Landscape goods and services related to forestry land use

2007 ◽  
pp. 65-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Slee
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Goods And Services

scholarly journals Dimensions of land use change and implications in spatial planning of emerging town Bedkot municipality, Kanchanpur district, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 185-200
Author(s):  
Kedar Dahal ◽  
Krishna Prasad Timalsina
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Agriculture Land ◽  
Spatial Changes ◽  
Spatial Dimensions

Rapid transformation of rural settlements into municipalities in Nepal has brought significant changes in land use and urban expansion patterns mostly through the conversion of agriculture land into the built up area. The issue is studied taking a case of rapidly growing Tarai town of Bedkot Municipality of Kanchanpur District. This study is based on field interaction, observation, and available data review. After the declaration of Bedkot as a municipality, several new roads have been opened and upgraded; and the municipality is well connected to the national transportation network. After promulgated the Constitution of Nepal, 2015 and activated the elected local body, the municipality budget has been increased significantly as a result of increasing municipal investment on socio-economic and physical infrastructure development and environmental protection which have attracted people, goods and services creating it as the zone of influence of the surroundings. Rapid spatial changes have been observed with inflow of population in the municipality. One of the changes found is the increasing built-up area by 3.6 percent and expansion of urban area through decreasing the agriculture land by 3.5 percent. Urban growth has been observed taking place along the highway corridor clustering at nodal junctions and some other potential locations. Implications of such spatial dimensions have been core issue of urban development planning in most of the newly declared municipalities in Nepal.

scholarly journals Phosphorus Availabilities Differ between Cropland and Forestland in Shelterbelt Systems

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1001
Author(s):  
Scott X. Chang ◽  
Mihiri C.W. Manimel Wadu ◽  
Fengxiang Ma
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Chemical Fractionation ◽  
Land Use Type ◽  
Organic P ◽  
P Fractions ◽  
Soil P ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
P Cycling ◽  
Extractable P ◽  
P Fraction

Shelterbelt systems play pivotal roles in providing goods and services to the rural community and the society at large, but phosphorus (P) cycling in shelterbelt systems is poorly studied, while P cycling and availability would be linked to the ecological function and services of shelterbelt systems. This study was conducted to understand how long-term (>30 years) land-use between cropland and forestland in shelterbelt systems affect soil P status. We investigated modified Kelowna (PKelowna) and Mehlich-3 (PMehlich) extractable P, P fractions (by sequential chemical fractionation), P sorption properties in the 0–10 and 10–30 cm soils and their relationship in six pairs of the cropland areas and adjacent forestland (each pair constitutes a shelterbelt system) in central Alberta. Both PKelowna and PMehlich in the 0–10 cm soil were greater in the cropland than in the forestland. The PKelowna ranged from 10 to 170 and 2 to 57 mg kg−1 within the cropland areas and forestland, respectively. The inorganic P fraction in the 0–30 cm depth was significantly related to PKelowna (R2 = 0.55) and PMehlich (R2 = 0.80) in cropland, but organic P fraction was not significantly related with neither PKelowna nor PMehlich. The iron (Fe) and aluminum (Al) associated P (Fe/Al-P) explained ~50% and ~45% of the variation of PKelowna in the 0–30 cm soil in the cropland and forestland, respectively. The Fe/Al-P and organic P fractions in the 0–10 cm soil were greater in the cropland than in the forestland. The differences in availability and P forms depending on the land use type in shelterbelts suggest that P management needs to be land-use type-specific for shelterbelt systems.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC MECHANISM OF RECREATIONAL LAND USE OF ODESSA REGION

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2(64)) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
D.V. Bulysheva
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Organizational System ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Mechanism ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
Definition Of

The study examined the organizational and economic opportunities for recreational land-use in Odessa region towards ecologization of economic relations. Organizational and economic bases in the process of ecologization of recreational land use are intended to provide a mechanism for use of the respective territories, regulation of the system of forms and methods of social organization in the respective lands. Public relations on the territory of urban agglomerations represent a complex system, because they relate to organization of both material and non-material production, exchange, distribution and consumption of material goods and services, etc. In order to ensure sustainable development of the respective territories, organizational system of recreational land use should ensure existence, functioning and development of appropriate regulations, standards and guidelines for use of recreational lands of the regions. It is proved that in today's environmental and economic situation of land recreational use, there are obstacles to the sustainable development of the territory. In the situation of absence of a single organizational and economic basis and policy of system regulation in development of the entire agglomeration�s territory, functional and spatial integrity of the city and the suburban area is destroyed. The structure and definition of the organizational and economic mechanism of ecologization of recreational land use as an interconnected set of relations, principles, methods and forms of ensuring the interaction of organizational, production, financial and economic processes in the system of recreational land use, which promotes increase of competitive advantages and efficiency of development of the corresponding territories is given. The study determined that organizational and economic mechanism consists of the following components: financing, stimulation, planning, regulation, institutional and managerial support.

