Types of land-use issues which form current problems in urban areas are discussed in this paper. The majority of these environmentally based issues revolve around the management of water. The five most often encountered water-oriented issues are denoted in rank order of importance. First, an ample water supply which is free from contamination must serve as a finite limit on municipal growth. second, sewage disposal needs to be provided by on-site systems such as septic disposal and spray irrigation or by off-site systems such as lagooning, small package plants, or large regional sewage treatment plants. Third, storm runoffs, generated by development, need to be controlled. Fourth, erosion and sedimentation, occurring at an enormously accelerated rate due to the activity of man, need to be managed. Fifth, flood plains must be managed, which becomes increasingly necessary as each new structure built in the flood plain obstructs the stream flow and reduces the area available to the stream to convey flood waters. The pervasiveness of water as an element in land-use issues necessitates rational management of the hydrologic cycle in a reasonable urban planning goal. (Author/DB)