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{"title":"“For whoever has will be given more”? Land rental decisions and technical efficiency in Ukraine","authors":"Vasyl Kvartiuk ,&nbsp;Eduard Bukin ,&nbsp;Thomas Herzfeld","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107336","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107336","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Land rental markets had played a critical role in providing farms access to Ukraine’s agricultural land before the ban on land sales was lifted in 2021. This paper examines whether rental-based land relations can promote land use by more productive farms in the context of imperfect institutions. In particular, we examine whether Ukrainian farms’ decisions to rent land are linked to their agricultural ability. Utilizing a rich panel of more than 16,000 Ukrainian commercial agricultural producers for 2005–2015, we analyze demand-side determinants of participation in the land rental market. The evidence suggests that farms’ total factor productivity is disconnected from their decisions to rent land. Land accumulation appears to be driven by other context-related factors, including existing local land concentration and orientation toward cash crop production. Results call for launching a land sales market and improving rental market infrastructure because these measures can align land rental prices with the value of the marginal product of land.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"146 ","pages":"Article 107336"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837724002898/pdfft?md5=9e1d4f7c9eae783b4ae7ced21cfde8e2&pid=1-s2.0-S0264837724002898-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142128249","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":"Embedding spatial planning in contemporary multi-level governance: The sustainability entanglement","authors":"Hudu Banikoi ,&nbsp;Francis Dakyaga ,&nbsp;Patrick Brandful Cobbinah","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107324","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107324","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The burgeoning unplanned urbanisation and growing environmental risks across global South cities pose core questions to urban sustainability, planning theory and practice. Who are the agents of, and what are the control mechanisms in spatial plan preparation? To what extent are economic, social, and environmental sustainability principles considered and embedded in spatial plans and frameworks? And what are the possibilities for attaining sustainable urban future via spatial planning practice in the context of multi-level governance? Using Ghana as a case study, and critical literature review, interviews, and policy analysis, we contribute to the spatial planning and sustainability narrative in global South cities by evaluating the extent to which sustainability principles are integrated in Spatial Development Frameworks (SDFs) and Spatial plans (SPs) in Ghana. We show that whereas sustainability is entangled with spatial planning, integrating sustainability principles in contemporary multi-level governance continues to present a complex challenge in practice. The complexities necessitated the engagement of local and international planning firms to complement the efforts of street-level-bureaucrats (local planning officials) in the preparation of spatial development frameworks and plans. However, such collaborations did not result in comprehensive integration of sustainability principles in spatial plans in practice. Our study indicate that, the economic, social, and environmental principles of sustainability were marginally embedded in local spatial plans of the three-tier spatial planning system of Ghana. We argue that equitable prioritisation of the principles of sustainability are required to strengthen local based spatial planning practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"146 ","pages":"Article 107324"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142117530","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":"An analysis of strategic goals and public procurement strategy regarding the implementation of The National Program for Land Registration in Romania","authors":"Vlad Păunescu ,&nbsp;Alexandru-Iulian Iliescu ,&nbsp;Tudor Sălăgean ,&nbsp;Elemer-Emanuel Şuba ,&nbsp;Mircea-Emil Nap","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107334","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107334","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The National Program for Land Registration was supposed to be completed by 2023 with the registration of all administrative units in Romania. The aim of this study is to analyze the feasibility and acceptance of the strategic objectives of this project and the public procurement strategy in the view of three types of stakeholders involved in the project: private sector providers, cadastre academics and local cadastre offices directors. It is the first study that analyses The National Program for Land Registration from this perspective. The research shows that, in the view of the stakeholders questioned the strategic objectives were not feasible and they weren’t consulted in designing them, making the objectives unacceptable. In regards to the public procurement strategy, the results of the study show that the targets set were not clear, there is not enough competition in the market and the awarding criteria lack a balance between quality and price.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"146 ","pages":"Article 107334"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837724002874/pdfft?md5=8d9d720594646508c13239766f171fac&pid=1-s2.0-S0264837724002874-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142098933","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 residents’ choice of urban farming systems in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana: Land use policy implications","authors":"Faizal Adams ,&nbsp;Ayat Ullah ,&nbsp;Jonathan Quaye ,&nbsp;Amos Mensah","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107330","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107330","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The heightened food insecurity in urban settings has rekindled the debate over the promotion of urban agriculture (UA) as a sustainable alternative food supply source across the globe. This study, therefore, examines the determinants of urban residents’ decisions to engage in UA and their choice of agriculture practices. Cross-sectional data was solicited from 430 urban dwellers through a multi-stage sampling technique. The data was analysed using descriptive as well as binary and multinomial logit regression models. The descriptive analysis shows that the cultivation of crops (34.7 %) predominates urban agricultural practices before crop-livestock integration (32.6 %) and livestock farming (32.6 %). The study identifies gender, age, religious affiliation, years of formal education, location of residence, household size, food insecurity status, availability of vacant land, extension access, and household income as significant determinants of urban households’ decision to participate in UA. The multinomial logit regression analysis revealed that urban farmers’ decision to practice only crop production is invariant between livestock-only production and integrated crop-livestock systems. When compared to the base category of the integrated crop-livestock system, the findings indicate that farmers’ educational background, food insecurity, engagement in salaried jobs, location, extension, and credit access are the main drivers of the decision to practice either crop-only or sole livestock production systems. The findings of this study have useful implications for the formulation of UA programs based on the different farming systems practiced in the study location.