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{"title":"Optimizing county-level land use for sustainable photovoltaic development in China: A multi-scenario analysis","authors":"Xiaohuan Xie ,&nbsp;Senhong Cai ,&nbsp;Haifeng Deng ,&nbsp;Shengyuan Li ,&nbsp;Xin Liu ,&nbsp;Zhonghua Gou","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.107920","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.107920","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Land scarcity in China intensifies conflicts between photovoltaic (PV) infrastructure and agricultural, ecological, and urban land uses. This study addresses the gap in county-level research by proposing a novel framework integrating land-type clustering, multi-objective optimization, and geospatial simulation to evaluate sustainable land use under PV expansion scenarios. Analyzing 562 counties in central and eastern China, counties are categorized into woodland-dominant, farmland-dominant, urban-dominant, and balanced types. Three scenarios are assessed: PV development (PV), business-as-usual (BS), and low-carbon emission (CE). The PV scenario balances BS and CE, curbing carbon source expansion while protecting farmland—e.g., farmland in Cangnan (woodland-dominant), Sheyang (farmland-dominant), and Lingbao (balanced) counties increased by 1.09 %, 2.35 %, and 1.1 % versus CE. Farmland-dominant and balanced counties show high adaptability, with economic and environmental benefits rising 67 % and 37 %. Urban-dominant counties have limited PV potential, and woodland-dominant counties are unsuitable for large-scale PV, with total benefits dropping 1 % and ecological impacts rising. Medium-density PV (80 % coverage) maximizes returns, with a 20.25-year payback. Policies should prioritize PV on agricultural and construction lands in farmland-dominant and balanced counties, while protecting ecology in urban- and woodland-dominant ones to support carbon neutrality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107920"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145908930","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":"Rethinking and reconciling the land–energy conflicts from centralized photovoltaics in China","authors":"Ning Zhang ,&nbsp;Zeguo Yang ,&nbsp;Hongzhou Wang ,&nbsp;Huabo Duan ,&nbsp;Jiakuan Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.107925","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.107925","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As the world accelerates its low-carbon transition, the rapid expansion of centralized solar photovoltaics (PV) has received extensive concerns on land-use competition and environmental trade-offs. Here we construct a spatially explicit assessment framework to quantify the ecological and economic implications of PV land occupation across 367 mainland Chinese cities in 31 provinces. We integrate high-resolution PV infrastructure mapping with baseline land-use classifications and region-specific indicators of land productivity, economic output, and terrestrial carbon sequestration. This combined dataset is used to estimate land occupation, food loss, and reductions in terrestrial carbon sinks, and to design city-level spatial optimization and wind–solar substitution scenarios. enabling a comprehensive. By 2020, centralized PV installations occupied 1910 ± 116 km² of land, and the footprint is projected to exceed 30,000 km² by 2060. While grasslands and barren lands comprise the largest shares by area, cropland, occupying only 22 % of the total land, accounts for most agricultural and carbon sink losses due to its high biomass productivity. Moreover, the study also identified widespread land–value mismatches, where many cities disproportionately convert their most economically valuable land. City-level spatial optimization scenarios show that relocating 30 % of PV to lower-value land could halve food and carbon sink losses, and that substituting terrestrial and offshore wind for PV in selected cities could probably reduce land use by more than 90 %. These findings highlight the need to integrate ecological and economic value into solar siting and national decarbonization planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107925"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145929198","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":"Reinterpreting Japanese planning tools in the global south: A viewpoint from policy transfer to knowledge co-production","authors":"Norihisa Shima","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.107917","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.107917","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Against the urban duality challenges of the Global South under high urbanization pressure, (1) rapid urbanization versus emerging population decline, (2) formal planning systems versus informal urban growth, and (3) global urban development versus local community management, planning tools of Japan, which experienced rapid urbanization would be effective, but not as a model but as a reference. This paper aims to set a viewpoint on how selected Japanese strategic planning tools, that is, agile master planning, urban growth boundaries, and basic building regulations, can serve the Global South cities by interpreting them from the concepts of policy mobility, lesson-drawing, and hybridity.