<Li> Special use: 168.8 M </Li> <Li> Miscellaneous: 68.9 M </Li> <Li> Urban: 69.4 M </Li> <P> Land use and land management practices have a major impact on natural resources including water, soil, nutrients, plants and animals . Land use information can be used to develop solutions for natural resource management issues such as salinity and water quality . For instance, water bodies in a region that has been deforested or having erosion will have different water quality than those in areas that are forested . Forest gardening, a plant - based food production system, is believed to be the oldest form of land use in the world . </P>

Give any two factors which determine the land use pattern of a nation