Preferred term

land use intensity

Is replaced by

A piece of land, irrespective of its size, is characterized by a particular use. This use is associated with a given type of management which is dictated mainly by climate and changes because of environmental, social, economic, technological and political factors. Depending on the particular type of management or land use intensity, land resources are subject to a given degree of stress.

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/EnvEU_267