Land Use PolicyPub Date : 2024-12-07DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107440
Judith Tsouvalis, Ruth Little, José Fajardo-Escoffie, Susan E. Hartley, David Christian Rose, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Auvikki de Boon, Siobhan Maderson, Julie Urquhart
{"title":"Co-design in policy development: Leveraging opportunities, addressing challenges, and proposing solutions for inclusive governance - Lessons from England","authors":"Judith Tsouvalis, Ruth Little, José Fajardo-Escoffie, Susan E. Hartley, David Christian Rose, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Auvikki de Boon, Siobhan Maderson, Julie Urquhart","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107440","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789976","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}
Land Use PolicyPub Date : 2024-12-07DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107438
Denis Vasiliev, Richard W. Hazlett
{"title":"Envisaging nature-based solutions as designed ecosystems in the changing world","authors":"Denis Vasiliev, Richard W. Hazlett","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107438","url":null,"abstract":"The tide of global biodiversity decline is unlikely to be turned without conservation efforts on human land-uses. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) seem to be a particularly promising set of tools that could be mobilized for this purpose. The problem, however, is that application of sustainable practices in NbS on human land-uses does not guarantee capability of these ecosystems to maintain biodiversity. In addition to that, changing climate conditions, if not adequately addressed during the NbS design process, in longer term, may undermine persistence of the ecosystem itself and of species assemblages inhabiting it. Thus, there is a clear need to understand the factors determining capability of NbS on human land-uses to maintain biodiversity and to sustain it under global heating. Although the NbS can take different forms, including forest plantations, sustainable forestry practices, sustainable agriculture and urban green infrastructure, considering the NbS as designed ecosystems can help determining factors relevant to all or most NbS on human land-uses. Thus, the aim of this paper is to explore these factors by synthesising relevant knowledge, investigate interconnections between the factors, and provide recommendations for land use planning. Considering the factors and interconnections between them we propose an innovative overarching approach to NbS design and management on human land-uses.","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789997","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}
Land Use PolicyPub Date : 2024-11-29DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107421
Hengfei Song , Xiubin Li , Liangjie Xin , Xue Wang
{"title":"Improving mechanization conditions or encouraging non-grain crop production? Strategies for mitigating farmland abandonment in China’s mountainous areas","authors":"Hengfei Song , Xiubin Li , Liangjie Xin , Xue Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107421","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107421","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Food security is a critical global issue, requiring that the challenges of farmland abandonment be addressed. As a vital component of agricultural production in China, farmland use is affected by mechanization conditions and the crop cultivation decisions of rural households. With the decreasing economic viability of farmland in China’s mountainous areas, the effects of mechanization conditions and non-grain crop production on farmland abandonment remain controversial. This study developed a theoretical framework and used unique survey data from 2400 rural households in China’s mountainous areas to analyze the relationship between mechanization conditions, non-grain crop production, and farmland abandonment using multiple models, heterogeneity analysis, and factual characteristics analysis. These findings demonstrate that improving mechanization conditions and encouraging non-grain crop production could mitigate farmland abandonment. Non-grain crop production could mitigate abandonment through increasing agricultural labor input, and improving mechanization conditions could inhibit non-grain crop production. Additionally, improving mechanization conditions had a more significant effect on households with higher education level and lower incomes, while encouraging non-grain crop production showed an opposite trend. Both measures had greater effect in the western and low-altitude regions. Therefore, to protect farmland and ensure food security in mountainous areas, it is necessary to continue land consolidation appropriately, actively encourage non-grain crop production, and comprehensively balance the demands of different management objectives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"149 ","pages":"Article 107421"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142746423","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":"Promoting sustainable land management: An innovative approach to land-take decision-making","authors":"Pranav Gupta , Alka Bharat , Nick McCullen , Tristan Kershaw","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107419","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107419","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Land degradation presents significant global challenges, threatening natural resources, biodiversity, and food security. Addressing this issue requires more effective land-take decision-making processes, particularly in data-deficient cities where comprehensive land assessment methods are challenging to implement. This study introduces a streamlined land-take decision-making framework designed to promote sustainable land management practices. The framework consists of two key components: the Sustainable Development Index (SDI) for assessing current land-take decisions and the Decision-Making Rubric (DMR) for proposing mitigated solutions. Applied to a pilot case city in India, the framework demonstrated its practical utility by showing that land-take decisions between 2001 and 2021 resulted in a 69 % reduction of natural land cover. If these trends continue, the assessment of the 2031 master plan using SDI indicates that an additional 56 % of the remaining ecosystem-rich areas, which include regions with high biodiversity and ecological value, could be lost by 2031. However, the framework's application could potentially mitigate these impacts, reducing the projected 56 % loss to 14 %, thereby promoting more sustainable and equitable land management practices. The study's aim is to provide decision-makers with a practical tool to improve land identification methods and enhance the sustainability of land-take decisions. This research contributes to the existing body of knowledge by addressing the gap in practical, easily applicable tools for sustainable land management in data-deficient urban contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"149 ","pages":"Article 107419"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142746422","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}
