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{"title":"Sustainable land use in Moldova: GIS & remote sensing of forests and crops","authors":"Aleksandar Valjarević ,&nbsp;Cezar Morar ,&nbsp;Ljiljana Brasanac-Bosanac ,&nbsp;Tatjana Cirkovic-Mitrovic ,&nbsp;Tatjana Djekic ,&nbsp;Marija Mihajlović ,&nbsp;Ivica Milevski ,&nbsp;Golub Culafic ,&nbsp;Milan Luković ,&nbsp;Liudmyla Niemets ,&nbsp;Kateryna Sehida ,&nbsp;Gordana Kaplan","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107515","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107515","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forests and agricultural lands are critical components of the environment, influencing ecosystem stability, biodiversity, and land productivity. In the Republic of Moldova, a country with limited forest cover (11.4 % of its territory), the relationship between forested areas and cultivated land plays a key role in sustainable land management. This study examines the spatial interactions between forest land and two major agricultural crops—sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and grapes (Vitis vinifera) - using remote sensing and GIS techniques. By integrating Google Earth Engine (GEE), CORINE Land Cover data, and cadastral records, we analyze land cover changes from 1996 to 2018, identifying vulnerable areas where deforestation and agricultural expansion intersect. Additionally, fuzzy aggregate AHP and zonal statistical methods are applied to assess land suitability for crop cultivation and reforestation. Our findings highlight regions where sustainable land management policies should be prioritized to balance agricultural development with forest conservation. The study provides actionable insights for policymakers, emphasizing the need for adaptive land-use strategies that account for climate variability, urban expansion, and rural land degradation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 107515"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143480734","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":"Limits to local democracy in practice? The case of governing sustainable land use in Norwegian municipalities","authors":"Karen Richardsen Moberg","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107505","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107505","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The article investigates governance processes’ performance in securing sustainable land use in Norwegian municipalities, drawing on a survey sent out to decision-makers combined with in-depth interviews with decision-makers and local stakeholders. Local governance processes have to date been unsuccessful in securing environmentally sustainable land use in the investigated municipalities for several reasons. First, environmental concerns lose out in goal conflicts with competing societal concerns. Second, the gradual character of processes building down nature makes it difficult to recognise the accumulated environmental cost. Third, forces beyond municipal control drive a certain kind of development at the expense of nature. Fourth, there is limited power and capacity in the land use planning system to govern effectively. Finally, there are inequities in the capacity and power of individual actors to influence local land use, putting the commons and key democratic principles under pressure. The article points to several challenges in the current model of local land use governance when it comes to securing legitimacy and environmental justice, most importantly the issue of current institutions and practices empowering the already powerful, at the expense of the natural resources the system is supposed to safeguard. The discussion questions the ability of the current model of governance to secure environmentally sustainable land use and suggests ways in which land use governance may be changed to better secure sustainable land use.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 107505"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445716","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":"Advancing urban hub planning: A bibliometric analysis of concepts, effects evaluation, and spatial design","authors":"Xiaodong Xu ,&nbsp;Shiqi Zhou ,&nbsp;Haowen Xu ,&nbsp;Zhiqiang Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107507","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107507","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban hubs play a pivotal role in advancing urban and transport sustainability. However, despite growing scholarly interest, existing research fails to provide a thorough understanding of their development and evolution. This study addresses this gap by analyzing 624 documents on urban hubs published between 2000 and 2024 through a bibliometric approach. The research synthesizes the concept of urban hubs, examines their effects, and reviews key design elements. It highlights how the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly influenced urban hub planning, particularly in location optimization and spatial design. Through a detailed literature review, the study identifies key research gaps, including the lack of quantitative methods to assess urban hubs’ impacts, the need for demographic and long-term health considerations, insufficient focus on environmental goals like resilience and low-carbon design, and the limited application of AI techniques in generating 3D spatial functions. The study proposes a comprehensive AI-driven research framework that integrates social, economic, and environmental factors to enhance urban hub planning. The findings