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Evolution of urban land and population system coupling micro–dynamics and macro-stability: Trends and paths Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Weiqian Lei, Limin Jiao, Zhibang Xu, Xinhua Zhu
Cities are constantly dynamics, but emerge the stability of urban systems as evidenced by robust urban scaling. Both properties serve as necessary perspectives for understanding the evolution of cities and the complexity of urban systems. However, the evolution trends and mechanisms behind the above relationships, particularly concerning geographic processes, remain to be explored in depth. In this
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Land tenure administration in Iraq: Quantitative analysis and a comprehensive evaluation Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Laith H.M. Al-ossmi
The present study underscores its novel methodology, employing a mathematical extrapolation as a guiding framework to investigate and scrutinize the Iraqi land tenancy system. Remarkably, this innovative approach stands distinct from preceding research endeavors. Notably, its application holds potential for facilitating a comprehensive inquiry into land tenure management facets across in Iraqi jurisdictions
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The relationships between land tenure, cattle production, and climate change – A systematic literature review Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Manuel Francisco Díaz Baca, Leonardo Moreno Lerma, Natalia Triana Ángel, Stefan Burkart
Climate change is one of humanity’s greatest concerns because of its environmental, economic, and social impacts. Our study addresses land tenure (expressed through agrarian reforms) and traditional livestock farming (countered by practices such as silvopastoral systems) among the numerous causes of this phenomenon. To do this, we conducted a systematic literature review, based on empirical evidence
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Understanding landowner participation in the Conservation Reserve Program in the U.S. High Plains region Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Bhawna Thapa, Binod P. Chapagain, Scott T. McMurry, Loren M. Smith, Omkar Joshi
Understanding the array of financial and non-financial decision-making drivers of private landowners with vulnerable cropland for enrolling in the United States Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is critical for the success and cost-effectiveness of agricultural policies that aim to create long-term agri-environmental security. Following the underpinnings of the Theory of
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Advancing understanding of the linkages between local land policy interventions and the responsiveness of housing supply: Intervention mechanisms in the Finnish context Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Tea Lönnroth, Pauliina Krigsholm, Heidi Falkenbach, Elias Oikarinen
Land policy interventions are important ways for municipalities to implement their spatial development objectives. Such interventions may, however, generate both intended and unintended effects to housing supply and its responsiveness. It is therefore essential to better understand how and through what kind of mechanisms local land policy interventions can influence the quantity of housing supply.
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Characterizing urban spatial structure through built form typologies: A new framework using clustering ensembles Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Jianqi Li, Chaosu Li
Prior research on urban form typologies has largely relied on qualitative classification methods, resulting in subjective and limited analyses. Recently, the emerging data-intensive studies often use a single clustering algorithm and parameter setting, raising concerns about the reliability of the findings. This paper introduces a novel clustering analytical framework for conducting typological studies
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Determinants of the economy in multistrata agroforestry in Ethiopia Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Pirjetta Waldén, Mari Eronen, Janne Kaseva, Mesele Negash, Helena Kahiluoto
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Mapping of community perspectives on land acquisition for biofuel investment in northern Ghana Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Moses Mananyi Kupabado, Akwasi Mensah-Bonsu
We apply Q methodology, a model with a qualitative background, albeit with rigorous quantitative analysis, to map community perspectives (concerns, attitudes, beliefs, opinions, and perceptions) towards the acquisition of communal land for a biofuel project in northern Ghana. We extracted four community perspectives, in the order of importance as follows: (1) pro-biofuel project, but pessimistic (2)
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Distribution of Nature-based Solutions in cities across Europe Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Clair Cooper, Niall Cunningham, Louise J. Bracken, Marcus Collier
Nature-based Solutions (NBS) is a conceptual framework that seeks to use properties of nature to co-produce ecosystem services to build climate change resilience and improve quality of life by mitigating the relationship between health inequality and socio-economic adversity. This study investigates how the distribution of these forms of urban nature relate to trends in demographic change and social
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Araguaia biodiversity corridor cost benefit analysis: Large scale restoration and sustainable agribusiness in Amazon and Cerrado Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Andrea Lucchesi, Madhu Khanna, Paula C. Pereda, Keyi A. Ussami, Patricia G.C. Ruggiero, Victor S. Dornelas, Tess Lallement
Ecosystem restoration is an important tool for reducing ecosystem loss and contribute to diminish the negative impacts from deriving from climate change, but can be very costly. This paper focuses on the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of recovering almost one million hectares of legally protected areas in the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor (Brazil) following the Brazilian Forest code