Land Use PolicyPub Date : 2024-11-26DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107420
Senu Maha-Atma Pomevor
{"title":"Towards the use of stool land revenue for community development in Ghana: Evidence from the Wassa Fiase traditional area","authors":"Senu Maha-Atma Pomevor","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107420","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107420","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Land generates a lot of revenue which could be used for development. Stool land revenue in the Wassa Fiase traditional area in particular, provides such an opportunity. In the Wassa Fiase area the dynamic land management practices serve as a prospect to mobilise more revenue from various sources. In a case study, and using semi-structured interviews and questionnaires in addition to a multi-stage sampling technique, the use of stool land revenue for the development of communities was investigated. It was revealed that the Wassa Fiase area generate a substantial amount of revenue but members of the community seem not to know exactly what the revenue was being used for. Although they agreed that such revenues could help propel the development of the area. The District Assemblies reported of various projects that are funded with stool land revenue which is laudable. Significantly, members of the community must be consulted in deciding projects stool land revenue is used for. The Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands is now empowered to ensure that stool land revenue is used to benefit communities with a new regulation. The Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative must continue their advocacy to ensure transparency and accountability of revenue from the extractive sector. The Mineral Development Fund must implement the Mining Community Development Scheme so that more development is carried out throughout the country.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"149 ","pages":"Article 107420"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142699666","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}
Land Use PolicyPub Date : 2024-11-26DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107410
Alessio Russo , Mallika Sardeshpande , Christoph D.D. Rupprecht
{"title":"Urban rewilding for sustainability and food security","authors":"Alessio Russo , Mallika Sardeshpande , Christoph D.D. Rupprecht","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107410","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107410","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban sustainability and food security remain pressing issues for cities across the world. Here, we argue that adapting rewilding to urban contexts unlocks new solutions for societal challenges. Rewilding is an established paradigm in ecological restoration, with the goal of restoring autonomous biotic and abiotic agents and processes. However, urban rewilding is an emerging but under-studied phenomenon that calls for multispecies coexistence and agency. Coupled with multispecies sustainability, urban rewilding can increase the operational autonomy of urban inhabitants through shared human-nonhuman co-stewardship of urban space. In this viewpoint paper, we explore the conceptual implications of rewilding for food security and land use planning across scales and infrastructures in urban settings. We then discuss how urban rewilding would particularly benefit food security across diverse urban contexts and examine some examples.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"149 ","pages":"Article 107410"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142722699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Address the challenge of cultivated land abandonment by cultivated land adoption: An evolutionary game perspective","authors":"Yong Sun , Yiling Miao , Zhiju Xie , Xingling Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107412","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107412","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cultivated land abandonment constitutes a global phenomenon that poses a significant threat to both the ecological environment and food security. The cultivated land adoption model emerges as an innovative agricultural business paradigm designed to address the challenges of cultivated land abandonment. To scrutinize the intrinsic mechanisms and conditions conducive to effective implementation, this paper constructs an evolutionary game model. It analyzes the synergistic cooperative behaviors and evolutionary stable equilibrium among urban residents, farmers, and the local government within the cultivated land adoption project. The findings reveal the potential for achieving six evolutionary stable equilibrium under specific conditions. Active government regulation, urban residents' adoption, and farmers' cooperation emerge as the ideal scenarios for effective regulation, promoting a substantial reduction in cultivated land abandonment. The government's regulatory conduct assumes a pivotal role in the success of cultivated land adoption project. A government with elevated political efficacy, reduced regulatory costs, significant penalties, and substantial subsidies demonstrates increased motivation and willingness to regulate effectively, thereby fostering cooperation between urban residents and farmers. The equitable distribution of benefits between urban residents and farmers emerges as a critical factor influencing cultivated land adoption initiatives. Urban residents exhibit greater motivation and willingness to participate when afforded increased green preference benefits, local sentiment preference benefits, and additional economic gains through cultivated land adoption. Similarly, farmers are more motivated and willing to cooperate with urban residents when presented with enhanced income opportunities from cultivated land adoption. The findings of this paper contribute to the refinement of land resource management theory and not only synthesize and integrate China's experience with cultivated land adoption but also offer a valuable management model for other countries to address the issue of land abandonment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"149 ","pages":"Article 107412"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142699667","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}
Land Use PolicyPub Date : 2024-11-20DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107415