provide valuable insights for policymakers and urban planners, offering a pathway for the future development of sustainable urban hubs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 107507"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445715","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":"Assessing the impact of urbanization and forest aging on carbon absorption in the Seoul metropolitan area of South Korea","authors":"Jinhoo Hwang ,&nbsp;Eunsun Lee ,&nbsp;Siwon Jeong ,&nbsp;Yoojun Kim ,&nbsp;Youngjae Yoo ,&nbsp;Sunghoon Cha ,&nbsp;Seongwoo Jeon","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107504","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107504","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In response to the escalating climate crisis, this study examined the dynamics of carbon absorption in the Seoul metropolitan area, focusing on the effects of urbanization and forest aging. Urban areas face increasing challenges due to climate change, necessitating a deeper understanding of how land-use changes and natural forest aging impact carbon sequestration. We assessed the spatial distribution and carbon absorption capacity of forests by categorizing the regions into urban centers, clusters, and non-urban areas. Using data from the Korea Forest Service and the National Forest Research Institute of Korea, we analyzed carbon absorption in 2013 and 2022, revealing significant shifts driven primarily by land use changes and forest aging. The results showed that urbanization led to a notable reduction in carbon absorption, with new city developments and unplanned expansions converting carbon-rich natural areas into artificial landscapes. Aging forests exhibit a decline in carbon sequestration, highlighting the need for sustainable forest management practices. This study highlighted the importance of tailoring city-specific strategies to enhance carbon absorption. This provides insights for policymakers to balance development with conservation efforts, ultimately contributing to more effective climate change mitigation in urban regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 107504"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143427873","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":"Understanding organic agriculture based on coupled human-earth systems for sustainable land use and rural development in China","authors":"Siwei Hu ,&nbsp;Yongsheng Wang ,&nbsp;Yansui Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107506","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107506","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Organic agriculture is recognized as a nature-based innovative production system that balances multiple sustainable development goals. However, few studies were conducted to investigate organic agriculture based on coupled human-earth systems. Here we introduced a hierarchical framework consisting of natural basis, management means, and demand objectives to understand organic agriculture. We reported the spatiotemporal patterns of organic agriculture and their socioeconomic and eco-environmental correlates and effects in China. Our study showed that organic production increased from 1.124 to 2.756 million ha in 2014–2021 with the most increase in soybeans, corn, and tea. The number of organic product certificates was higher in northeastern, southwestern, and eastern coastal China, and the fastest-growing occurred in western and south-central China. Of the 14 factors, management means and demand objectives ranked by organic enterprises, organic demonstration areas, food consumptions, pesticide applications, and large-scale farming operations had greater influences on organic agriculture. The interaction of human-environmental factors enhanced their impact. Organic farming increased soil carbon sequestration and reduced greenhouse gas emissions compared with conventional farming. Although average organic yields and output values per unit area were lower by 10.5–61.7 % and 5.1–48.9 % respectively for most crops, higher yields of corn, soybeans, and tea, and output values of vegetables were achieved in organic farming. We suggest synergizing organic agricultural system management to foster sustainable land use and rural development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 107506"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143421430","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":"Measures to reduce land subsidence and greenhouse gas emissions in peatlands: A Dutch case study","authors":"Tommy H.G. Wils ,&nbsp;Jan J.H. van den Akker ,&nbsp;Mandy Korff ,&nbsp;Guido Bakema ,&nbsp;Dries L.T. Hegger ,&nbsp;Rudi Hessel ,&nbsp;Mandy A. van den Ende ,&nbsp;Martijn M.W. van Gils ,&nbsp;Daan Verstand","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107500","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107500","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Worldwide, peatlands suffer from land subsidence and greenhouse gas emissions due to artificial drainage inducing peat decomposition. Under anthropogenic climate change, these issues require measures to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and protect low-lying areas from increasing flood risk. Tighter control of groundwater levels is required, both within existing agricultural systems and through the development of new agricultural systems suitable for farming under high groundwater levels or inundation. The complexity and value-laden nature of the issue warrants the development of a comprehensive overview of potential and side effects of measures. In this paper