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{"title":"Unpacking property owners’ perceptions of flood damage","authors":"B. Ayça Ataç-Studt, Thomas Hartmann, Lenka Slavíková","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107479","url":null,"abstract":"Floods cause damage to lands and thereby often prevent property owners from using their property in the way they intend. Because of flood damage, property owners face challenges such as destruction and decreased value of their property, not finding tenants, etc. While land policy predominantly treats damage as solely economic, it also has emotional and social implications. Memories linked to a home, a spatial attachment to a specific piece of land, or a family legacy are only a few examples. Just like the values that property owners assign to their properties differ, so do their perceptions of damage. Perception of property forms the basis that shapes how damage is perceived. Despite the vast literature on risk perception and awareness, discussions in flood management mainly focus on assessing the likelihood of disasters. Noticeably, there is a lack of emphasis on flood damage itself, especially concerning damage to private property. Considering that the definition of damage influences the land policy measures taken on private property, there is a need to explore property owners’ perceptions of damage to provide more effective land policy responses. Therefore, this research analyzes how property owners perceive and interpret flood damage on their private property. Social aspects such as personal experience, cultural background, and demographic profile all influence these perceptions. Furthermore, this research outlines how the mismatch between land policies and property owners’ perceptions of damage is an obstacle to effectively combating the consequences of flooding on private property. A qualitative case study is conducted in a small-scale district in Türkiye’s Western Black Sea Basin. This study includes narrative interviews with local property owners. These interviews reveal the property owners’ multiple perceptions of flood damage and show the mismatch between land policy responses and the needs of the property owners. The findings from this research show that the existing land policy instruments are often too generic and are not tailored to the needs of the property owners.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143050005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Drivers to adopt agroforestry and sustainable land-use innovations: A review and framework for policy","authors":"Aiora Zabala, Unai Pascual, Luis Enrique García-Barrios, Nibedita Mukherjee","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107468","url":null,"abstract":"What influences individuals' decisions to adopt sustainable land-use practices? The drivers of such complex decisions are manyfold. We develop a conceptual framework of the predictors that are external (contextual), related to the innovation, and internal or intrinsic to individuals. This framework can guide the design and evaluation of policies to encourage such decisions and subsequent behaviour. The conceptual framework is based on a literature review that includes empirical qualitative and quantitative analyses, mainly focused on agroforestry and its subtype, silvopasture. We inventoried 207 adoption drivers (predictors) used across the studies reviewed. We grouped these predictors into key concepts along these categories: farm and household characteristics, social environment and institutions, individual objective and subjective factors, and variables related to the land-use practice (knowledge, technical feasibility and economically rational motives). The concepts in the framework incorporate and enhance those proposed in earlier reviews of adoption of a range of sustainable land-use practices (soil conservation, organic farming, conservation agriculture, ecological farming practices, etc.). The framework is also interdisciplinary and comprehensive by including behavioural, socioeconomic and biophysical factors. It is applicable to a range of sustainable farming innovations. It can be used to evaluate policy ex-ante, by assessing what place-based conditions or barriers may need to be addressed through tailored policy instruments, as well as to inform the selection of explanatory variables in ex-post evaluations.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143050006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"For or against sustainable development? A geospatial analysis of the state of green space ecosystems in West Gonja, Ghana","authors":"Stephen Biliyitorb Liwur, Abdul Rashid Adam, Jacob Nchagmado Tagnan, Sadisu Sadique, Michael Osei Asibey, Stephen Appiah Takyi, Owusu Amponsah","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107480","url":null,"abstract":"The impacts of urban growth on green space ecosystems have consistently remained in the dailies of sustainability on numerous platforms. Despite the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aiming to ensure urban sustainability, many regions struggle to achieve these targets. In light of this, this study investigated the state of green space ecosystems in Ghana's Guinea Savannah (West Gonja) and clinched the findings to the quest for global sustainability, whether it is against or for the agenda. Methodologically, geospatial and remote sensing techniques were employed to analyse the state of green spaces, revealing a dire situation: few green spaces exist (8.70 % in 2000 to 8.51 % in 2021), and they are rapidly depleting due to rising land surface temperatures (48.93°C in 2000–93.65°C in 2021), leading to intense urban heat islands (12.95 °F in 2000–52.38 °F in 2021). Anchored on this, the researchers concluded from this study’s discussions that the state of green space ecosystems in Ghana’s Guinea Savannah is against the pursuit of a global sustainable development agenda, particularly SDG 15. The researchers, therefore, recommend that countries like Ghana fully adopt the SDG targets, incorporating the services of ecosystems and the values of biodiversity into urban planning and policy-making.