Land Use Policy

2016 - 2026

Current editor(s): Jaap Zevenbergen

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Volume 166, issue C, 2026

Seeing the good for the trees: Tree cover expansion and the notion of the ‘good farmer’

Mark Riley, Stephen McConnachie, Maddy Pearson, Beth Brockett and Katy Spencer

Hybrid land governance and customary tenure: Coexistence of communitarian and contractarian practices in Naraiyawa Village, Fiji

Doni Wainiqolo, Joeli Varo and Digby Race

The missing link: Comparing mass appraisal techniques and their implications for urban land valuation policies in Latin America

Juan Pablo Carranza, Eduardo León Bologna and Carlos María Lucca

Challenges of change: Insights into land use transformations and social conflict in highland regions

Anita Kukulska-Kozieł, Facundo Rojas, Selim Bayraktar, Tomasz Noszczyk, Julián Ramírez Guirao, Julia Gorzelany, Osvaldo Sironi, Fernando Ruiz Peyré, Eren Dağra Sökmen, Daniel Roberto Pizzolato and Józef Hernik

The impact of land redevelopment on industrial structure upgrading in the context of urban regeneration

Chenxin Pan and Jie Chen

Learning from growth regions: Exploring optimal paths for shrinking built-up areas using machine learning and case-based reasoning

Qingsong He, Yukun Jiang, Dang Wu and Chao Wu

Exploring the influence of future land use changes on the cultural ecosystem services in a fast-developing region

Qiqi Zhao, Dengshuai Chen, Sida Wan, Yanming Chen, Manchun Li, Hugo Thierry and Kate Sherren

Smallholder farm management under evolving land institutions: Evidence from Zambia

Jordan Chamberlin, William J. Burke and Hambulo Ngoma

Decommissioning gas stations in Seoul: Determinants of closure and land-use transitions

Jihyun Han and Saehoon Kim

The politics of megaprojects in Istanbul through a critical analysis of the Kanal Istanbul project

Semra Akay

How compound climate extremes reconfigure the urban development-ecological livability trade-off across China: A production possibility frontier perspective

Sipei Pan, Walter T. de Vries, Jiale Liang, Dan Yi, Wanxu Chen, Jialin Yi and Jie Guo

A GeoAI-driven multi-criteria land-use suitability model of flood-prone Lagos, Nigeria

Opeyemi Aniramu, Olamide Iyanda, Chika David Egenus, Ezekiel Gangaya John and Oluwagbenga Orimoogunje

Synergies between interventions: The Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR) and REDD+ in the Brazilian Amazon

Adriana Molina-Garzón, Carolina Gueiros and Erin O. Sills

How green finance drives urban land green use efficiency: Evidence and lessons from China

Le Sun and Huan Li

Spatial modelling of land degradation and restoration dynamics in mining-affected landscapes in Ghana

Ambrose Derzu, Jonas Ayaribilla Akudugu, Abdul-Wadood Moomen, Lily-Lisa Yevugah and Louvis Boakye

Urban planning with informality in mind: Evidence from Casablanca, Morocco

Omar Ben Haman

How does financialization drive land-use transition? Evidence from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area in China

Bo Niu, Fenghua Pan and Youting Duan

Habitat quality degradation in Chinese nature reserves has been mitigated—based on habitat quality observations from 2010 to 2020

Zhenying Han, Yu Huang, Weiqun Lei, Lei Jing and Wenmin Hu

Volume 165, issue C, 2026

Modern approaches to building interpretable models of the property market using machine learning on the base of mass cadastral valuation

Alexey S. Tanashkin, Irina G. Tanashkina and Alexander S. Maksimchuik

Diverse interplay of grey and green space in distinct Asian arid and semi-arid cities

Lifeng Zhao, Li Tian, Jiquan Chen, Zhenbo Wang, Zitao Yang, Chen Song and Pengzhen Ma

Carbon sink conservation: Cost-effective spatial priorities and feasible management policies for China

Jingyi Liu, Menghan Zhang, Yu Xia, Longfeng Wu and Chongxian Chen

Exploring drivers and motivations behind garden management for climate change adaptation

