Preserving Farmland on the Urban Fringe: A Literature Review on Land Policies in Developed Countries

Coline Perrin, Camille Clément, Romain Melot and Brigitte Nougarèdes
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Coline Perrin: INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment), UMR Innovation, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, 2 Place Pierre Viala, bât. 27, CEDEX 02, 34060 Montpellier, France
Camille Clément: INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment), UMR Innovation, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, 2 Place Pierre Viala, bât. 27, CEDEX 02, 34060 Montpellier, France
Romain Melot: INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment), UMR SADAPT, Université Paris Saclay, AgroParisTech, 16 rue Claude Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
Brigitte Nougarèdes: INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment), UMR Innovation, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, 2 Place Pierre Viala, bât. 27, CEDEX 02, 34060 Montpellier, France

Land, 2020, vol. 9, issue 7, 1-20

Abstract: This paper reviews the recent literature dealing with farmland protection (FP) policies in developed countries from a planning perspective, with a specific focus on the Mediterranean region. It provides coverage of French language papers that may have been omitted in previous reviews. While the Mediterranean is often pointed out as a region with acute challenges related to food security and a lack of effective planning policies, the literature underlines that issues related to FP policies are similar across the world. Hence, this review may bring valuable insights for more sustainable management of farmland on the urban fringe. It maps several interesting areas of research concerning the often implicit and disparate rationales of FP policies as well as the barriers and potential avenues for improvement for FP. It highlights that FP cannot rely merely on transferring policy tools that have proven successful elsewhere. It also reveals that land policies do not always take into account the specific needs of farming systems, as they often focus on land rather than on agriculture. Further research is thus needed to reveal the interaction over time between the use of certain FP tools and the unique local features of urban fringe agriculture. This review may be of interest to students and scholars, but also to practitioners, policy makers and local groups looking for innovative, more flexible or locally suited farmland protection programs.

Keywords: farmland protection; peri-urban agriculture; land-use planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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