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"146 ","pages":"Article 107330"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142098932","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":"Multifunctional evaluation and multiscenario regulation of non-grain farmlands from the grain security perspective: Evidence from the Wuhan Metropolitan Area, China","authors":"Dan Huang ,&nbsp;Yanchi Lu ,&nbsp;Yaolin Liu ,&nbsp;Yanfang Liu ,&nbsp;Zhaomin Tong ,&nbsp;Lijun Xing ,&nbsp;Chao Dou","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107322","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107322","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Non-grain production (NGP) represents a complex social phenomenon driven by a range of interests that involve agricultural development, livelihood security, and ecological preservation. It significantly alters the structure of agricultural production and vegetation cover, influencing regional grain supply and the multifunctional composition of agriculture. To achieve sustainable development goals related to grain supply and ecological stability, this study proposes a research framework for multifunctional evaluation and multiscenario regulation of non-grain farmlands (NGFs). First, NGFs in the Wuhan metropolitan area (WHM) were extracted based on land survey data to carry out multifunctional evaluation of NGFs, including production function, ecological functions and recreational function. Second, the SOM+K-means algorithm is used to identify and explore the multifunctional bundle characteristics of NGFs to determine the regulation priority order of NGFs. Finally, a multiscenario simulation of the rigid control scale and layout arrangement of NGFs from the grain security perspective is carried out. The research results show that (1) there are 1294.34 thousand ha of NGFs in the WHM, mainly of grain and non-grain rotation type (52.36 %). The production function is higher in the central and western Jianghan Plain areas than in the northeastern and southern hilly mountainous areas; the ecological functions are the opposite; the high-value areas of recreational function are mainly located around the built-up areas of the city. (2) Multifunctional bundles divide NGFs into seven categories and determine the order of regulation based on the principle of \"production priority, functional diversity\". (3) By setting different grain security scenarios, it is predicted that the rigid control scale of NGFs in the WHM in 2030 is 256.08–797.55 thousand ha. Divide and restore grain production in order of the priority zone for grain production, the reserve zone for grain production, the resilience zone for grain production, the ecological improvement zone and the agricultural improvement zone, so as to achieve a regulatory layout of strict control and adaptable regulation of NGFs. The research supports the regulation of NGFs in balancing grain security and ecological stability to promote sustainable agricultural production.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"146 ","pages":"Article 107322"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142098270","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":"Reviewing 20 years of redevelopment trajectories of industrial sites literature and highlighting new research perspectives","authors":"Belinda Ravaz ,&nbsp;Pierre-Henri Bombenger ,&nbsp;Massimiliano Capezzali ,&nbsp;Teva Meyer","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107326","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107326","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although there has been a large amount of study into the future of post-industrial site, there have been few efforts to synthesize and connect this research. This paper presents a systematic review of the international literature on the redevelopment trajectories of post-industrial land. Its aim is to consolidate existing knowledge, identify gaps and provide a solid basis for future research. We will answer the following questions: (i) what are the trends in research into the redevelopment of post-industrial sites? (ii) what factors influence their redevelopment trajectories? and (iii) how do these factors interact? To understand this, we conducted a systematic literature review, based on 71 carefully selected articles published between 2002 and 2021. Using a methodology combining statistics and content analysis, we noted an increase in research on this subject in the mid-2010s. We also observed that monocase studies were the most common, and that the most studied fields were on the Asian continent. Furthermore, we identified three main approaches: the industrial heritage approach; the brownfield approach; and the governance approach. We conclude by identifying gaps in current research trends and new research perspectives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"146 ","pages":"Article 107326"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837724002795/pdfft?md5=385a070e7e2bd1e93c2c0c1516188310&pid=1-s2.0-S0264837724002795-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142088816","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":"Land use and environmental degradation in the island state of Mauritius: Governance and problem conceptions","authors":"Xavier G.H. Koenig ,&nbsp;Prakash N.K. Deenapanray","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107332","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107332","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Biodiversity and natural ecosystems underpin human life and wellbeing, yet they are systematically degraded by anthropic activity, with land use change being the direct driver most impacting terrestrial ecosystems. Since scholars argue that solving the biodiversity crisis hinges on the problem conceptions that steer governance, and since land use is governed predominantly at the national level, we seek to identify the problem conceptions expressed through the governance of the land use – environment nexus in a country where ecosystem degradation persists despite tenure security: Mauritius. Through interviews with key informants, corroborated by documentation review, we investigate the current governance systems across legislative, policy, and institutional frameworks to elicit the main governance issues that may reveal underlying problem