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1. A case study of the Czech agriculture since 1918 in a socio-metabolic perspective – From land reform through nationalisation to privatisation

Author:
Grešlová Kušková, Petra
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 592-603
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
European Union; case studies; economic systems; energy flow; farm labor; fossil fuels; humans; international trade; land reform; land use; livestock; politics; privatization; Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia; Slovakia
Abstract:
... This article explores the development of the social metabolism of Czech agriculture over the past 80 years and aims to describe the complex agricultural system from a biophysical perspective. As a Central European country, the Czech Republic's political system has experienced a number of turning points and changes in its history. Using the social metabolism concept and the material and energy flow ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.009

2. Allocation of European wetland restoration options for systematic conservation planning

Author:
Schleupner, Christine; Schneider, Uwe A.
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 604-614
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
agricultural industry; agricultural policy; environmental impact; forestry; forests; freshwater; geographic information systems; globalization; habitats; land use change; markets; models; natural resources conservation; planning; urbanization; wetlands
Abstract:
... Agricultural policies, urbanization and globalization processes can lead to profound land use changes. A strategic coordination for the areas that are allocated for agriculture and nature conservation, respectively restoration, is therefore important to achieve greater benefits for all parties, such as by integrated networks of habitat. In this regard the concept of systematic conservation plannin ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.008

3. An early framework of national land use and geovisualization: Policy attributes and application of Pulgar Vidal's state-indigenous vision of Peru (1941–present)

Author:
Zimmerer, Karl S.; Bell, Martha G.
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 305-316
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
biodiversity; environmental governance; food security; indigenous peoples; land policy; land use; politics; Peru
Abstract:
... This paper examines the genesis, policy attributes and applications of Javier Pulgar Vidal's pioneering geographic framework of national land use in Peru. It represents the early design of a state-indigenous perspective on land use and policy incorporating geovisualization techniques. Propelled initially through populist agrarian and indigenista politics, it presages general elements of the curren ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.023

4. An evaluative model for city competitiveness: Application to UK cities

Author:
Singhal, Shaleen; McGreal, Stanley; Berry, Jim
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 214-222
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
business enterprises; business planning; cities; models; United Kingdom
Abstract:
... Progressive cities have competitive advantages in capturing opportunities for development and attracting leading edge business. Regeneration and business strategies are amongst the tools that cities may employ in order to overcome the challenges that influence their competitiveness. However, there has been little research that links these themes. This paper integrates regeneration and property-led ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.018

5. A regional perspective of the Common Agricultural Policy

Author:
Alexiadis, Stilianos; Ladias, Christos; Hasanagas, Nikolaos
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 665-669
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
Common Agricultural Policy; farm labor; geographical variation; labor productivity
Abstract:
... Regional convergence is one of the major goals of the European Union. In this paper, the intention is to address the question of whether, during the period 1995–2004 the NUTS-2 regions of EU-27 exhibited a tendency to converge in terms of agricultural labour productivity. A low annual rate of absolute convergence is estimated for the NUTS-2 regions over the period 1995–2004. The rate of regional c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.013

6. Assessing the role of policies on land use change and agricultural development since 1960s in northern Ethiopia

Author:
Teka, Kassa; Van Rompaey, Anton; Poesen, Jean
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 944-951
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
agricultural policy; arable soils; herd size; land productivity; land use change; villages; Ethiopia
Abstract:
... Policy has long been considered as one of the major driving forces for land use change and agricultural development. However, a designated and in-depth study on its interaction with land use change and agricultural development is still very limited. The authors, therefore, attempted to address this issue by using five villages representing three agro-ecologies (highland, midland and lowland) for t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.07.005

7. Assessing the suitability of soil and water conservation practices in Southwestern China

Author:
Liu, Gangcai; Dai, Fuqiang; Nan, Ling; Du, Shuhan
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 319-327
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
conservation practices; forests; grasslands; labor; models; people; soil conservation; soil suitability; surveys; terraces; terracing; tillage; villages; water conservation; China
Abstract:
... The suitability of soil and water conservation (SWC) practices is the basis of their implementation, and determining their suitability is an important concern in the field of SWC studies. However, little research has been performed to assess the suitability of SWC approaches. In this study, we propose and demonstrate a method to assess the suitability of SWC practices and to assist decision makers ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.022