</div><div>Through illustrative case studies from the selected cities of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the analysis demonstrated that Japan’s tools offer heuristic value in addressing key dualities. And it highlighted that Japanese planning principles act as a catalyst, prompting reinterpretations and the co-production of hybrid knowledge in diverse contexts of the Global South. In turn, the insights gained from those processes would offer valuable lessons for Japan's own contemporary challenges. Recognizing this two-way learning loop is the key to moving beyond one-way policy transfer and fostering a truly global planning culture rooted in collaborative problem-solving.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107917"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145908929","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":"Land-use conversion from agricultural production areas to built-up areas in the Philippines for decades 2000–2020: Spatial analysis and policy implications","authors":"Arnan B. Araza ,&nbsp;Wesley Gagarin ,&nbsp;Ma. Christina Corales ,&nbsp;Chad Patrick Osorio ,&nbsp;Marlo D. Mendoza ,&nbsp;Rico Ancog","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107874","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107874","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rapid urban expansion in the Philippines has intensified the pressure on agricultural lands, raising concerns about national food security and environmental sustainability. This study presents a national-scale spatial analysis of agricultural land conversion to built-up areas between 2003 and 2019, using high-resolution Earth Observation (EO) maps. The map validation based on expert-labeled reference data yielded 81% user accuracy, while correlation and bivariate mapping revealed a strong relationship (<em>r</em> <span><math><mo>=</mo></math></span> 0.89) between cropland loss (ha) and built-up expansion (ha), with hotspots identified in Central and Southern Mindanao, and Central Luzon. Conversions showed a moderate association with agricultural land area (<em>r</em> <span><math><mo>=</mo></math></span> 0.38), which may correspond to provinces with large areas for high-value crop production with intact economic value. Around 31% (3,228 out of 10,397 ha) of converted cropland to built-up fell within legally protected zones under the Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture and Agro-Industrial Development (NPAAAD), indicating possible governance and enforcement gaps. Almost 80% of the conversions within NPAAAD are mostly agro-industrial and alluvial lands characterized as high-value and road-accessible, thus being vulnerable also to urban and industrial projects. The findings underscore the urgency of enacting the National Land Use Act (NaLUA) to institutionalize spatial planning and safeguard agricultural lands from unregulated conversion. The findings of this study alongside mapping of specific land-uses following the conversions nationwide are deemed helpful inputs for mandated local land use planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 107874"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145732705","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":"Urban land use prediction and construction effectiveness assessment supporting SDG 11.3.1 and regional planning goals","authors":"Ze Zhang ,&nbsp;Weiguo Jiang ,&nbsp;Ziyan Ling ,&nbsp;Xudong Guo ,&nbsp;Jie Song ,&nbsp;Zhijie Xiao ,&nbsp;Xiaogan Yin","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107893","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107893","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban land use serves as the fundamental foundation for human survival and development, providing essential natural resources. Simulation is an important tool for assessing the impacts of urban planning and construction new urban. To support policy implementation for the development of the Xiongan New Area and promote sustainable urban management, we use the \"Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom\" (DIKW model) as a framework for predicting future land spatial changes considering sustainable development of urban planning. We developed a novel New Urban Multi-objective Land Use Prediction (NUMLUP) method, integrating a Genetic Algorithm (GA), Multi-Objective Planning (MOP), and the Conversion of Land Use and its Effects at Small Region Extent (CLUES) model. Using this approach, we obtained urban land spatial distribution data for three scenarios. Urban land spatial distribution data for the Historical Continuation Scenario (HCS), Policy Planning Scenario (PPS), and Planned Sustainable development scenario (PSDS) were obtained. To evaluate Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.3.1 and Regional Planning Goals (RPGs), we assessed 19 consecutive years of construction effectiveness—covering both past (2017–2023) and future (2023–2035) periods under the three scenarios. The dataset achieved a multi-year overall accuracy (OA) exceeding 0.87 and a kappa index above 0.83, demonstrating strong integration