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{"title":"Understanding the role of land attachment in the emergence of hollow villages based on the agent-based complex system framework","authors":"Qi Zhang ,&nbsp;Cai Jin ,&nbsp;Jing Cao ,&nbsp;Jing Hu ,&nbsp;Chun Dai ,&nbsp;Richard E. Bilsborrow ,&nbsp;Tan Li ,&nbsp;Conghe Song","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107441","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107441","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rural hollowing, associated with depopulation and cropland abandonment, is a pressing issue under the rapid pace of urbanization. Understanding the emergence of hollowed villages with the abandonment of homestead and cropland is a major objective of halting the waste use of land resources and improving rural social welfare. Here, we apply the agent-based complex system framework to explore the dynamics of rural land systems, focusing on the feedback effects of cropland abandonment and labor migration decisions that are characteristics of the hollowing process. We applied a spatially explicit agent-based model in two study areas in rural China and designed scenarios where farmers treat their cropland parcels and homesteads with and without land attachment. Experimental results show that return-migration plays a more critical role than out-migration in shaping system dynamics and preventing the emergence of hollowed villages when there is strong land attachment. The rate of cropland reclamation following the return-migration outweighs the rate of cropland abandonment, which provide negative feedback to the out-migration decision and subsequently decelerate the process of rural hollowing. Hollowed villages are a manifestation of social-ecological outcomes resulting from human-land interactions with migration trajectories and land use patterns exhibiting nonlinearity, divergence, and even unexpected changes. Our findings highlight the critical need of considering the endogenous feedback effects for policymaking. Policy that aims at rural development and land consolidation should integrate tools helping return-migrants with improved land-use efficiency in addition to rural revitalization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 107441"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143092740","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":"Does market-oriented land conveyance affect regional economic resilience? A spatial and mediation analysis based on 287 Chinese cities","authors":"Feng Xu ,&nbsp;Huan Wang ,&nbsp;Guangqing Chi","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107457","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107457","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban land is owned and managed by governments in China, which makes the land conveyance strategy an important policy tool for local governments to sustain a healthy economy. To understand the resource-based capacity of cities to withstand potential economic shocks, it is critically important to explore the impacts of land conveyance on economic resilience from the perspective of marketization. In this study, we measured economic resilience and market-oriented land conveyance in 287 Chinese cities using the unemployment rate and the proportion of the land conveyed in the form of tender, auction, and listing, separately. We employed static and dynamic panel models, the spatial Durbin model, and the mediation model to investigate the direct, spatial, and indirect impacts of land conveyance on regional economic resilience. Our results indicate that market-oriented land conveyance exerts a positive impact on employment-induced resilience. However, the impacts from neighboring cities reverse to negative impacts on local resilience. Specifically, land conveyance positively influences economic resilience indirectly through a variety of channels, including secondary industry and capital markets. This study provides city-level evidence on the impacts of a land use policy on employment-induced resilience and sheds light on policy implications for promoting economic resilience in a period of frequent shocks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 107457"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143097845","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":"Spatial allocation of nature-based solutions in the form of public green infrastructure in relation to the socio-economic district profile–a GIS-based comparative study of Gdańsk and Rome","authors":"Anahita Azadgar ,&nbsp;Giulia Luciani ,&nbsp;Lucyna Nyka","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107454","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107454","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With increasing environmental and climate change threats to urban areas, Nature-based Solutions (NbS), including public greenery, are becoming integral components of green infrastructure (GI) networks. These solutions provide multiple benefits in different aspects, including stormwater management, enhanced air quality and improved societal well-being, offering cost-effective and adaptable alternatives to resource-intensive and environmentally harmful grey infrastructure. However, their benefits are often unevenly distributed, resulting in patterns of environmental injustice. This article presents a GIS-based study of the spatial allocation of publicly accessible NbS (PNbS), in Gdansk, Poland, and Rome, Italy. It aims at assessing possible correlations between the socio-economic attributes of the urban districts of the two cities and the density of available PNbS in each district. Results indicate disparities in density of PNbS across different socio-economic layers, more relevant in Rome than in Gdansk, and highlight the importance of informed urban planning. The study supports