such an overview is synthesized based on a mixed-method approach for a special case, The Netherlands. The Dutch peatlands comprise extensive land areas in the low-lying west and north of The Netherlands. The case is exceptional as most of these peatlands lie below sea level, sustain world-class intensive dairy farming and are subject to multiple other environmental, economic and societal challenges. Here, land subsidence increases flood risk, salt-water intrusion and the costs of water management, particularly under global climate change. To mitigate land subsidence, both technical measures and alternative land uses can be envisaged. However, the literature about these is fragmented, complicating a careful identification and selection of measures. To address this knowledge gap, we review 27 technical measures and alternative land use options and synthesize evidence and insights for 15 effects. Technical measures allowing continuation of existing dairy farming provide relatively low-risk interventions for farmers, but will only reduce, not stop land subsidence and greenhouse gas emissions. Alternative land-use options, particularly paludiculture, are in a start-up stage of development and can stop land subsidence. However, more research is required to reduce and control methane and potential nitrous oxide emissions during inundation required for crops such as (narrowleaf) cattail and azolla. Paludiculture can provide ecosystem services related to water management and nutrient status, as well as raw materials for a bio-based economy. Gradual transitions in space and time between farming and nature can be envisaged, providing incentives to diversify land use in the Dutch peatlands. This case study identifies key questions and provides valuable insights for peatland management worldwide. Reducing land subsidence and greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands is feasible, but requires thoughtful interventions that cautiously make and align trade-offs between various interests and uncertainties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 107500"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143421997","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":"Photovoltaic power plant installation in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan, focusing on land use and regulatory ordinances","authors":"Yuki Okazawa,&nbsp;Kimihiro Hino,&nbsp;Yasushi Asami","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The location of ground-mounted photovoltaic power plants (PVPPs) may be significantly associated with land use when regulated via ordinance. We examined the distribution of ground-mounted PVPPs with respect to land use and current regulatory ordinances. Multinomial logistic regression analysis and the Tobit model were used to investigate the Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan. The hypothesis on areas with PVPP regulations and where PVPPs were installed was investigated through a case study, including PVPPs of 50 kW or larger within 12,637 meshes. Landscape, industrial, urban, and rural areas were selected as key land-use categories in terms of regulatory ordinance and PVPP scale/accumulation. The results showed that landscape, urban, or rural areas were generally regulated with ordinances to protect landscape and residential environments while industrial areas had the most PVPP installations. Large-scale or accumulations of multiple PVPPs were more likely to be installed in industrial or rural areas, but less likely to be installed in urban and landscape areas. The findings suggest that rural areas, initially accepting PVPPs, had regulatory ordinances enacted as increasing installations led to concerns. For policymakers, establishing regulatory ordinances to control land use before large PVPP installations would be essential to adjust the relationships between PVPP business operators and residents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 107495"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143403533","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":"Housebuilders’ landbanks: Inventory, asset or hoard?","authors":"Pat McAllister","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107503","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107503","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the context of longstanding allegations of land hoarding and/or speculation, this paper examines the land holdings of major housebuilders. The paper discusses the concept of landbanking and potential motives for and consequences of holding land inventories. Through a descriptive analysis of quantitative, temporal data of the landbanks of leading, listed housebuilders, the paper analyses the land holdings of residential developers in both the US and UK. The analysis encompasses various aspects including the relative scale of their land holdings, the extent of land ownership compared to control (typically through options) and the evolution of these patterns over time. It is found that the main motives for holding significant land inventories could be operational, investment or anti-competitive but that holding land also comes with opportunity costs and risks. Despite operating in a highly imperfect land market and restrictive planning regime, the large UK housebuilders have been able to maintain significant and relatively stable landbanks. In comparison, the US has seen a major shift towards land-light strategies. US housebuilders increasingly rely upon relatively short-term options, rather than outright land ownership, to secure their pipeline of development plots. The shift primarily aims to hedge risks associated with holding land. Although the comparative evidence is limited and imperfect, it generally indicates that UK housebuilders tend to maintain smaller land inventories compared to their counterparts in the US, Australia, and Ireland.