of the NUMLUP model. The area of built up gradually increased, and the wetland was mainly dominated by Baiyangdian, which declined significantly from 2017 to 2023. In the three scenarios, from 2023 to 2035, the expansion of the built-up slows down, and the degree of change in the HCS area is minimal. Under the PPS, forest and wetland areas underwent the most drastic changes, with overall improvement rates ranked as PPS &gt; PSDS &gt; HCS. In contrast, the PSDS led to a significant increase in grassland. Under PSDS, grassland increased significantly. The construction of the three scenarios from 2017 to 2035 has achieved certain results. While PPS and PSDS closely aligned with planning targets, the HCS would fail to meet the 2035 requirements. The PSDS also prompted adjustments in the regional policy’s spatial layout. There were adjustments to the spatial layout of the policy as a result of PSDS. The LCRPGR is consistently greater than 1 from 2023 to 2035, reflecting a rational and comfortable urban plan that provides land use to meet population growth and demand.Furthermore, the PSDS introduced reasonable modifications to the regional plan’s spatial configuration. Our research provides robust support for monitoring sustainable urban development and implementing regional policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 107893"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145689506","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":"Unraveling the impacts of free trade zones on urban innovation intensity: Evidence from China","authors":"Qixuan Wang ,&nbsp;Jie Ren ,&nbsp;Hangying Su ,&nbsp;Zirui Chen ,&nbsp;Mi Diao","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107901","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107901","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Land use efficiency of urban innovation is critical for sustainable development in transition economies with land constraints. In this context, Free Trade Zones (FTZs) have emerged as a key policy instrument for enhancing innovation performance. Drawing on a panel dataset from 284 Chinese cities between 2010 and 2020, this study investigates the impacts of FTZs on urban innovation intensity, measured by innovation output per unit of construction land, using a difference-in-differences (DID) framework. To mitigate endogeneity concerns, we apply propensity score matching to construct balanced treatment and control groups for the spatial DID models, enabling estimation of both direct and spillover effects of FTZs. The results show that FTZs significantly enhance innovation intensity in host cities, but generate negative spatial spillover effects on their neighboring cities. These findings are robust across a series of robustness tests. Heterogeneity analysis further reveals that the effects vary across regions, FTZ sizes, and administrative levels of cities. Mechanism analysis indicates that FTZs promote innovation through both government-led interventions and market-driven mechanisms. The findings highlight the need for policymakers to not only promote the diffusion of FTZ benefits within host cities but also mitigate the widening regional innovation disparities through coordinated planning and intercity policy alignment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 107901"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145750233","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":"Conservation policies effectiveness in Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve: Insights from GLM-based forest cover change","authors":"Hadi Beygi Heidarlou ,&nbsp;David Lopez-Carr ,&nbsp;Stelian Alexandru Borz","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107908","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107908","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines forest cover changes and the role of governance and policy in shaping land use dynamics in the ecologically sensitive Arasbaran forests of northwest Iran. We compare two land governance regimes: protected areas (PR) under the Department of Environment (DoE) since 1971, and previously unprotected areas (PUPR) managed by the Natural Resources Organization until their reclassification as protected in 2013. Using Landsat satellite imagery, we assess forest cover changes over two time periods (1984–2013 and 2013–2024) and apply Generalized Linear Models (GLM) to evaluate the socio-environmental drivers of deforestation and forest recovery. Findings reveal a net forest expansion in both areas, with PR showing gradual improvement across the two periods and PUPR recovering 2446.96 ha post-2013. While PUPR experienced significant deforestation before 2013 due to weaker enforcement, the transition to DoE management and associated policy reforms led to marked improvements in forest cover. Deforestation was closely associated with proximity to settlements and forest edges, indicating human pressure as a key factor. The improved model performance after the policy-driven governance shift highlights the critical role of institutional capacity and regulatory frameworks in shaping land use outcomes. These results underscore the importance of long-term, well-enforced conservation policies in reversing