concerns for fair NbS distribution, pointing to the potential exacerbation of social and economic inequalities, which puts socially vulnerable communities at higher risk of being affected by climate hazards. The results provide insights for policymakers, urging a prioritized focus on districts with crucial PNbS needs. Strategies should consider socio-economic factors to address distributive and environmental justice concerns. Overall, the study offers insights to guide urban planning toward climate-resilient and inclusive cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 107454"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873965","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":"Establishment of an inter-provincial compensation system for farmland protection in China: A framework from zoning-integrative transferable development rights","authors":"Zhen Xie ,&nbsp;Xiaorui Lin ,&nbsp;Chun Jiang ,&nbsp;Yuxuan Dang ,&nbsp;Xiangbin Kong ,&nbsp;Chenyu Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107456","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107456","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Chinese government is designating protection zones for permanent basic farmland (PBF) to ensure a stable grain supply. However, the disparity between protection responsibilities and economic benefits under traditional control methods leads to suboptimal effectiveness. The Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program is a vital compensation tool for global conservation efforts and plays a key role in the Chinese government's urgent initiative to create a nationwide compensation mechanism for farmland protection and to enhance coordinated regional development. In this study, we propose the integration of the PBF delineation system and the TDR program to establish an inter-provincial compensation system using a zoning-integrative TDR framework under the coupled scenarios of shared socioeconomic pathways and representative concentration pathways (SSPs-RCPs scenarios). Subsequently, we explore inter-provincial compensation zones and reciprocal relationships for TDR. The results indicate that China should maintain 111 and 99 million hectares of PBF in 2035 and 2050, respectively. By 2035, there will be 13 provinces sending and 18 receiving PBF through TDR, and by 2050, Shaanxi Province will have transitioned from being a receiving to a sending region. Ultimately, inter-provincial compensation relationships are determined based on simulated future grain transport patterns. Through reciprocal compensations, the national Gini coefficient is projected to decrease by 0.04 and 0.03 in 2035 and 2050, respectively, indicating that compensation promotes fairness in inter-provincial socio-economic development. This study contributes to the nation's objectives of ensuring grain security, promoting social equity, and protecting high-quality farmland.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 107456"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143097213","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":"Embedding (Semi-) automatic cadastral boundary extraction into fit-for-purpose land administration in peri-urban ethiopia","authors":"Mekonnen Tesfaye Metaferia ,&nbsp;Rohan Mark Bennett ,&nbsp;Berhanu Kefale Alemie ,&nbsp;Mila Koeva ,&nbsp;Jerome Donovan","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107453","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107453","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The creation and upkeep of cadastral data is essential for maintaining land and resources and advancing sustainable development. However, developing nations face land use challenges in peri-urban areas due to the fast-paced increase in population and rapid urbanization. Moreover, conventional cadastral surveying methods are neither time nor cost-effective. Automatic feature extraction (AFE) is an emerging alternative to conventional field surveying methods, which can help land sector professionals adhere to the principles of fit-for-purpose land administration (FFPLA). The study aims to test and subsequently affirm the potential of the AFE approach using open-source tools for cadastral mapping in peri-urban areas. It adopts a generalized pre-exiting AFE workflow, utilizing free and open-source tools for the complete solution, including image segmentation, boundary classification, interactive delineation, and validation. High-resolution satellite images and a reference cadastral dataset are used for the pilot. The case location is a peri-urban area in Dukem, with source material obtained from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Land Governance Activity (LGA) Ethiopia branch. The LGA experts actively participated in the pilot testing through demonstrations, hands-on practice, focus group discussions, and questionnaire data collection. The pilot testing demonstrate that interactively delineated cadastral parcel boundaries delivered 66 % correctness for buffer widths of 0.5 and 0.4 m for the reference and interactively extracted boundary lines, respectively. The implemented AFE approach was further evaluated against the FFPLA elements and found to meet the affordability, attainability, flexibility, and upgradeability requirements. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis indicated favorable strengths and opportunities with manageable weaknesses and threats. The approach is supposed to be applicable for cadastral mapping and updating in peri-urban areas and newly emerging towns across the country due to rapid urbanization. Nonetheless, comparisons against conventional non-AFE methods, such as GNSS or total station surveys, in terms of time and cost implications are still needed. Moreover, further enhancement and testing with different land administration settings are recommended to apply the approach to real-world scenarios such as the LGA cadastral mapping project.