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Revealing urban residents’ intention to pay for the greening of farmland in the urban fringe by extending the theory of planned behavior: Insights from payment for ecosystem services Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Kangjie Zhang, Fuduo Li, Huanli Li, Changbin Yin
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Investigating the interactions between spatiotemporal land use/land cover dynamics and private land ownership Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Ismail Ercument Ayazli
Increasing population caused by migration from rural to urban leads the cities, whose ownership is primarily public, to spread over forest areas and agricultural lands in their periphery. Today, simulation models created by geospatial data mining (GDM) techniques are frequently used to model the effects of uncontrolled urban sprawl on land use/land cover (LULC) changes. However, most of these models
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Incorporating indigenous boundaries into Australian Law Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Glenn Campbell, Lachlan Pirie
Indigenous-derived boundaries have been existent since time immemorial in Australia. The landmark decision recognised the continued existence of Indigenous customary title under the common law and the Commonwealth codified the processes for recognition and extinguishment. After thirty years of ongoing recognition, Australia is moving into the implementation and leveraging phases of legislative Native
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Socioeconomic and political settings for the land development decreasing urban green. Inside view from Moscow Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Konstantin Zakharov, Andrzej Mizgajski
The analysis shows the impact of socioeconomic factors and civil freedom on allocating green areas for investments. The research was conducted for the period 1992–2020 using the example of Moscow as the metropolis in a country with a robust centralized political system. Quantitative research methods included recognizing changes in land use, selected socioeconomic parameters, and indicators measuring
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Blue grabbing of the green crop fields: A development conundrum in southwest coastal Bangladesh Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Md Roushon Jamal
Blue grabbing of green crop fields for brackish water shrimp farming in southwest coastal Bangladesh has long been criticized for salinization, reduced crop production, occupational shift, migration, marginalization of farmers, increasing social conflict, income inequality, and unemployment. This socio-ecologically irresponsible farming system has been expanded to vast crop fields in southwest coastal
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Eucalyptus tree expansion and land use and land cover dynamics in Ethiopia- empirical evidence from Gurage Zone, Ethiopia Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Aklilu Amiga Kerbo, Degefa Tolossa Degaga, Abebe Damte Beyene
Gurage Zone is one of the areas of Ethiopia experiencing rapid land use and land cover (LULC) changes over the past few decades. This study assessed the contribution of eucalyptus expansion to LULC changes based on a detailed household level survey, key informant interviews, focus group discussions and a set of Landsat imageries. Both descriptive statistics and econometric model were employed for the
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Exploring the motivation and challenges for land-users engaged in sustainable grazing in Europe Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Julia Rouet-Leduc, Fons van der Plas, Aletta Bonn, Wouter Helmer, Melissa R. Marselle, Erica von Essen, Guy Pe’er
Grazing of both domestic and wild large herbivores can contribute to multiple ecosystem services. However, grazing systems strongly differ in the intensity of management and outcomes, and we define sustainable grazing as grazing which benefits multiple environmental ecosystem services. Previous studies have found that, in general, grazing systems with relatively low densities of animals, and with minimal
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Post-conflict economic recovery and land policy in South Korea between 1948 and the early 1960 s Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Jungho Park, Manhee Han, Youngjae Lee
A multiplicity of issues impact upon post-conflict economic recovery, one of which is land policy. Depending on the policy adopted, it could promote post-conflict economic growth, but it could also hinder the economy. This study reviews post-conflict economics and land conceptually and analyses the effect of land policy on post-conflict economic recovery in South Korea. Conceptually, post-conflict
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The soft computing based model of investors’ condition and cognition on a real estate market Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Małgorzata Renigier–Biłozor, Aneta Chmielewska, Ewelina Kamasz
Real estate is a significant tangible asset for every human. Many individuals typically make a property investment decision at least once in their lifetime. Humans have limited knowledge of the surroundings in which they live and a limited capacity to process information. When making decisions, the decision-maker seeks to simplify cognitive processes and prefers solutions that are satisfactory from
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Ensemble intelligence algorithms and soil environmental quality to model economic quantity of land resource allocation and spatial inequality Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-24 Feng Gao, Shiyi Yi, Xiaonuo Li, Weiping Chen
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The evolutionary path of place making: From late twentieth century to post-pandemic cities Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Melika Amirzadeh, Ayyoob Sharifi