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of an agent-based First Nation land use voting model: Experiments in policy adoption at Curve Lake First Nation, Canada","authors":"Robert A. Fligg, Derek T. Robinson","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107463","url":null,"abstract":"Land use plans and policies provide a pathway for communities to achieve a vision for future types and arrangements of land uses as well as to formalize the objectives needed to realize that vision. Members of a community often share a common vision, but differ on how it can be achieved, which is the case at Curve Lake First Nation. To investigate the factors affecting land-use plan and policy adoption at Curve Lake First Nation, a stylized agent-based model, the First Nation Land Use Voting Model (FNLUVM), was developed in collaboration with Curve Lake First Nation and was empirically informed from a survey of its members (n = 156). A series of experiments were conducted with FN-LUVM to understand the effects of land knowledge, attitudes, and community engagement among both non-land holders and land holders in certificate of possession on adopting a land use plan and policy adoption. Among several findings, results of these experiments suggest 1) that members with shared land-stewardship and ambition for improvements in socio-economic well-being were key proponents for adoption, 2) community engagement with members typically unwilling to collaborate with others can reduce disconnect among members, 3) improving knowledge about land planning and policy among members can lead to more engagement in voting and support for land use plans and policies. While the collaborative development of FNLUVM was specific to Curve Lake First Nation, it is made available for other communities to customize and use as a medium for discussion or decision-making support tool.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Building resilience in communities through integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction policies in Nepal","authors":"Nabin Dhungana, Suraj Upadhaya, Man Bahadur Bishwakarma, Chiranjeewee Khadka, Hari Krishna Bhattarai, Chun-Hung Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107471","url":null,"abstract":"Effective integration of climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) can contribute to building community resilience. Despite shared objectives of reducing vulnerability and enhancing resilience, DRR and CCA efforts remain fragmented, limiting their effectiveness. This study examines the integration of CCA and DRR policies and practices in Nepal, focusing on the Local Adaptation Plan of Action (LAPA) and Local Disaster Risk Management Plan (LDRMP) and their framework. Using a mixed-method approach, this study identifies challenges, opportunities, and entry points for the integration of CCA and DRR. There is poor community awareness of LAPAs and LDRMPs, but potential for improvement. The results also highlight overlapping methodologies, tools, and stakeholders in LAPA and LDRMP, indicating opportunities for synergies in planning, resource allocation, and implementation. A proposed framework for integration emphasizes community-driven approaches, policy coherence, and stakeholder coordination. This integration is crucial for achieving resilient development, reducing duplication, and comprehensively addressing climate-induced and disaster risks at local levels.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rainfall shocks and land conflicts: Evidence from rural Uganda and Kenya","authors":"Rayner Tabetando, Francisco M.P. Mugizi, Djomo Choumbou Raoul Fani","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107476","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the impact of negative rainfall shocks on farmland conflicts among smallholder households in Kenya and Uganda. By matching farm-level data with rainfall shocks data constructed from high-resolution precipitation data, the study provides estimates on the incidence of land conflicts. Using fixed effect models, the results indicate that communities in both Kenya and Uganda that have experienced negative rainfall shocks have a land conflict incidence that is at least 4 percentage points higher compared to those that have not experienced such shocks. In both Kenya and Uganda, further analysis reveals that the incidence of land inheritance conflict is at least 1.1 percentage points higher in communities that are prone to negative rainfall shocks compared to those that have not experienced such shocks. Although both countries show significantly lower levels of land conflicts on registered (titled) parcels, land registration does not seem to reduce the incidence of land conflicts in communities that are prone to negative rainfall shocks. Therefore, we recommend implementing measures to manage rainfall variability—such as improved irrigation systems or drought-resistant crops—communities may experience less pressure on resources, thus reducing the likelihood of conflicts arising from land scarcity.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Property valuation principles – How policy changes can be detrimental to urban development","authors":"Aneta Chmielewska, Marek Walacik, Richard Grover","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107474","url":null,"abstract":"Local government units rely primarily on their own revenues for financing, with sources varying in fiscal efficiency and functions. Key among these are local fees and property taxes, crucial for municipal income in most developed economies. In regions without ad valorem taxes, alternatives like betterment levies on changes in real estate structures are used. Property valuation principles, which define the scope and methods, are critical and often impact urban development. This article investigates how legal adjustments in property valuation for betterment levies affect municipal revenues and urban development policies.