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 107453"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143097216","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":"Unravelling the link between land use policy and digital infrastructure: Insights from Czech rural communities","authors":"Martin Pelucha ,&nbsp;Alexander Shemetev","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107452","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107452","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the complex interaction between land use policies and digital infrastructure in rural contexts, focusing on the Czech Republic. By examining data from 2014 to 2020, spanning economic and social, technological and agricultural dimensions, we explore the interrelationship between agricultural land abandonment policies and internet connectivity. Through spatial analysis and statistical modelling, we uncover the complex dynamics that shape rural landscapes, revealing a nuanced relationship between land use decisions and digitalisation. Our findings show that the preservation of agricultural land can act as a catalyst for access to digital resources, while policies that encourage abandonment can hinder technological progress. This research contributes to a better understanding of rural development dynamics and highlights the importance of comprehensive methods to land use policy formulation in the digital age. Our study calls for greater attention to the economic, social and environmental impacts of land use decisions, and urges policy makers to consider the implications for access to digital resources and sustainable development. Despite similarities in pre-treatment quality of life indicators, the treated group, which initially had better internet access, experienced a decline in connectivity after minor treatment. Taking control on potential biases such as pre-selection and endogeneity, our study highlights the need for future research to investigate different intensities of land abandonment policies and the wider impacts of internet access on rural economies and communities, particularly in heterogeneous rural regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 107452"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873969","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":"Forestry on abandoned agricultural land: Future options for Russia","authors":"Denis Dobrynin ,&nbsp;Alexander Vorbrugg ,&nbsp;Teppo Hujala","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107435","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107435","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Farmland abandonment and its natural afforestation occur in many countries, although net cropland expansion continues globally. Some strategies focus on recultivating abandoned farmland, while others focus on alternative land uses, including silviculture, carbon sequestration, and rewilding. Russia holds the world’s largest areas of abandoned farmland overgrown with forests. However, these forests are informal and unregulated since no legal land category allows landowners to engage in forestry. Environmental NGOs and forest experts advocate for silviculture on abandoned farmland as an alternative to ‘wood mining’ in primary wild forests. In contrast, pro-agrarian policymakers and state actors resist this idea by discussing recultivation, national food security, and state land control. The future management of Russia’s abandoned farmland has potential global environmental and economic impacts, yet it remains understudied. This study aims to understand (1) what future options for forest management on abandoned farmland are plausible in Russia, how they compare to those in other countries, and (2) how experts justify the preferability and likelihood of these future options. The study is based on the Delphi approach: two rounds of anonymous expert evaluation with controlled feedback. We identified seven future management alternatives: business as usual, agricultural recultivation, carbon forest management, and four forest management options. The most preferable options include private forestry: small-scale forestry managed by private landowners and large-scale industrial forestry managed by companies. The least preferable option is the most probable: business as usual – informal and unregulated forests on unused, abandoned farmland. No option was assessed as highly preferable and highly probable. Using the Russian example, we conclude that abandoned farmland use policies may consider forestry a future management option. However, opening abandoned farmlands to forestry may encounter legal and institutional barriers and cause controversy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 107435"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873964","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":"Enhancing land management policy in Bangladesh: A blockchain-based framework for transparent and efficient land management","authors":"Mohammad Rifat Ahmmad Rashid,&nbsp;Abdullah Al Rafi,&nbsp;Md. Ashraful Islam,&nbsp;Sifat Ullah Sharkar,&nbsp;Ziaul Haque Rafi,&nbsp;Mahamudul Hasan,&nbsp;Md Sawkat Ali,&nbsp;M. Saddam Hossain Khan","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107436","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107436","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper introduces a blockchain-based framework designed to enhance the land management system in Bangladesh by addressing issues such as data fragmentation, corruption, and inefficiencies in land registration and titling. The proposed system integrates blockchain technology with smart contracts, IoT capabilities, and AI across five distinct layers: blockchain layer, stakeholder access layer, AI layer, IoT layer, and