Since its emergence in the latter half of the 20th century, the concept of place making has undergone substantial evolution. To fully comprehend how this concept has transformed and encountered diverse trajectories, it is beneficial to examine its evolutionary path over time. Therefore, this paper aims to conduct a thorough review of the literature surrounding the expanding matrix of place making through
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Prendersi Cura: Taking care of nature in Perugia, Italy Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Katharine Kurtz
Cities need more green spaces to adapt to climate change and facilitate community resilience. However, successfully managing green spaces is challenging. City governments consistently employ top-down management practices that limit the benefits, usage, and perception of such spaces as Nature. Further, current management practices overlook socio-cultural factors important to residents. Using the existing
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Current research and opinion on land governance for societal development in and on the global south Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Uchendu Eugene Chigbu, Gaynor Paradza, Romie Vonkie Nghitevelekwa, Michael Klaus
The articles analysed and presented in this editorial are from the Special Issue (SI) entitled, curated from an e-conference that brought together many diverse scholars and practitioners from across the global land community. These articles can become multi- inter- and cross-disciplinary reference material for in-class and on-field education and learning in land studies. Their knowledge base covers
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A spatial decision support system for multi-dimensional sustainability assessment of river basin districts: the case study of Sarno river, Italy Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Giuliano Poli, Stefano Cuntò, Eugenio Muccio, Maria Cerreta
Effective management of the complex Socio-ecological systems (SES) of the river basin, influenced by a range of social, economic, and environmental variables, requires multi-purpose Spatial Decision Support Systems (SDSSs) to identify and select balanced and sustainable regeneration scenarios. In many cases, the lack of cooperation between administrative institutions and the low level of participation
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Greenery in times of crisis: Accessibility, residents' travel preferences and the impact of travel time Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Anita Kukulska-Kozieł, Tomasz Noszczyk, Julia Gorzelany, Wojciech Młocek
Urban green spaces (UGSs) played a pivotal role in easing the effects of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. It is, therefore, relevant to identify factors influencing why people choose specific UGSs. This paper aims to investigate the preferences of residents of Kraków (Poland) regarding the selection of UGSs in times of crisis. Distance or travel time from home are among the key factors affecting the
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Why is the eutrophication governance over the Lake of Baikal failing? Land use governance solutions need to account for barriers across sectors, scales, and actor groups Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Anton Shkaruba, Ruben Mnatsakanian, Irina Molodikova, Viktar Kireyeu, Kalev Sepp
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Refining the survey model of the LADM ISO 19152–2: Land registration Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Eftychia Kalogianni, Efi Dimopoulou, Hans-Christoph Gruler, Erik Stubkjær, Javier Morales, Christiaan Lemmen, Peter Van Oosterom
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Pasture recovery, emissions, and the Brazilian Paris agreement commitments Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Giovani William Gianetti, Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho
This paper evaluates the socioeconomic, land use change, and greenhouse gases emissions impacts of degraded pastures recovery (DPR) in Brazil, assessing the contribution to the Brazilian Paris Agreement commitments. We used a Computable General Equilibrium model, TERM-BR15, in a scenario simulation for the period 2015–2035. The simulation includes DPR shocks of productivity, investments, and Soil Organic
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Land to the landless: Does the type of approach matter? Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Inoussa Boubacar, Gibson Nene
Uncertainty about land ownership is believed to increase vulnerability of marginalized groups in a society. When agriculture is not only responsible for employing more than half of the labor force population but also the main source of the livelihood of poor families, access to land becomes critical. This paper conducts a comprehensive analysis of the impact of land reform on agricultural output in
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Convivial fences? Property, ‘right to wildlife’ and the need for redistributive justice in South African conservation Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Bram Büscher, Lerato Thakholi
In South Africa, fences are ubiquitous. From urban centers to rural landscapes, myriad fences divide properties, fortify estates, and protect private interests. In biodiversity conservation, likewise, fences are instrumental in legally assigning property rights over wildlife. They are furthermore deemed necessary to avoid human-wildlife conflict, save human and animal lives and, most of all, safeguard
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Vehicle electrification and fuel economy policies: Impacts on agricultural land-use in the United States Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Jerome Dumortier
