Land Use Policy

2016 - 2025

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Volume 87, issue C, 2019

Use of structural systems analysis for the integrated water resources management in the Nenetzingo river watershed, Mexico

Luis Ricardo Manzano-Solís, Carlos Díaz-Delgado, Miguel Angel Gómez-Albores, Carlos Alberto Mastachi-Loza and Denise Soares

Spatial growth of Phnom Penh, Cambodia (1973–2015): Patterns, rates, and socio-ecological consequences

François Mialhe, Yanni Gunnell, Oldrich Navratil, Daniel Choi, Chansopheaktra Sovann, Jérôme Lejot, Benoît Gaudou, Bunleng Se and Norbert Landon

Property rights: Principles of customary land and urban development in Fiji

Chethna Ben and Neelesh Gounder

Managing protected areas in Central Eastern Europe: Between path-dependence and Europeanisation

Natalya Yakusheva

Conceptualizing urban space (environment) for the delivery of sustainable urban development in Africa: evidence from Enugu City in Nigeria

D.C. Okeke and Ukonze Ifeoma

A framework for analyzing the effectiveness and efficiency of land readjustment regulations: Comparison of Germany, Spain and Israel

Demetrio Muñoz Gielen and Nir Mualam

Inclusiveness of contract farming along the vertical coordination continuum: Evidence from the Vietnamese rice sector

Hélène A. Ba, Yann de Mey, Sylvie Thoron and Matty Demont

Land dispossessions and water appropriations: Political ecology of land and water grabs in Ghana

Ellis A. Adams, Elias D. Kuusaana, Abubakari Ahmed and Benjamin B. Campion

New perspectives in land use mapping based on urban morphology: A case study of the Federal District, Brazil

Kássia Batista de Castro, Henrique Llacer Roig, Marina Rolim Bilich Neumann, Maria Silvia Rossi, Ana Paula Albuquerque Campos Castalonga Seraphim, Weeberb Requia, Alexandre Barbosa Brandão da Costa and René Höfer

Where farm and forest meet: Comparing National Woodland Owner Survey respondents with and without farmland

Emily S. Huff, Kristin Floress, Stephanie A. Snyder, Zhao Ma and Sarah Butler

Assessing environmental awareness towards protection of the Alps: a case study

Ivana Bassi, Enrico Gori and Luca Iseppi

The benefits of a link-based assessment of health services accessibility: Unveiling gaps in Central Region of Portugal

Susana Freiria, Alexandre O. Tavares and Rui Pedro Julião

Windows of opportunity or windows of exclusion? Changing dynamics of tenurial relations in rural Ghana

Festus A. Asaaga and Mark A. Hirons

The impact of economic growth oriented development policies on landscape changes in Istanbul Province in Turkey

Serhat Cengiz, Erdoğan Atmiş and Sevgi Görmüş

Riparian-forest buffers: Bridging the gap between top-down and bottom-up restoration approaches in Latin America

Paula Meli, Alicia Calle, Zoraida Calle, Claudia I. Ortiz-Arrona, Martín Sirombra and Pedro H.S. Brancalion

Attitudes on land-use systems and social mindset transformations after group ranch subdivision in Kenya

Kinuthia, Virginia Ng’endo and Raphael Githaiga Wahome

What gave rise to China’s land finance?

Nannan Xu

The effects of trainings in soil and water conservation on farming practices, livelihoods, and land-use intensity in the Ethiopian highlands

Nathan S. Chesterman, Julia Entwistle, Matthew C. Chambers, Hsiao-Chin Liu, Arun Agrawal and Daniel G. Brown

Factors influencing intergenerational succession in family farm businesses in Brazil

Ana Paula Pessotto, Carlos Costa, Timothy Schwinghamer, Gabriel Colle and Vitor Francisco Dalla Corte

Changing landscapes, livelihoods and village welfare in the context of oil palm development

Truly Santika, Kerrie A. Wilson, Erik Meijaard, Sugeng Budiharta, Elizabeth E. Law, Meindra Sabri, Matthew Struebig, Marc Ancrenaz and Tun-Min Poh

Modeling the impacts of coastal land use changes on regional carbon balance in the Chiku coastal zone, Taiwan

Chang-Chieh Chiu, Pierre-Alexandre Château, Hsing-Juh Lin and Yang-Chi Chang

Environmentalism and localism in agricultural and land-use policies can maintain food production while supporting biodiversity. Findings from simulations of contrasting scenarios in the EU