integration layer. These layers automate processes such as land sales, ownership verification, and real-time monitoring, reducing manual intervention and minimizing opportunities for fraudulent activities. The study combines a detailed review of existing challenges and technological solutions with an assessment of the system’s performance based on metrics like transaction speed, resource consumption, and cost efficiency. Findings indicate that the framework enhances transparency, reduces corruption, and improves efficiency in land management, aligning with international best practices. Additionally, the discussion highlights the importance of integrating off-chain solutions to manage transaction costs and emphasizes the need for legal and regulatory adaptation for the successful implementation of blockchain technology. A phased implementation strategy begins with local community engagement and scales to broader oversight, aiming for a sustainable and effective approach to land governance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 107436"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873966","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":"Rural land sustainability development planning and use by considering land multifunction values: A case study of analysis and simulation","authors":"Zhengjia Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107455","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107455","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Multifunction values and optimizations of land use are greatly responsible for improving the comprehensive development abilities of rural area. However, current studies less quantitatively clarified their causal relationships. To bridge the gap, this study firstly took a typical region in the Northeast China, Qiqihar city, as a case study area in view of the importance of the synergy promotion between black soil land optimal use and rural development in China. Land use function values were secondly introduced into rural land use optimization simulations with the help of the models of Markov-chain and multi-objective planning, and proposed four potential 2035 rural development scenarios, i.e., maintaining current development (S1-MCD), low-speed development (S2-LSD), middle-speed development (S3-MSD), and high-speed development (S4-HSD). A model of coupled machine learning and cellular automaton was finally used to simulate explicitly spatial land use structures. Results showed the comprehensive benefits of 2035 rural land use size was lowest in S1-CMD scenario, followed by S2-LSD scenario and S3-MSD scenario, while S4-HSD scenario boasted the highest value. In comparison to S1-CMD and S2-LSD scenario, S3-MSD and S4-HSD scenarios could be suitable modes for future Qiqihar rural area due to higher function values. Croplands, ecological lands (including forests, grasslands, and water bodies), unused land and built-up land were 69.17 %, 16.86 %, 8.88 %, 5.10 % of the total study area for S3-MSD scenario, and 69.17 %, 16.84 %, 8.20 %, 5.79 % for S4-HSD scenario, respectively. They both highlighted to optimize land use structures, e.g., reducing and redistributing current croplands, and increasing ecological lands. The S3-MSD scenario particularly underlined increasing forests to improve the ecosystem service function value in space. This study suggests that arousing land multifunction values could be a key channel for the coordinated advancements between rural revitalization and black soil land conservation in the Northeast China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 107455"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143097244","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":"Analysis of demand for land consolidation works in Poland – A case study of the Bałtów commune","authors":"Kewin Krzemieniecki,&nbsp;Monika Mika","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107451","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107451","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This publication presents the scope of analyses and the results of the study on de-mand for land consolidation works in a hitherto unexplored area of Poland, located in the cadastral districts of the Bałtów commune. The authors analysed the spatial structure of the area under study, resulting in rankings (developed using statistical methods) of the areas which should be included in the land consolidation process in the first place. These rankings were based on selected diagnostic factors, described in detail and selected on the basis of own research and literature patterns. The study area comprises fourteen cadastral districts with a total area of 105.04 km2, consi-sting of a total of 18 245 cadastral plots. The analysis was performed for source data obtained from official databases, including the Land and Property Register of the Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski County Starosty. The study examined the structure of land possession and use as well as selected parameters of the internal plot patchwork. The study also examined the productivity of soils and the size of the external plot patchwork. In addition, land exchange in the Bałtów commune was simulated. On the basis of this study, a ranking was developed showing the hierarchy of the defective spatial structure of the cadastral districts. The results were verified using several known statistical methods, namely the SAW, the unitisation with zero minimum method (MUZ) and the TOPSIS. Using the SAW method in a comparison with the popular zero-unitarisation and TOPSIS methods may be regarded as a new contribution to the subject knowledge.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"150 ","pages":"Article 107451"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825502","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}