8. Beyond fragmentation and disconnect: Networks for knowledge exchange in the English land management advisory system

Author:
Klerkx, Laurens; Proctor, Amy
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 13-24
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
agricultural education; ecologists; extension education; habitat fragmentation; land management; occupations; privatization; social capital; veterinarians
Abstract:
... The growing multifunctionality in agriculture, combined with privatisation of previously public agricultural extension services, has resulted in a pluralistic land management advisory system. Despite benefits in terms of increased client orientation and greater advisor diversity, it is argued that these changes have resulted in the fragmentation of the land management advisory system and a reducti ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.02.003

9. Boom and bust in the Estonian real estate market and the role of land tax as a buffer

Author:
Cocconcelli, Luca; Medda, Francesca Romana
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 392-400
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
econometrics; markets; models; prices; property tax; Estonia
Abstract:
... The Estonian economy in the past two decades has been highly leveraged and was characterised by increases in real estate prices. These increases in prices developed the pattern of a possible speculative bubble. In Estonia during this period, a land value tax was enforced; however, the tax implemented in 1993, was estimated only in 2001, thus diminishing its role as a buffer against speculative beh ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.007

10. British Columbia's agricultural land reserve: Economic, legal and political issues

Author:
Androkovich, Robert A.
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 365-372
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
agricultural land; cultural heritage; land evaluation; land use; laws and regulations; open space; politics; British Columbia
Abstract:
... High quality agricultural land is extremely scarce in the province of British Columbia, Canada. As a consequence of this scarcity and development pressure, the provincial government established a province-wide land preservation scheme – the agricultural land reserve – in 1973. The principal focus of the paper is an examination of the consequences of recent changes to the reserve's enabling legisla ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.026

11. Building height restrictions,land development and economic costs

Author:
Ding, Chengri
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 485-495
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
buildings; economic costs; highways; historic preservation; land use; prices; travel; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Beijing has a unique spatial pattern that is characterized by an inverted U-shape building height curve and geometrically developed transportation network (rings of highways and axial roads). The inverted U-shape curve of building heights is mainly the outcome of building height restrictions in inner city for historical preservation. This paper estimates the economic costs of the building height r ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.016

12. Can large scale land acquisition for agro-development in Indonesia be managed sustainably?

Author:
Obidzinski, Krystof; Takahashi, Ikuko; Dermawan, Ahmad; Komarudin, Heru; Andrianto, Agus
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 952-965
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
Elaeis guineensis; certification; energy; environmental impact; food crops; forests; plantations; profits and margins; social impact; Indonesia
Abstract:
... This paper explores the impacts of large scale land acquisition for agro-development by analyzing the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) in Indonesia. It also examines the potential for MIFEE to meet sustainability requirements under RSPO, ISPO, and FSC. The plantation development plans are characterized by a lack of reliable official data and limited public disclosure. The availabl ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.06.018

13. Can place branding support landscape conservation in city-regions? A case study from Switzerland

Author:
Tobias, Silvia; Müller Wahl, Priska
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 266-275
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
case studies; landscape management; landscapes; quality of life; rural areas; surveys; urban areas; Switzerland
Abstract:
... We investigated the prerequisites of a municipality or region to integrate landscape as a location specific feature in their place branding and whether landscape conservation measures are applied to promote landscape. For this purpose we analysed different landscape conservation measures and accomplished a survey among the municipal councils in the city-region of Zurich. Our results show that land ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.021

14. Capturing synergies between rural development and agricultural mitigation in Brazil

Author:
Branca, Giacomo; Hissa, Helga; Benez, Mara Cristina; Medeiros, Katia; Lipper, Leslie; Tinlot, Marianne; Bockel, Louis; Bernoux, Martial
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 507-518
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
agroforestry; carbon sequestration; climate; climate change; cost benefit analysis; cropland; development projects; ecosystem services; finance; forests; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; range management; rural development; rural poverty; sustainable agriculture; Brazil
Abstract:
... This paper presents the results of the EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) application on two rural development projects in Brazil. The analysis provides an estimate of project impact on GHG emissions and C sequestration indicating net mitigation potential: results show that the Santa Catarina Rural Competitiveness Project has the potential to mitigate 12.2Mt CO2e and the Rio de Janeiro Sustainab ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.021

15. China's forest tenure reform and institutional change in the new century: What has been implemented and what remains to be pursued?

