identify development goalsbased on sustainable potential of land resources in long-term, land compatibility, avoiding the subjective goals in planning, and finally, identify the land resources: stocks, capabilitiesand potentials via a scientific approach. Therefore, the indicators used in this evaluation should indicate the proximity or distance of performance with the suitable criteriaat a specific, scientific and measurable time. Based on the conceptual model of national plan, determining the suitable land uses in coastal zones needs three main informationlayers: 1. Current status; which displays the current land situation without any cassette 2. Constraint (planned lands); areas separated by one or more approved programs from the others. 3. Land Capability (capable lands); includes ecological and agricultural capabilities Regarding to existing layers, the ecological Capability model has been selected as the base model of combination. Adaptation of ecological Capability to planetary landscapes and agricultural potential, a plan has been made which finallyprovided the ultimate model that includes six main land uses: conservation, agriculture, industrial, tourism, urban and aquaculture.