conceptions. Our results point to weak commons and compromise approaches, which systematically enable land use changes for financial maximization at the expense of natural ecosystems. Economic optimization and ecosystem prioritization approaches were not observed despite recognition of nature’s role in the wellbeing of citizens. In this context, which may be similar in many developing countries, the introduction of biophysical and monetary natural capital accounting is recommended to provide commensurate data on the benefits derived from ecosystems and those derived from economic activities, in order to better inform compromise and prioritization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"146 ","pages":"Article 107332"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837724002850/pdfft?md5=8276b2bdaf28d8f87942e9b997d066b6&pid=1-s2.0-S0264837724002850-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142088883","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":"Rewetting on agricultural peatlands can offer cost effective greenhouse gas reduction at the national level","authors":"Jari Niemi,&nbsp;Tuomas Mattila,&nbsp;Jyri Seppälä","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107329","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107329","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To reach EU’s carbon neutrality target by 2050, emission reductions in the land-use sector are needed. Agricultural peatlands attribute for half of the greenhouse gas emissions of cropland in both in EU and Finland. High greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural peatlands are primarily caused by CO₂ emissions following aerobic peat decomposition due to deep drainage, and studies have shown that raising water-table has potential to slow down the decomposition process. Here we studied the emission reduction potential and cost of implementing controlled drainage, paludiculture, peatland restoration and afforestation to current land use on agricultural peatlands in Finland. We created three scenarios with increasing amount of wet field use on cultivated organic soils and estimated their effects on national greenhouse gas emissions and farmers’ income. The yearly emission reduction ranged from 0.3 to 5.0 Mt CO₂ equivalents in the different scenarios compared to the current state in Finland. Emission reductive land use had a negative impact on the farmers income, which should be compensated. Assuming the government compensates the lost income for the farmers, the cost of emission reduction ranged from −4 to 45 € per ton of CO₂ equivalents. Rewetting provided the most emission reduction per area and was the most cost effective. We conclude that substantial emission reduction is attainable by rewetting agricultural peatlands. The cost of emission reduction is inexpensive compared to average carbon price in European Union emission trading system, or to the costs of technical carbon capture and storage in Finland.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"146 ","pages":"Article 107329"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837724002825/pdfft?md5=7ae64635e75d48b541a10fb0823e50ff&pid=1-s2.0-S0264837724002825-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142088882","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":"Determinants of sustainable customary land secretariats in Ghana: An economic modelling approach","authors":"Benjamin Kwakye ,&nbsp;Alexander Sasu","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107327","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107327","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Land reforms in sub-Saharan Africa are transiting customary land tenure into a neo-customary land tenure regime. Accordingly, the Government of Ghana, together with its development partners, initiated the establishment of customary land secretariats (CLSs) to enhance the governance of customary land administration at the local level. Though this initiative is implemented with advances, events on the ground suggest a growing trend of inactive or dysfunctional CLSs. Synergizing an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model and descriptive statistics, we used monthly secondary data from the Berekum CLS to investigate the determinants of sustainable CLSs in Ghana. The analysis revealed that the most critical factors enhancing the sustainable performances of CLSs in the long and short term are the cost of documentation, the timely preparation and delivery of documents, and gender-related matters. Moreover, there was strong evidence of a long-run relationship between the studied variables. Despite the strives for equal land access, women are still less privileged in the acquisition of land. The study portends that should authorities aimed at bringing CLSs closer to the corridors of sustainability, the mandate of the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands (OASL) and the Lands Commission (LC) should not just be the establishment of the CLSs but also ensuring their sustainability. A prioritization of the study’s findings by the OASL and the LC can enhance the patronage of CLSs in their established communities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"146 ","pages":"Article 107327"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142088881","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":"Orderly and synergistic development of urban-rural integration based on evolutionary game model: A case study in the Jiangxi Province, China","authors":"Chao Zhang ,&nbsp;Yupeng Fan ,&nbsp;Chuanglin Fang","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107331","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107331","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The orderly synergy is crucial to the integrated development of urban and rural areas in China. The orderly synergistic development process can be regarded as a game of balancing the interests of rural and urban areas. Therefore, numerical simulations with scenario analysis using the evolutionary game approach are conducted to investigate the orderly synergistic development of urban-rural integration. The results show that: (1) The values of orderly synergistic benefits of urban-rural integration are negatively correlated with the Nash equilibrium values at the municipal and provincial levels. (2) The orderly synergistic benefits of policy and market environments have different strategic choices and behavioral constraints for both urban and rural areas. (3) The benefits of “market-oriented” urban-rural choices are greater than those of “policy-oriented” directions. At the municipal level, the main factors influencing the choice of a “market-oriented” direction are the increased benefits of water resources, land resources, rural population mobility, and urban innovation factors. while at the provincial level, all factors lead to urban-rural trends in a “policy-oriented” direction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"146 ","pages":"Article 107331"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142088880","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}