J. Teerlinck, K. Van Meerbeek, K. Wittemans, V. Dewaelheyns, P. Raymaekers, F. Lange, T. Steen and B. Somers

Reforming land valuation and taxation in Ukraine: A path towards greater sustainability, fairness, and transparency

Klaus Deininger, Daniel Ayalew Ali, Eduard Bukin and Andrii Martyn

Finding potential land use policies for transboundary river basin to resolve harsh land-population relationship under flood risks: Evidence from Lancang-Mekong River Basin

Songhua Huan

Perceptions, sustainability and forest cover associated to public programs for coffee production in the Sierra de Zongolica, Mexico

Milton Javier Rubiano-Guzmán, Martha Bonilla-Moheno, Citlalli López-Binnqüist, Aiora Zabala, Esperanza Arnés and Tlacaelel Rivera-Núñez

Urban sprawl in Latin America: A systematic review of the existing literature and emerging insights

Reynaldo Hinojosa-Contreras, Eric Gielen, José-Sergio Palencia-Jiménez and Isidro Cantarino-Martí

Biodiversity offsets in a world of land scarcity: A comparative study of legal tools for land securement

Johannes Tobias Habermann and Håvard Bergheim

Spatial variation of artificial intelligence’s impact on carbon-neutral processes in China: A perspective of enterprise layouts

Jiao Liu, Yaobin Liu, Shuoshuo Li, Guoen Wei and Xi Tian

The processes, patterns, and functional differentiation of land-use system evolution in China

Guipeng Zhou and Hualou Long

Computational intelligence based land-use allocation approaches for mixed use areas

Sabab Aosaf, Muhammad Ali Nayeem, Afsana Haque and M. Sohel Rahman

High-speed rail, land-use transformation, and natural capital depletion: A comparative analysis of China and Japan

Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Bingqi Zhang and Longfei Zheng

Spatiotemporal dynamics and suitability of greenhouse agriculture in China: A GEE-based analysis for sustainable land use planning in Henan Province

Qifan Wu, Haoqiang Tong, Fuyuan Su, Shilong Hao, Long Han, Chongqin Gao, Kexiang Qiang, Yuguan Zhang, Yinghong Guo, Hang Xu and Hailong He

Developing an integrated framework for 3D cadastre in Iran

Jalil Jafari, Ali Asghar Alesheikh and Behnam Atazadeh

From soil to society: A transdisciplinary assessment of farmers' adoption of agroecology through the social-ecological systems framework in Algeria

Seyhan Sevde Cagiran, Amélie Bourceret and Sophie Drogue

Funding models for scaling soil health: Assessing the economic viability and inclusiveness of carbon farming projects in Kenya

Friederike Schilling

Land cover change dynamics: Leveraging time series geospatial data for informed restoration in Tanzania

Richard A. Giliba

Capitalization of direct payments and agricultural land rental prices in the Czech Republic

Michal Boranek, Katerina Pixova, Jan Calta and Petr Sklenicka

Regulatory frameworks and policy innovations for agroecology in the Mediterranean: Comparative insights, challenges, and global prospects for sustainable transition

Giuseppe Timpanaro, Bissanti Guido, Giulio Cascone, Paolo Guarnaccia and Vera Teresa Foti

Sustainable intensification and land use efficiency among smallholder maize farmers in northern Ghana

Habtamu Alem, Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah and Miroslava Bavorova

Dynamic patterns of constraints, drivers and impacts of land-based aquaculture areas and their implications: A case of Guangdong, China from 1990 to 2020

Ku Gao, Xiaomei Yang, Zhihua Wang, Yueming Liu, Feilin Lai and Junyao Zhang

Conflict and migration as drivers of farmland abandonment in Cameroon

Mustapha Yakubu Madaki, Ayat Ullah, Rooney Nshing, Oluwaseyi Adurapemi Olasoji, Alexander Prishchepov, He Yin and Miroslava Bavorova

Reconstruction of cropland distribution in Northeast China from 1700 to 2020: A high-resolution gridded dataset and suitability-based allocation model

