Questioning the narrative of land marginality in large-scale land acquisition deals: case study of Nansanga Farm Block in Zambia

IF 2.7 4区环境科学与生态学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Land Use Science Pub Date : 2021-03-04 DOI:10.1080/1747423X.2021.1882599

Andrew Chilombo

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ABSTRACT The concept of marginal land in large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) has become important to understand land for LSLA deals. Based on remotely gathered geospatial data, the biophysical dimension of the concept dominates the characterization of land for LSLA deals. Little attention is paid to the socio-cultural dimension that represents years of dynamic community–environment interactions as lived experiences that are well structured in traditional knowledge. Informed by participatory appraisal methods in Nansanga farm block, an LSLA deal in Zambia, this study aimed at providing socio-cultural evidence that questions the concept constructed within science-development policy and political spaces. Overall, based on socio-cultural evidence, the findings suggest that Nansanga cannot be discounted as marginal land. In contribution to improving our understanding of human-environment interaction in land-use science, the paper argues for a mix of process-oriented and pattern-based approaches to gain better insights into land use change at spatial and temporal scales.

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质疑大规模土地收购交易中土地边缘化的叙述:赞比亚南桑加农场区块的案例研究

大规模土地收购(LSLA)中边际土地的概念对于理解LSLA交易中的土地已经变得非常重要。基于远程收集的地理空间数据，该概念的生物物理维度主导了LSLA交易土地的特征。很少有人关注社会文化维度，它代表了多年来动态的社区环境相互作用，作为传统知识中结构良好的生活经验。在赞比亚LSLA交易的Nansanga农场区块的参与式评估方法的启发下，本研究旨在提供社会文化证据，质疑科学发展政策和政治空间中构建的概念。总体而言，基于社会文化证据，研究结果表明，不能将Nansanga视为边缘土地。为了提高我们对土地利用科学中人类与环境相互作用的理解，本文提出了以过程为导向和以模式为基础的混合方法，以更好地了解空间和时间尺度上的土地利用变化。

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Journal of Land Use Science Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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5.40

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6.20%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Land Use Science provides a central outlet for high-quality articles on theoretical and empirical aspects of land-use science at the interface of social and environmental systems. The Journal brings together an array of research perspectives at multiple temporal, spatial and social scales that contribute a better understanding of land-system dynamics and communicate scientific advances towards attaining land-system sustainability.