deforestation trends. The study offers actionable insights for evidence-based policymaking, forest governance, and land use planning in protected and transitioning areas. More broadly, it contributes to global discussions on how policy interventions and institutional change can enhance forest resilience and support sustainable development goals in biodiversity-rich landscapes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 107908"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145760371","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":"The new perspective of future multi-scenario analysis: Decoding impact pathways of land use dynamics on sustainable development goals","authors":"Hongjiao Qu ,&nbsp;Weiyin Wang ,&nbsp;Chen-Chieh Feng ,&nbsp;Luo Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107892","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107892","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is often challenged by escalating land use conflicts and climate change. Existing research has overlooked the mediating effects of climatic factors and the nonlinear relationships between land use changes and SDGs, leading to gaps in understanding the synergistic mechanisms of these interactions. This study incorporates key climatic variables into a time-series forecasting framework for SDGs using a transformer-based model, with the goal to systematically revealing the relationships between land use dynamics and SDGs in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB), as well as the impact mechanisms of different land use structures on SDGs. Predictions based on the Transformer model indicate that the spatial distribution of SDGs exhibits persistent heterogeneity in YREB in 2030. Land use dynamic changes exert nonlinear impacts on SDGs under different scenarios. The strongest nonlinear relationship is observed under the Sustainable Development scenario (P_non–linear = 0.0003, P_overall &lt; 0.001). The impact of built-up land on SDGs exhibits varying effects under different scenarios: 0.649 (p &lt; 0.001) in the Economic Priority scenario; −0.702 (p &lt; 0.001) and −0.549 (p &lt; 0.001) in the Natural Development and Farmland Protection scenarios, respectively. This study demonstrates a framework for forecasting SDGs incorporating the influence of climatic variables, emphasizing the need to formulate scenario-specific policies to achieve synergies between land use change and SDGs against the backdrop of climate change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 107892"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145657190","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":"Corrigendum to “Conflict in land acquisition for cooperative housing development in Woldia, Ethiopia” [Land Use Policy, 154 (2025) 107575]","authors":"Nibret Sefiw ,&nbsp;Arragaw Alemayehu ,&nbsp;Belaynesh Kebede","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107886","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107886","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 107886"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145760370","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":"Challenges of soil health restoration in Tunisian cereal production systems: an analysis through the social-ecological systems framework (SES)","authors":"Aya Khamassi ,&nbsp;Maria Helena Guimarães ,&nbsp;Fraj Chemak ,&nbsp;Amélie Bourceret ,&nbsp;Mélanie Requier-Desjardins ,&nbsp;Stelios Rozakis","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107909","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107909","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil health is essential for sustainable and resilient agricultural systems, supporting food production and maintaining vital ecosystem services. In the Mediterranean region, including Tunisia, it is seriously threatened by both natural and anthropogenic factors, such as erosion, loss of organic matter, intensive agricultural practices, and inadequate land management. In this context, adopting farming practices that can preserve and restore soil health is crucial, but such a transition is far from straightforward. To explore what this transition entails, we applied the Socio-Ecological Systems (SES) framework as the guiding structure for our methodological approach. Data was collected through a literature review, eleven semi-structured interviews, a multi-actor workshop involving twenty participants, and a multi-criteria analysis. Results reveal a combination of technical, political, institutional, economic, and socio-cultural barriers that hinder the adoption of practices that can secure soil health. The most critical include (1) the absence of agricultural policies supporting transition, (2) limited communication and cooperation among actors, and (3) high implementation costs. The study concludes by emphasizing the need for a coordinated national strategy that fosters cross-sectoral collaboration and provides effective support for farmers transitioning toward sustainable soil management in Tunisia’s cereal systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 107909"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145785811","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}