Carlo Rega, John Helming and Maria Luisa Paracchini

Forest protection policy: Lesson learned from Arasbaran biosphere reserve in Northwest Iran

Samira Sasanifar, Ahmad Alijanpour, Abbas Banj Shafiei, Javad Eshaghi Rad, Morteza Molaei and Hossein Azadi

Complementary land use in the Richmond River catchment: Evaluating economic and environmental benefits

Leslie Beardmore, Elizabeth Heagney and Caroline A. Sullivan

Urban-biased land development policy and the urban-rural income gap: Evidence from Hubei Province, China

Siliang Wang, Shukui Tan, Shengfu Yang, Qiaowen Lin and Lu Zhang

‘Partial’ participation in Payments for Environmental Services (PES): Land enrolment and forest loss in the Mexican Lacandona Rainforest

Santiago Izquierdo-Tort, Fiorella Ortiz-Rosas and Paola Angélica Vázquez-Cisneros

“Fencing is our last stronghold before we lose it all.” A political ecology of fencing around the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel and Haakon Lein

Feeling the sting? Addressing land-use changes can mitigate bee declines

Jennie L. Durant and Clint R.V. Otto

Take out the farmer: An economic assessment of land expropriation for urban expansion in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia

Wubante Fetene Admasu, Steven Van Passel, Amare Sewnet Minale, Enyew Adgo Tsegaye, Hossein Azadi and Jan Nyssen

The impact of Natura 2000 designation on agricultural land rents in Germany

Dieter Koemle, Sebastian Lakner and Xiaohua Yu

Cars. Problematisations, measures and blind spots in local transport and land use policy

Robert Hrelja

The role of tenure documents for livelihood resilience in Trinidad and Tobago

Desiree Daniel, Michael Sutherland and Chinwe Ifejika Speranza

The prospects and challenges of developing more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities in Nigeria

Ismaila Rimi Abubakar and Yusuf Adedoyin Aina

Considering time in land use planning: An assessment of end-of-life decision making for commercially managed onshore wind schemes

Rebecca Windemer

Agri-food activities in jeopardy—A territorial analysis of risks from natural hazards

Francesco Pagliacci

Searching for market integration: Evidence from Ukrainian and European Union rapeseed markets

Mariusz Hamulczuk, Oksana Makarchuk and Edgardo Sica

Managing the landscape as a common good? Evidence from the case of “Mutonia” (Italy)

Mara Cerquetti, Caterina Nanni and Carmen Vitale

Rethinking the politics of land-use change: Insights from the rise of the industrial tree plantation sector in Southern China

Yunan Xu

Spatial planning instruments for cropland protection in Western European countries

Eduardo Oliveira, Jasmin Leuthard and Silvia Tobias

Financial returns from collaborative investment models of Eucalyptus agroforestry plantations in Lao PDR

Somvang Phimmavong, Tek Narayan Maraseni, Rodney J. Keenan and Geoff Cockfield

Three-dimensional intergovernmental competition and urban sprawl: Evidence from Chinese prefectural-level cities

Jianshuang Fan and Lin Zhou

Sustainable management of cultivated peatlands in Switzerland: Insights, challenges, and opportunities

Marie Ferré, Adrian Muller, Jens Leifeld, Cédric Bader, Moritz Müller, Stefanie Engel and Sabine Wichmann

A framework for improving the management of protected areas from a social perspective: The case of Bahía de San Antonio Protected Natural Area, Argentina

Juan Pablo Morea

Land expropriation, shock to employment, and employment differentiation: Findings from land-lost farmers in Nanjing, China

Yong Xie

Impact of urban decadal advance on land use and land cover and surface temperature in the city of Maceió, Brazil

Washington Luiz Félix Correia Filho, Dimas de Barros Santiago, José Francisco de Oliveira-Júnior and Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior

Characterising spatial and temporal patterns of urban evolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Accra, Ghana

Prosper Issahaku Korah, Tony Matthews and Deanna Tomerini

Changing urban green spaces in Shanghai: trends, drivers and policy implications

Zhen Wu, Ruishan Chen, Michael E. Meadows, Dhritiraj Sengupta and Di Xu

Does human rights awareness spur environmental activism? Hong Kong’s ‘country park’ controversy

Karen M.Y. Lee, John C.K. Lee, Anson T.H. Ma and Lewis T.O. Cheung

Socioeconomic status connected imbalances in arable land size holding and utilization in smallholder farming in Zimbabwe: Implications for a sustainable rural development

