Land Use
| Component | PIU "ideal" Index | Average Score |
| Air Quality | 395 | 180 |
| Water Quality | 130 | 121 |
| Land | 40 | 37 |
| Terrestrial ecosystem | 150 | 143 |
| Aquatic ecosystem | 15 | 12.5 |
| Socio-economic |
270 | 49.5 |
| Total | 1000 | 542 |
According to data contained in the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Master Plan, 40.4% of the land in the city is used for residential purposes. Transport uses 24.3% of the land, while land used for industrial, and commercial purposes comprise 6.9% and 2.7% respectively. As the city of Bangalore expands, the BMP expects the percentage of land used for industrial purposes to decrease, while it expects the percentages of land used for residential, commercial and public and semi-public purposes to increase.
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Famous quotes containing the word land:
“If a man own land, the land owns him.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“You must not eat with it anything leavened. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it -the bread of affliction -because you came out of the land of Egypt in great haste, so that all the days of your life you may remember the day of your departure from the land of Egypt.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 16:3.