On-farm crop diversity for sustainability and resilience in farming - A review

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
B.M. Chittapur Doddabasawa ◽  
M. R. Umesh
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Marginal Land ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Land Use Systems ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Input Use ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Farm Crop ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Poor Management

Modern intensive monocropping system is becoming unproductive, pest ridden, loss incurring, and resource depleting and hence turning out to be untenable. Lack of discrimination in input use by farm managers and overall poor management are accelerating degradation and desertification processes, and loss of biodiversity particularly add in endangered regions. While, properly designed diverse and strategically located tree/seasonal crop based land use systems can contribute to ecologic services by mitigation land degradation, climate change and desertification, while conserving natural resources and biodiversity. Besides providing, diverse goods and services, on-farm diversity can be considered as an adoptive strategy in areas climatically and biologically vulnerable. Being a potential C sink, tree based land use systems can also mitigate negative impacts of CO2 emission. As green belt/bank these have an important role in maintaining air, water and soil quality in mining and industrial areas. The so-called cellulosic feedstocks can be grown on marginal land, enhance soil fertility by promoting the growth of various soil organisms, and provide a climate- friendly source of energy. There are plenty of underexploited but potential plant species which can find niche in the existing agroecosystems with substantial addition to total production while contributing sufficiently to ecological services. These needs to be identified and useful models are developed for specific situations.

Analysis of Ecosystem Service Values Change Using Land Use Data in Hulunbeier Grassland

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 4725-4729
Author(s):  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Yan Guo Teng ◽  
Shi Hai Lv ◽  
Dai Qing Li ◽  
Chao Yang Feng
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Field Scale ◽  
Regional Assessment ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Values Development ◽  
Historic Development

Land use change has major impact on goods and services which environment supplies for society. However, field scale monitoring schemes for ecosystem services or ecosystem values are missing, proxy based indicators can assess the historic development of ecosystem services and values. In this study, we use land use data from 2000 to 2010 to show at the example of the historic ecosystem service values development in Hulunbeier grassland. The regional assessment shows an overall trend for degradation of ecosystem service values from 2000 to 2010.

scholarly journals Ecosystem Services Provisioning, Urban Growth and the Rural–Urban Interface: A Case Study from China

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
Haiying Feng ◽  
Victor R. Squires ◽  
Jingji Wu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Urban Regions ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Rural And Urban

The rural-urban (peri-urban) interface zones are important places that generate demands for ecosystem goods and services (EG & S). Urban regions face transitions in land use that affect ecosystem services (EG & S) and thus human wellbeing. Especially in urban areas with high population densities (as in most of China) and high demand for EG & S, the future availability of such services must be considered in order to promote effective and sustainable decision making and prevent further ecosystem degradation. The challenge for local government planners and land managers is to find tools that allow relevant data to be collected and analyzed. Ideally, such tools should be able to give a rapid assessment, and not involve large teams of highly trained personnel or incur high costs. The paper reports on the development and trial of such a tool. The paper has three main parts. First, we present a brief overview of the current and developing situation in China, in relation to urbanization, population shifts and the creation of peri-urban areas (PUAs). Next, we build on insights from the literature and from discussions with village heads and county- and prefecture-level officials to develop an understanding of their needs for tools to help planning and land management within the constraints of the national policy. Lastly, a “template” was derived from our multi-method approach that provided a new technical tool for the rapid assessment of the value of EG & S in each of five land use categories. The tool embodies a way to address trade-offs between environmental, social and economic values in the transition zone between rural and urban areas. The tool was trialed in QinBei District in Guangxi Autonomous Region in south China and judged to be useful and adaptable to other rural–urban regions.

scholarly journals Kebijakan Pertanahan pada Era Masyarakat Ekonomi Asean (MEA)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
Hadi Arnowo ◽  
Djudjuk Tri Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Land Utilization ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Government ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Impact