In the United States (U.S.), decarbonization of the transportation sector has important implications for agriculture because approximately one-third of maize production is used for ethanol. For six major U.S. crops, the effects on commodity prices, county-level land allocation, and farm net returns of an increased battery electric vehicles (BEV) market share (including a phaseout of gasoline vehicles
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Tree plantation for implementing the land utilization policies incorporate with sustainable development towards environmental concerns in Assam, India Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Ananta Kumar Jena
Environmental scientists have been considering the best use of natural resources in recent years, and in order to maintain sustainability, the government can no longer manage these resources alone without the support of the local people. The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of tree plantations in the hillsides and wasteland for addressing sustainable environmental considerations and providing
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Principles of just urban land use planning Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Hashem Dadashpoor, Afshin Sajadi
In contemporary cities, justice stands as a paramount concern, integral to their fabric and functionality. Just urban land use planning (JULUP) is one of the main topics in urban land use planning and tries to promote justice in cities through land use planning principles. Despite the abundance of JULUP studies, there is still a lack of comprehensive research that can review JULUP principles in an
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A European perspective on acceptability of innovative agri-environment-climate contract solutions Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 R. D'Alberto, S. Targetti, L. Schaller, F. Bartolini, T. Eichhorn, E. Haltia, K. Harmanny, F. Le Gloux, D. Nikolov, T. Runge, D. Vergamini, D. Viaggi
The agri-environment-climate measures of the European Union Common Agricultural Policy are incentives aiming to reduce negative environmental impacts and increase positive effects generated from agriculture. Several criticisms have been addressed to their efficiency and effectiveness and thus, the design of innovative contract solutions is currently suggested. Among the novel contractual solutions
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Finding the forgotten spaces: Using a social-ecological framework to map informal green space in Melbourne, Australia Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Hugh R. Stanford, Joe Hurley, Georgia E. Garrard, Holly Kirk
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From isolation to linkage: Holistic insights into ecological risk induced by land use change Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Jianxiao Liu, Chaoxiang Wen, Zhewei Liu, Yue Yu
While landscape ecological risk assessment (LERA) has the potential to positively impact environmental concerns by informing land use policies, a holistic perspective has yet to be adopted in previous investigations of LERA in relation to land use change. To address this gap, our study introduces a novel research framework that applies landscape ecology principles and methodologies, utilizing the concept
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Land use footprints and policies in Brazil Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Rafael Parras, Gislaine Costa de Mendonça, Luis Miguel da Costa, Juan Ricardo Rocha, Renata Cristina Araújo Costa, Carlos Alberto Valera, Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes, Fernando António Leal Pacheco, Teresa Cristina Tarlé Pissarra
Ecological footprints have been assessed widely from a resource production-consumption perspective but much less from a land use availability-demand standpoint. The later view is key to land use policy because it sheds light on the need of changing or adapting uses to get a balance between those of ecological (e.g., forests, riparian wetlands) and those of socioeconomic (e.g., cropland) value. Thus
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The legacy of partible inheritance on farmland fragmentation: Evidence from Austria Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Markus Gatterer, Heidi Leonhardt, Klaus Salhofer, Ulrich Morawetz
Partible inheritance is considered an important driver in the fragmentation of farmland use and ownership, but this lacks empirical evidence. We combine parcel-level data on land use and land ownership with historical information on inheritance traditions from Eastern Austria where partible and impartible inheritance coexisted. We use multiple regression analysis with coarsened exact matching to show
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The Greek model of urbanization Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Demetris Stathakis, Pavlos Baltas
For exactly one century Greece, in turbulent times and with a fragile economy, has aspired to articulate a land policy able to control urbanization and tilt the scales in favor of society, away from merely passively accommodating free market decisions. However, the analysis of available data shows that so far this quest has not been successful. Urbanization largely proceeded unimpeded. In the past
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Agrivoltaics and landscape change: First evidence from built cases in the Netherlands Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Igor Sirnik, Dirk Oudes, Sven Stremke
The need to advance energy transition has arisen from the global challenge of climate change. Shifts to renewable energy sources, such as solar energy, are crucial for reducing carbon emissions and mitigating climate change. The use of —the combination of food and renewable energy production with photovoltaic technology—is gaining scientific attention. Agrivoltaics is a type of multifunctional energy
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TIC-driven sustainable land use mode in the Loess Plateau: A case study of gully land consolidation project in Yan'an City, China Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Yanjun Guo, Yansui Liu, Ruotong Li, Yurui Li, Jieyong Wang