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 107503"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143403524","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":"Ambiguity in state-owned land property rights increases transaction costs in China’s transit-oriented development projects","authors":"Dongsheng He ,&nbsp;Jinshuo Wang ,&nbsp;Guibo Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107501","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107501","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper provides compelling evidence that the ambiguity in state-owned land property rights increases transaction costs in China’s transit-oriented development (TOD) projects. The constitution defines the state as the <em>de jure</em> (legally defined) owner of urban land, but tiers of local government share the <em>de facto</em> (practically controlled) land property rights; this ambiguity complicates land use right transfer for TOD. Through expert interviews, document analysis, and case studies in Guangzhou, we identified three critical issues. First, ambiguity in <em>de facto</em> land property rights has led district governments to relocate the metro depot site from a profitable plot suitable for metro scheduling and property development to land plots that are less advantageous and far away from the station. Second, the coexistence of land allocation and leasing approaches under state ownership discouraged an optimised land assembly for the TOD project. Rigid acquisition sizes designated in land allocation for infrastructure discouraged coordination and prolonged negotiations between the district government and the metro company. Finally, the district government faced a disproportionate fiscal responsibility compared to their land leasing share from the municipal government. They are thus passively against the TOD project using their land use planning power. These transaction costs delay the TOD project and jeopardise the outcomes, resulting in depots far from metro stations, housing adjacent to industrial areas, and oversized commercial spaces on urban fringes. We argue that the ambiguity in state-owned land property rights is rooted in China’s historical, cultural, and institutional contexts, driving high transaction costs for urban infrastructure development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 107501"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143403532","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":"Actionable policy responses to disaster threats – A comparative study on resilience and sustainability in global cities","authors":"Alexandru Banica ,&nbsp;Ema Corodescu-Rosca ,&nbsp;Karima Kourtit ,&nbsp;Peter Nijkamp","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107482","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107482","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines the hypothesis that preventive urban policy responses to disaster threats are likely to play a positive role in the resilient development of cities, not only by strengthening disaster mitigation and response-related adjustment mechanisms, but also by enhancing sustainability and liveability in urban areas. The study aims to test whether pressing disaster challenges for large cities prompt responses that lead to more positive outcomes than in a ‘without situation’. We argue that the ‘Blessing in Disguise’ (BiD) hypothesis applies also to potential threats, and not just to actual disasters. In our empirical study, the development trajectories of 40 global cities – represented by the comprehensive GPCI database – are addressed from the perspective of six distinct main categories of performance variables (<em>Economy</em>, <em>R&amp;D</em>, <em>Liveability</em>, <em>Cultural Interaction</em>, <em>Accessibility</em>, and <em>Environment</em>). The research seeks to explore the linkages between the various GPCI performance indicators and urban GDP at risk using correlation and multiple regression tools, while the systemic interactions among all variables are subsequently analysed by means of Social Network Analysis. The results highlight that the larger and poorer cities appear to be more threatened by natural disasters, while, for the wealthiest cities, manmade disasters are a more significant threat. Manmade threats also appear to be more linked to the main GPCI category scores; in particular, <em>Economy</em>, <em>Cultural Interaction</em> and, especially, <em>R&amp;D</em> appear to be positively correlated with the magnitude of urban threats, while <em>Liveability</em> and <em>Environment</em> are less prominently (or negatively) influenced. Therefore, urban innovative policy response – in a broad sense – is an important driver of proactive resilience and positive sustainability outcomes. In conclusion, the governance of global cities should organically and strategically integrate resilience, sustainability and liveability as a common guide for short- and long-term urban development, by adopting targeted policies that anticipate and manage urban threats, from both a structural and non-structural perspective, so as to develop adaptive urban morphological and land-use functions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 107482"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143403523","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}