Gefei Tan and Haiyan Fang

Risk governance in urban planning: A comprehensive policy analysis in the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation Plan, London

Sina Ataee, Hamid Abdolabadi, Farzaneh Abedian Aval, Santosh Bhandari, Emad Mahjoobi, Hélder Relvas and Myriam Lopes

Socio-economic, structural, and policy drivers of agroforestry in Great Britain

Francisco J. Areal, Kyriaki Remoundou, Beth Clark, Shan Jin, Rao Fu, Felix Eigenbrod, Martin Lukac, Yit Arn Teh and Lynn J. Frewer

Volume 164, issue C, 2026

Rethinking gender disadvantage: Unpacking gendered constraints to the adoption of sustainable land management practices in southeast Nigeria

Cynthia Nneka Olumba

Scrutinising European land-use planning: Identifying the priorities and goals of building regulations

Daniels Saakjans, David Kaufmann and Anna M. Hersperger

The cost of ecological protection and restoration: Evidence from the impact of the Shan-shui project on land values

Zeng Shibo and Jin Gui

A new scenario architecture to capture granularity of governance within and across Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

Simo Sarkki, Sirpa Rasmus, Joachim Otto Habeck, Heidrun Matthes, Mia Pihlajamäki and Jussi T. Eronen

Rethinking workable solutions for saving cultivated land use and enhancing climate adaptation through diet shifts

Yiwei Wang, Yuping Bai, Jie Wang, Xiangzheng Deng, Yecui Hu and Xin Chen

Assessing the impacts of farmland use transition on the food–water–energy–pollution nexus in grain production: An integrated simulation framework

Xiaoxing Qi, Qiaoyuan Huang, Yinting Zheng, Wei Zheng and Wenhua Yuan

From global models to local indicators: Assessing land-use transitions and conflicts

Yi-Ying Chen, Zi-Ling Zeng, Wei Huang and Shih-Yuan Lin

Assessment and perception of rural socio-ecological system development in suburban conditions in Central Europe

Marta Dobrovodská and Andrej Raniak

Service-based resilience-building in Anthropogenic Socioeconomic-Ecological-Technological (ASET) systems: Hong Kong as the case

Hao Han and Liang Dong

Using satellite imagery and a farmer registry to assess agricultural support in conflict settings: The case of the producer support grant program in Ukraine

Klaus Deininger and Daniel Ayalew Ali

Major determinants of sustainable agriculture practices adoption: A systematic review

Neha Chauhan, Max Kretschmer, Jorge Gustavo Rodriguez Aboytes and Henrik von Wehrden

Ecological engineering projects significantly enhanced vegetation recovery: A case study from the Jinsha River Basin (Yunnan section), China

An Chen, Suling He, Yuyin Cheng, Jun Ma, Jinliang Wang, Yuncheng Deng, Haichao Xu and Hui Wang

Using the theory of planned behavior to assess Seychellois farmers’ intentions to adopt agroforestry

Daniel Etongo, Jean-Claude Labrosse, Larrisha Serret and Sandra Sinon

User-centric dimensions of trust and acceptance in blockchain adoption for land administration systems: A systematic literature review

Opeyemi Ajayi, Riekkinen Kirsikka and Oluwafemi Adekola

Customary land tenure and climate land transitions: A justice lens on Ghana’s land governance

Yetimoni Kpeebi and Michael Osei Asibey

Sustainable modeling of community-centered ecotourism in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania: A digital resource and capacity building framework

Heda Augustino Chale, Xiu-Hao Ding, Ruihong Liu, Bek Dhuorjang Chol and Haodong Huang

Assessing carbon storage dynamics and policy impacts: Application of InVEST-PLUS framework in the Qinling Mountains, China

Yumeng Ma, Jinshan Wang, Pengyuan Xin, Zixin Zhao, Xiaoxu Zhang, Yuxi Yang, Tian Gao and Ling Qiu

Impacts of climate and land use changes on the cultivable area for winter wheat and their economic benefits in China

Haowei Sun and Li Wang

Predicting ecological security patterns and network resilience under land-use change: Hexi Inland River Basin, China