The Loess Plateau is one of the most severely eroded areas in the world. The complexity of the multiple challenges facing the Loess Plateau entails the support of scientific and systematic innovations in land use. Based on technological innovation cluster (TIC) theory, this paper develops a self-circulation structure model for the TIC to analyze the hierarchical structure of the land-use innovations
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‘Go-No-Go’: Anticommons and Inter-ministerial conflict in India’s Forest and Mineral Governance Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Priyanshu Gupta, Rajesh Bhattacharya
India’s forests, particularly in coal and other mineral-bearing regions, have been at the centre of many social and environmental conflicts. Such conflicts will likely remain salient over the next decade as India appears to be moving towards greater use of coal instead of transitioning away from it. The current governance architecture in mineral-bearing forested areas is characterized by fragmentation
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Land for urbanization: Shifting policies and variegated accumulation strategies in a fast-growing city in eastern India Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Dhiraj Barman, Subhanil Chowdhury
Land emerged as a critical element to understand India’s new urban transition and development-dispossession debate since it adopted the globalization policies in 1991. The land grab and land-based accumulation have been widely studied in leading cities in the backdrop of the neoliberal urban process. The relatively smaller, medium-sized cities contribute to comprehending this process’s sub-regional
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Ecological redline delineation based on the supply and demand of ecosystem services Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Huangwei Deng, Xuefei Zhou, Zhenliang Liao
As the bottom line of safeguarding ecological security, the term “ecological redline”, which was proposed in China, has important guidance and management value for maintaining ecological stability. The relationship between the supply and demand of ecosystem services (SDES) is a game between the supply side and the demand side of ecosystem services, reflecting the sustainability of ecosystem service
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Differentiation of urban-rural interface and its driving mechanism: A case study of Nanjing, China Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Hui Cao, Cheng Chen, Jianglong Chen, Weixuan Song, Jiang He, Chunhui Liu
The urbanrural interface is the frontier of urban expansion and rural development. Understanding the differentiation and driving mechanism of the urbanrural interface could help policy-makers mitigate negative impacts of development and promote integration through proper planning. Taking Nanjing as an example, this study provides new insights into the different types of urbanrural interfaces and what
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Why did the common objective be biased in the execution collaborative governance program? The case from Dayak Indonesia Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Anyualatha Haridison
This study uses a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software approach with the help of the NVivo v.12 software. The approach is used to obtain an overview of members’ views on the collaboration of customary land certification programs and factors determining failure in achieving a common objective process. In general, the findings show that collaboration programs fail, and members have a
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A global review of urban blue-green planning tools Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 A.Chathurika S. Perera, Peter J. Davies, Petra L. Graham
State, city and local governments use environmental planning policies to guide development outcomes. Their policies operate within an increasingly complex regulatory environment and have proliferated as they seek to address past, present, and emerging land use challenges and shifting socio-ecological expectations. The development of integrated urban water (blue) and biodiversity (green) policies represents
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What matters most in determining European farmers’ participation in agri-environmental measures? A systematic review of the quantitative literature Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Carolin Canessa, Amer Ait-Sidhoum, Sven Wunder, Johannes Sauer
Successful implementation of Europe’s agri-environmental policies faces various obstacles, several of which are closely linked to participation. Effectively increasing adoption of agri-environmental-climate measures (AECM) requires a deeper understanding of farmers’ motives. Various case-study research has targeted ex-post studies but offers context-specific recommendations. Earlier literature reviews
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Farmland afforestation: Forest optimal rotation ages across discrete optimisation objectives Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Cathal O’Donoghue, Eoin O’Fatharta, Cathal Geoghegan, Mary Ryan
Forestry is increasingly seen as having a multiplicity of functions, some of which may lead to tensions between the preferences of different forestry stakeholders. One expression of these differing preferences is in the area of optimal rotation length. This paper models the optimal rotation lengths of different aspects of the forestry system – the forest owner, the timber processor, the carbon sequestered
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Integrating the administrative spillover effect into the spatial governance system to revisit land development: A study in urban-rural fringe areas of Wuhan and neighboring cities, China Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Chen Zeng, Yizhen Yin, Luyu Guo, Chenlu Liu, Yang Zhang, Zhengxue Huang