Abstract : ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has the aims to transform ASEAN into a stable, prosperous, and highly competitive region through equitable economic development, poverty reduction and socio-economic disparities. As a consequence, since 2015, ASEAN becomes region with free trade of goods, services, investment, and skilled labor. The impact of the implementation of MEA is shown by the price and quality of goods and services that become competitive, affecting domestic products and services from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), as well as farmers. The government has sought to support SMEs and farmers through direct and indirect assistance. Land is the sector that has the most influential effect among other sectors to provoke economic growth of SMEs and farmers, because land has the function as natural resource as well as work location. To optimize this, land policies are needed to regulate land use arrangement, land asset legalization, control of land utilization and community empowerment through access reform. Asset legalization for SMEs and farmers, as well as asset legalization for infrastructures. Land use and land utilization control was implemented to optimize large-scale agricultural area by set up cooperation scheme with local people. Community empowerment was implemented through access reform, prioritized to the regions that have leading commodities or products. Keywords : competition, land use arrangement, assets legalization, land utilization, community empowermentIntisari : Pembentukan Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN (MEA) bertujuan untuk mentransformasikan ASEAN menjadi kawasan yang stabil, makmur, dan sangat kompetitif melalui ekonomi pembangunan yang adil, berkurangnya kemiskinan dan kesenjangan sosial-ekonomi. Sebagai konsekuensinya, ASEAN menjadi daerah dengan pergerakan bebas barang, jasa, investasi, tenaga kerja terampil, dan aliran modal sejak tahun 2015.Dampak pemberlakuan MEA adalah terjadinya persaingan harga dan kualitas barang dan jasa yang berpengaruh terhadap produk dan jasa domestik yang umumnya dilakukan oleh pelaku Usaha Kecil dan Menengah (UKM) dan petani. Pemerintah telah berupaya membantu pelaku UKM dan petani melalui bantuan langsung dan tidak langsung. Sektor pertanahan adalah sektor yang paling berpengaruh terhadap tumbuhnya perekonomian pelaku UKM dan petani. Hal tersebut karena tanah merupakan sumberdaya alam sekaligus ruang tempat berusaha. Agar dapat membantu pelaku UKM dan petani diperlukan langkah–langkah kebijakan pertanahan berupa penatagunaan tanah, legalisasi aset, pengendalian pemanfaatan tanah, dan pemberdayaan masyarakat melalui akses reform. Legalisasi aset bagi pelaku UKM dan petani serta legalisasi aset untuk infrastruktur. Pengendalian pemanfaatan tanah adalah untuk mengoptimalkan tanah pertanian berskala besar melalui kerjasama dengan penduduk sekitar. Pemberdayaan masyarakat dilaksanakan dengan menfasilitasi UKM dan petani untuk memperoleh akses permodalan dimana prioritas ditujukan pada lokasi–lokasi yang memiliki produk atau komoditi unggulan. Kata Kunci : kompetisi, penatagunaan tanah, legalisasi aset, pemanfaatan tanah, pemberdayaan masyarakat

Nachhaltige Land- und Forstwirtschaft im Berggebiet: das Forschungsprojekt «Mountland»

2012 ◽  
Vol 163 (12) ◽  
pp. 464-468
Author(s):  
Robert Huber ◽  
Ariane Walz ◽  
Andreas Rigling
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Mountain Regions ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
The Impact

Sustainable agriculture and forestry in mountain regions: the “Mountland” project Future climate and land-use changes are key challenges to maintain forest ecosystem goods and services especially in mountain regions. In this context, the goal of the “Mountland” project was to investigate the sensitivity of the provision of mountain ecosystem services to both climatic and land-use changes, and to suggest policies and governance structures for mitigating the impact of such changes and enhancing sustainable management practices in mountain regions. An integrative approach was applied in the project, combining methods from economics and the political and natural sciences. This introductory article of the present special issue illustrates the conceptual framework, presents the case study regions and the overall research questions of the project. This forms the basis for the five articles of this special issue which summarize the research with respect to forest ecosystems and policy.

scholarly journals Evolution récente et future des paysages sylvo-pastoraux du Jura vaudois

2012 ◽  
Vol 163 (12) ◽  
pp. 469-480
Author(s):  
Alexandre Buttler ◽  
Thomas Spiegelberger ◽  
Joël Chételat ◽  
Michael Kalbermatten ◽  
Katy Lannas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Tree Cover ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Cover Density

Recent and future evolution of the silvopastoral landscape in the Jura vaudois Land-use management in silvopastoral landscapes is particularly complex because such ecosystems depend on a subtle equilibrium in the management scheme which aims to provide various ecological goods and services such as fodder, timber and biodiversity, as well as areas for leisure and attractive scenery. In this study we investigated land-use changes in the Parc naturel régional Jura vaudois, and the changes in tree cover density in two pastures using land-use statistics and aerial photographs. A prospective modelling approach was also undertaken on one pasture to assess changes in the landscape structure under two climate scenarios. A general tendency towards segregation between closed forests and open pastures was observed. The agriculture policy has markedly influenced the dynamics of tree cover density, but this effect depended very much on the local situation, for example, the proximity of a village, which allows a better optimization of farm management. The simulation of future development of these landscapes suggests that one might expect large changes in the structure and composition of the vegetation because of climate change. In the long run, areas of high tree densities will expand, and spruce will give way to beech and pine, depending on the warming intensity. Nevertheless, adaptation to new environmental conditions for sustaining ecological goods and services will call for management measures appropriate to the intensity of climate change. Furthermore, an active adaptive management based on experimentation and innovation, as well as allowing collaboration between scientists and land managers will be required to face and mitigate the ecological problems associated with climate change.

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