Author:
Yin, Runsheng; Yao, Shunbo; Huo, Xuexi
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 825-833
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
forest economics; forest ecosystems; forest policy; forests; people; politics; China
Abstract:
... Since 2003, a new round of forest tenure and institutional reforms has been undertaken in China, featuring both further devolving the use rights of collectively owned forestland and relaxing government control over community forest operations. While some major changes have taken place, a lot more needs to be properly implemented and many other adjustments must be made to improve the efficiency and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.06.010

16. Collaborative environmental governance: Are watershed partnerships swimming or are they sinking?

Author:
Benson, David; Jordan, Andrew; Cook, Hadrian; Smith, Laurence
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 748-757
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
environmental governance; politics; surveys; watersheds; United Kingdom; United States
Abstract:
... Several attempts have been made to explain the formation of collaborative watershed partnerships—that is, multi-actor groups which work together to resolve environmental problems at a watershed scale. But to what extent do these explanations ‘travel’ from their original home – namely the USA – to other jurisdictions, where similar claims are being made about the rise of collaborative environmental ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.016

17. Comparison of regional planning strategies: Countywide general plans in USA and territorial plans in Spain

Author:
Jaraíz Cabanillas, Francisco Javier; Mora Aliseda, Julián; Gutiérrez Gallego, José Antonio; Jeong, Jin Su
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 758-773
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
developed countries; employment; infrastructure; issues and policy; land use; planning; quality of life; rural areas; rural development; socioeconomic development; California; Spain
Abstract:
... The regional plans of developed countries follow a few common patterns. Both subjects under research have many similarities. Nevertheless, regional plans analyze spaces with different development issues and perspectives with key questions varying from a pro-development dimension to a conservationist dimension, depending on concrete conditions.This research analyzes how the regional plans of rural ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.06.001

18. Conservation of undisturbed natural forests and economic impacts on agriculture

Author:
Krause, Michael; Lotze-Campen, Hermann; Popp, Alexander; Dietrich, Jan Philipp; Bonsch, Markus
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 344-354
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
biodiversity; carbon; carbon dioxide; carbon sequestration; conservation programs; cropland; deforestation; economic impact; ecosystem services; forests; greenhouse gas emissions; issues and policy; land use; models; production costs; tropics; Latin America; South East Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract:
... Conservation of undisturbed natural forests, which are important for biodiversity, carbon storage, and other ecosystem services, affects agricultural production and cropland expansion. We analyze the economic impacts of undisturbed natural forest conservation programs on agriculture and the magnitude of avoided deforestation and avoided carbon emissions in the tropics. We apply a global agricultur ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.020

19. Considering the multiple purposes of land in Zimbabwe's economic recovery

Author:
Chavunduka, Charles M.; Bromley, Daniel W.
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 670-676
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
agricultural industry; assets; economic recovery; farmers; issues and policy; land reform; livelihood; politics; private sector; Zimbabwe
Abstract:
... A preoccupation with the idea of land as a productive asset continues to dominate donor policy prescriptions imposed on poor nations of the world. The presumption is that a view of land as a productive asset implies security which then induces investment and improvements in agricultural productivity. Emerging evidence from Zimbabwe's fast track land reform programme shows a nuanced and complex pic ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.004

20. Dealing with agriculture, environment and landscape in spatial planning: A discussion about the Italian case study

Author:
Tassinari, Patrizia; Torreggiani, Daniele; Benni, Stefano
Source:
Land use policy 2013 v.30 no.1 pp. 739-747
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
attitudes and opinions; case studies; issues and policy; land use; landscapes; models; planning; research and development; rural areas; sustainable development; urban areas; Italy
Abstract:
... Only a few decades have passed since when in Italy spatial planning considered the countryside as an indistinct “blank space” only deserving marginal attentions. At the same time it is well known that the outcomes of the spatial and economic planning systems developed and tested over the past decades have been showing their critical poor suitability compared to the complexity of the socioeconomic ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.014