Clifton Makate, Nelson Mango and Marshall Makate

Climate sensitivity of wheat yield in Bangladesh: Implications for the United Nations sustainable development goals 2 and 6

M. Mehedi Hasan, Mohammad Alauddin, Md. Abdur Rashid Sarker, Mohammad Jakaria and Mahiuddin Alamgir

Automated Valuation Model based on fuzzy and rough set theory for real estate market with insufficient source data

Malgorzata Renigier-Biłozor, Artur Janowski and d’Amato, Maurizio

The city of the living or the dead: On the ethics and morality of land use for graveyards in a rapidly urbanised world

Zaheer Allam

The livable urban landscape: GIS and remote sensing extracted land use assessment for urban livability in Changchun Proper, China

Bo Fu, Danlin Yu and Yaojun Zhang

How did industrial land supply respond to transitions in state strategy? An analysis of prefecture-level cities in China from 2007 to 2016

Lin Zhou, Li Tian, Yuan Gao, Yingkai Ling, Chenjing Fan, Deyi Hou, Tiyan Shen and Wentong Zhou

What are participants of cow sharing arrangements actually sharing? A property rights analysis on cow sharing arrangements in the European Alps

Katharina Gugerell, Marianne Penker and Pia Kieninger

Promotion incentives, infrastructure construction, and industrial landscapes in China

Qingsong He, Min Xu, Zike Xu, Yanmei Ye, Xianfan Shu, Peng Xie and Jiayu Wu

Effect of land-centered urbanization on rural development: A regional analysis in China

Weilun Feng, Yansui Liu and Lulu Qu

Urban challenges and opportunities to promote sustainable food security through smart cities and the 4th industrial revolution

Wellyngton Silva de Amorim, André Borchardt Deggau, Gabriélli do Livramento Gonçalves, Samara da Silva Neiva, Arun R. Prasath and José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra

Worldwide research trends on sustainable land use in agriculture

José A. Aznar-Sánchez, María Piquer-Rodríguez, Juan F. Velasco-Muñoz and Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro

Ecological restoration under rural restructuring: A case study of Yan’an in China’s loess plateau

Jieyong Wang, Yanjiao Liu and Yurui Li

Machine learning-assisted evaluation of land use policies and plans in a rapidly urbanizing district in Chongqing, China

Tingting Xu, Jay Gao and Yuhua Li

Environmental charges as drivers of soil sealing? The case of the Czech charge for agricultural land loss

Eliška Vejchodská and Martin Pelucha

Who owns Brazilian lands?

Gerd Sparovek, Bastiaan Philip Reydon, Luís Fernando Guedes Pinto, Vinicius Faria, Flavio Luiz Mazzaro de Freitas, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Toby Gardner, Caio Hamamura, Raoni Rajão, Felipe Cerignoni, Gabriel Pansani Siqueira, Tomás Carvalho, Ane Alencar and Vivian Ribeiro

Exploring land use/land cover changes, drivers and their implications in contrasting agro-ecological environments of Ethiopia

Mulatu Liyew Berihun, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Nigussie Haregeweyn, Derege Tsegaye Meshesha, Enyew Adgo, Mitsuru Tsubo, Tsugiyuki Masunaga, Ayele Almaw Fenta, Dagnenet Sultan and Mesenbet Yibeltal

Livestock insurance as a mechanism for household resilience of livestock herders to climate change: Evidence from Iran

Tahereh Biglari, Hamideh Maleksaeidi, Farzad Eskandari and Mohammad Jalali

Does environmental noise affect housing rental prices in developing countries? Evidence from Ecuador

Manuel Zambrano-Monserrate and María Alejandra Ruano

Supplying social infrastructure land for satisfying public needs or leasing residential land? A study of local government choices in China

Yuan Gao, Li Tian, Yandong Cao, Lin Zhou, Zhibin Li and Deyi Hou

Human appropriation of net primary production in Bangladesh, 1700–2100

Riasad Bin Mahbub, Nahian Ahmed, Shupa Rahman, Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain and Mohammad Sujauddin

Studies regarding correct selection of statistical methods for the needs of increasing the efficiency of identification of land for consolidation—A case study in Poland

Justyna Wójcik-Leń, Przemysław Leń, Monika Mika, Hubert Kryszk and Paweł Kotlarz