Land use planning (LUP) as an effective and crucial safety measure haswidely been employed by safety experts and decision makers to mitigate off-site risks posed bymajor accidents. Accordingly, the concept of LUP in industrial plants has traditionally beenconsidered from two perspectives: (i) land developments around existing industrial plantsconsidering potential off-site risks posed by major accidents and (ii) development of existingindustrial plants considering nearby land developments and the level of additional off-site risksthe land developments would be exposed to. the paper should be formatted using the IEEE style of referencing