Chunhong Zhao , Qihao Weng , Zhichao He
{"title":"Spatiotemporal analysis of underlying factors in urban transformations: Quantifying the importance of urban plan intentions in the Austin Metropolitan Area, Texas","authors":"Chunhong Zhao , Qihao Weng , Zhichao He","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107415","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107415","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban planning has widely become a key policy tool for managing urban growth. However, understanding the role of urban planning in shaping land development and directing urbanization is still contentious across various socioeconomic and geographical contexts. This paper conducts an in-depth analysis of urban spatial transformation in Austin, Texas across three distinct periods: the pre-planning period (1992–2001), the Envision Central Texas (ECT) period (2001–2011), and the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan (IACP) period (2011–2019). The findings reveal a marked decline in urban sprawl and the construction of new low-intensity development zones after 2001. Simultaneously, there was a noticeable increase in the percentage of newly transitioned high-intensity developed land. Employing Geographically Weighted Logistic Regression (GWLR) modeling, the study provides a nuanced understanding of how spatially varying planning intentions guided spatial planning practices since the mid-2000s. The results indicate a diminishing influence of traditional factors on urban transformation while the role of planning intentions saw increasing prominence over time. Amongst the different planning intentions, those related to 'development centers' had less impact compared to those tied to protected areas and transport systems. The study establishes that IACP had a profound influence on Austin's urban spatial transformation, primarily due to its more clearly defined and explicit planning intentions compared to ECT. The research contributes to a deeper understanding of urban spatial transformation dynamics, which is vital for future planning initiatives aimed at sustainable urban development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"149 ","pages":"Article 107415"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142696364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land Use PolicyPub Date : 2024-11-17DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107417
Lauriane Cailleux
{"title":"The engagement of environmental organizations on land policies: A case study of Pro Natura, Switzerland","authors":"Lauriane Cailleux","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107417","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107417","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing tension around land use issues is pressuring public authorities to regulate land use due to factors such as climate change and biodiversity preservation. Third-party actors, like non-profit organizations, play a significant role in land policies by owning land, monitoring conservation easements, and influencing regulatory decisions through expertise, media campaigns, and legal actions. This article aims to understand the strategies of environmental organizations to engage in land policies in Western European countries. It highlights the various actions these organizations use to impact land planning and regulation, including market-based instruments, political lobbying, and public campaigning. Using a Swiss case study based on document analysis and expert interviews, the study reveals the dual role of environmental organizations, as both allies and competitors of public authorities in achieving their objectives. Consequently, the paper demonstrates that environmental organizations act as crucial intermediaries in the development of land policies. Finally, the article recommends that planners and land-use experts disclose any intermediation relationships or regulatory roles supported by environmental organizations to increase transparency and accountability in land policy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107417"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land Use PolicyPub Date : 2024-11-16DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107418
Shenglan Ma, Junlin Huang, Xiuxiu Wang, Ying Fu
{"title":"Multi-scenario simulation of low-carbon land use based on the SD-FLUS model in Changsha, China","authors":"Shenglan Ma, Junlin Huang, Xiuxiu Wang, Ying Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107418","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107418","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The significance of land use in relation to carbon emissions cannot be overstated. Consequently, enhancing the structure of land use can concurrently decrease carbon emissions and improve land utilization efficiency. However, the majority of studies have primarily concentrated on static linear planning analysis, overlooking how land use spatial structure affects carbon emissions. There is still relatively limited research on the integrated simulation and optimization of land use, considering both low-carbon objectives and economic benefits. This study focuses on Changsha, simulating land use change and net carbon emissions coupling the SD (system dynamics) model with the FLUS (future land use simulation) model in three different scenarios, namely, Baseline Development (BD), Rapid Economic Development (RED), Coordinated Development (CD). The following are the key findings. Firstly, the integrated model demonstrates precision in predicting land use demands, patterns, and net carbon emissions. Secondly, land use demands in three different scenarios have a similar changing tendency by 2030. Farmland, grassland, and water areas are decreasing, while forestland, unused land, and built-up land are expanding at different rates. The land use patterns in the CD scenario are the most desirable compare to the other scenarios. The growth rate of built-up land has slowed down and is distributed in a compact manner, while the growth of forest land is faster and has a contiguous layout. The overall degree of landscape fragmentation has decreased, and different land types are distributed in a more balanced manner. This has led to a gradual decrease in net carbon emissions after reaching a peak in 2021, with a reduction of 2.43 million tons compared to 2020. According to these findings, the government should adjust land use structure while optimizing the economic development model to minimize carbon emissions, which enables us to provide a planning strategy for land use and sustainable development of China's major cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107418"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651424","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}