Man Li, Xuan Wang, Huancai Liu and Chao Wang

From pixels to policy: Multi-scale flood susceptibility mapping using interpretable machine learning for urban resilience

Su Jin Lee, Yunhyoung Cho, Ruo Yin Yang and Steven Jige Quan

The impact of cropland abandonment on food productivity in China's mountainous areas in 2050

Zhenyu Huang, Qianwen Duan, Jizhong Jin, Minghong Tan, Xue Wang, Liangjie Xin and Xiubin Li

High-resolution carbon emission patterns in China driven by historical land use change from 1850 to 2015

Yuanyang Xiao, Jijun Meng, Likai Zhu and Ziyan Han

How does vacant housing redevelopment policy reshape regional housing markets? A dynamic spatial housing-CGE analysis

Seulki Kim and Euijune Kim

Exploring the Kuznets hypothesis in the United Kingdom’s agricultural sector

Saul Ngarava

Corrigendum to “Avoiding access inequity due to classification errors in zero-deforestation value chains: Coffee and the European Union deforestation regulation” [Land Use Policy 157 (2025) 107609]

Caleb Gallemore, Gezahegn Berecha, Kasongi, N.’gwinamila, Adugna Eneyew, Melkamu Mamuye, Janina Grabs, Gina Maskell, Kristjan Jespersen, Annkathrin Mathe, Daniel Mwalutolo, Ina Niehues, Suyana Terry and Nestory Yamungu

Urban ecosystems’ fragmentation as an ecological measure of urbanization quality in shrinking cities

Katarzyna Rędzińska and Magdalena Krawczyk

Dual pathways of human influence on island social-ecological systems: Evidence from China’s Zhoushan Archipelago

Yuan Chi, Yubing Qu, Zhiwei Zhang and Zhenhang Liu

The grain-green tension in China's land transfer

Liping Xu and Yingnan Zhang

Painful hopes? The health and well-being impacts of land expropriation in Chinese villages

Guolin Gu and Wen Fan

Assessing ChatGPT’s legal reasoning in statutory land consolidation: The case of Cyprus

Demetris Demetriou

A novel approach to undertake a socio-economic impact assessment of a major urban regeneration project

O’Donoghue, Cathal, Mohammed Zajeer Ahmed and Patrick McGetrick

How do key actors and governance structures interact in large-scale land acquisition? An institutional theory perspective

Abdul-Rasheed Amidu, Alirat Olayinka Agboola and Muhammed Bolomope

Land rights perceptions and farmer behavior: Evidence from Central Asia

Zarema Akhmadiyeva and Thomas Herzfeld

Navigating the new EU deforestation regulation in the coffee industry: Challenges and prospects for remote-sensing solutions

Sinne Borby Ørtenblad, Martin Rudbeck Jepsen, Louis Reymondin, Thibaud Vantalon, Christian Bunn, Tiffany Talsma and Anne Gravsholt Busck

Preserving agricultural land with agrivoltaic – But at what cost? An economic analysis of different agrivoltaic systems in Germany

Jonas Böhm, Thomas de Witte, Frank Offermann and Uwe Latacz-Lohmann

Co-benefits of major land consolidation projects for sustainable agricultural production and ecosystem protection in China

Chen Liang and Yang Zhou

Legal incentives for public land grabbing via deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Brenda Brito and Jeferson Almeida

Unlocking fit-for-purpose institutional configurations for efficient collaboration: Evidence from China’s comprehensive land consolidation

Qiufang Li, Wenxiong Wang, Lihong Yu, Zongbao Feng, Yongzheng Cui and Yihao Meng

A systematic comparison of urban and peri-urban vegetation greenness in 955 global major cities

Qikang Zhong, Zhe Li and Chao Yuan

Typology-based spatial modeling of urban block commercial vitality: Evidence from Shenzhen for land use planning

Chendi Yang, Hao Huang, Sian Meng, Yunjie Zhang, Jacqueline T.Y. Lo and Rui Ma

Revolution and evolution in Ethiopian land tenure: Strategic interests and ideological shifts during 50 years of reform

Tom Lavers