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nature-based solutions and urban planning in the Global South: Challenge orientations, typologies, and viability for cities","authors":"Anna Giulia Castaldo, Margherita Gori Nocentini, Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira, Israa H. Mahmoud","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107439","url":null,"abstract":"Urban Nature-based Solutions (NBS) are increasingly employed in research and practice to address the pressing environmental, social and economic challenges affecting cities. Nonetheless, there is a noticeable lack of an overview of the scholarship on the use of NBS in the Global South (GS) focusing especially on urban contexts, even though GS cities face unique socio-ecological challenges that could be addressed with NBS, as cost-effective and sustainable alternatives to grey infrastructural interventions. Through a systematic literature review, this article aims to examine the extent to which NBS are discussed in academic literature regarding the GS. The results show that NBS in the GS are mobilised especially to address two cross-cutting issues: rapid urbanization and informal settlements, and the impacts of climate change. NBS actions are explored both to incorporate nature into the urban environment and to \"re-naturalise\" existing urban areas. Water-related NBS types are the most numerous, and some research gaps highlighted are the need to further explore NBS for food safety and the lack of sufficient emphasis on reducing the Urban Heat Island effect (UHI), emphasising the importance of considering the social and economic context for the inclusion of NBS in the urban policy agenda. In terms of challenges related to the implementation and the mainstreaming of NBS adoption in urban agendas, the research highlights the problems of awareness, information accessibility, and financial sustainability. Finally, the review also raises the question of the involvement of external actors, while stressing the need to balance this involvement to avoid undermining local institutional capacity and public sector participation in the planning and implementation of NBS.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"102 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Drivers of reforestation across land-use sectors in the state of São Paulo, Brazil","authors":"A.S. Duden, P.A. Verweij, A.C. Martensen, R.W. Verburg","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107477","url":null,"abstract":"Upscaling reforestation efforts is essential to meet ambitious global reforestation targets, requiring a clear understanding of the drivers and facilitating factors of forest gain, which may vary across land-use sectors. We analyse drivers of forest area change across various land-use sectors in the Atlantic Forest of São Paulo state, Brazil, to identify the Forest Transition pathway that best explains reforestation patterns. Using multiple regression, we found that reforestation is preferentially more likely to occur on mixed farming land and less likely on land used for cash crop production. Between 1990 and 2020, gross forest area change was about 10 times greater than net forest area change. Considerable overlap exists between the drivers and facilitating factors of both reforestation and deforestation, suggesting a mix of more dynamic (with higher forest area gains and losses) and more stable landscapes in São Paulo’s Atlantic Forest. However, many drivers and facilitating factors are uniquely tied to reforestation in specific land-use types. Reforestation does not fit neatly into a single Forest Transition pathway, but we can identify different pathways by considering the land-use type that was replaced. Reforestation on mixed farming land, which accounts for 77 % of reforestation events, shows a strong connection to the Forest Policy pathway. If different land uses follow distinct Forest Transition pathways, a one-size-fits-all approach may be ineffective for scaling up reforestation. Our findings indicate that ( various pathways provide opportunities to target specific land-use sectors for reforestation scaling. Recognising the differences in reforestation drivers across sectors is a key step towards aligning policy incentives with these drivers effectively.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatially explicit multi-objective optimization tool for green infrastructure planning based on InVEST and NSGA-II towards multifunctionality","authors":"Yuxiang Dong, Song Liu, Xinsheng Pei, Ying Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107465","url":null,"abstract":"The imperatives of sustainable urban development have propelled the prominence of green infrastructure (GI) as a viable solution. However, prevailing methodologies for GI planning often prioritize individual ecosystem services (ES) and lack spatially explicit guidance. This study presents a spatially explicit approach integrating the InVEST model and the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II (NSGA-II) algorithm as a multi-objective spatial optimization tool for assisting decision-making in multifunctional GI planning. The spatially explicit InVEST model was used as a model to assess GI multifunctionality. To demonstrate the applicability of our proposed model, GI of the central area of Wuhu City are optimized with the aim of maximizing the 3 objectives of maximizing habitat quality, crop production, and runoff reduction, evaluated respectively by InVEST habitat quality model, crop production model, and urban flood risk mitigation model. The comparison of typical optimized GI planning schemes—including the compromise, habitat quality preference, runoff reduction preference, and crop production preference scenarios—with the current scenario demonstrates significant improvements in corresponding ES objective. Our findings suggest that increasing forest land, certain types of arable land, and green spaces may have a higher probability of enhancing the multifunctionality of the site. Allocating GI elements in highly built-up areas may efficiently enhance multifunctionality. Spatial analysis of optimal GI schemes reveals a preference for dispersing forest land and grassland, while aggregating agricultural GIs to enhance multifunctionality. Non-linear relationships are found between the ES pair of crop production and habitat quality, as well as runoff reduction and habitat quality. Identifying inflection points where synergies and trade-offs shift is essential for maximizing multifunctionality. Trade-off relationships between crop production & runoff reduction are identified. Our study highlights the importance of recognizing non-linear relationships between certain ES pairs in GI planning, particularly identifying inflection points where synergies and trade-offs shift. This research underscores the viability of our proposed model in facilitating informed decision-making pertaining to GI planning on a citywide scale, with a specific emphasis on achieving multifunctionality. By addressing the shortcomings of current approaches and integrating advanced optimization techniques, our model offers valuable insights for policymakers and practitioners involved in sustainable urban development and GI planning.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142968074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}