Spatial governance on land development in the urban-rural fringe has raised increasing widespread concern for curbing urban sprawl and promoting rural revitalization. This study explores the heterogeneities of land development in the administrative ranking system and realizes the justification of the administrative spillover effect on land development at the township level, using urban-rural fringe
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Incorporating Adjacent Free Space (AFS) for marine spatial unit in 3D marine cadastre data model based on LADM Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Ainn Zamzuri, Muhammad Imzan Hassan, Alias Abdul Rahman
Rapid development and various needs to protect owners’ interests impose high demands on land management. Land policies (e.g., the National Land Code of 1965 for Peninsular Malaysia) support the growth of a country by defining the rights, requirements for accessibility, and owners of land properties among the parties that participate in municipal, state, and regional planning. The land policy, such
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A different dimension in deforestation and forest degradation: Non-forestry uses of forests in Turkey Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Erdoğan Atmiş, Damla Yıldız, Cihan Erdönmez
The Forest Law and Forest Regulations in Turkey have been amended frequently over the past 20 years to meet the increasing demands for non-forestry use of forest land. This led to a significant increase in the non-forestry use of forest areas and the share of these utilizations in all forest areas reached 3,5%. Since the General Directorate of Forest does not release detailed information about these
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Perception of green spaces' role in enhancing mental health and mental well-being in small and medium-sized cities Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 María Mar Delgado-Serrano, Katarína Melichová, Isotta Mac Fadden, Catalina Cruz-Piedrahita
Understanding the impact of green spaces on public health is crucial for urban planning and mental well-being enhancement in small and medium-sized cities (SMSCs). This study compares the influence of green spaces on mental well-being and psychological distress in Córdoba and Nitra. Using a cross-sectional survey, responses from 632 participants were collected and evenly distributed between the two
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“It doesn’t matter at all—we are family”: Titling and joint property rights in Myanmar Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Isabel Brigitte Lambrecht, Nang Lun Kham Synt, Hnin Ei Win, Kristi Mahrt, Khin Zin Win
Many policy makers and academics striving for more gender equality consider joint property rights as preferable over sole rights, since the latter often discriminate against women. Several governments in low-, middle- and high-income countries have therefore imposed joint rights through modifications of statutory law or mandatory joint property registration. We first discuss a general theoretical framework
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A novel system for boosting land productivity and income of smallholder farmers by intercropping vegetables in waterlogged paddy fields in the coastal zone of the Ganges Delta Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 M. Maniruzzaman, S.K. Sarangi, M. Mainuddin, J.C. Biswas, R.W. Bell, M.B. Hossain, P.L.C. Paul, Md.J. Kabir, S. Digar, S. Mandal, B. Maji, D. Burman, U.K. Mandal, K.K. Mahanta
In the coastal zone of the Ganges Delta, in the wet season (June to November), rice is the predominant crop due to extensive flooding, but the income is low and nutritional food security is compromised. To increase the income from waterlogged paddy land in the coastal zones of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, intercropping of climbing types vegetables such as bitter gourd, snake gourd, long yard
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Large-scale acquisitions of communal land in the Global South: Assessing the risks and formulating policy recommendations Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Jorge A. Rincón Barajas, Christoph Kubitza, Jann Lay
This article conceptualises and empirically assesses the socioeconomic and environmental risks of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) for communal lands in the Global South. These risks include the displacement of local communities due to the insufficient formal recognition of communal land and exclusive and corrupt negotiations with investors who frequently exploit the legal pluralism inherent in
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Achieving the supply-demand balance of ecosystem services through zoning regulation based on land use thresholds Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Xiaoqing Zhao, Yifei Xu, Junwei Pu, Junyi Tao, Yanjun Chen, Pei Huang, Xinyu Shi, Yuju Ran, Zexian Gu
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Obstacles to local payments for ecosystem services schemes for water management at the catchment scale: A case study from Eastern Scotland Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 L. Kuhfuss, V. Burns, O. Shortall, A. Vinten
Water catchment management negotiates a complex landscape of local and expert knowledge, cultural and historical norms, property rights, and the pressures of environmental change. Various schemes have developed in recent years that aim to provide an integrated, consultative approach to environmental management, among which payment for ecosystem services (PES) has emerged as a successful example. Yet
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Urban agriculture in Brazil: Possibilities and challenges for Santarém, eastern Amazonia Land Use Policy (IF 6.189) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Thiago Almeida Vieira, Thomas Panagopoulos
Public policies implemented by the Brazilian government for the promotion of urban agriculture were examined. Urban agriculture contributes to combatting problems related to food security and environmental issues in cities. In Brazil, the Ministry of Social Development initiated the elaboration of a policy to support urban agriculture, having listened to different segments of society. Moreover, the