scholarly journals Innovative Approaches, Tools and Visualization Techniques for Analysing Land Use Structures and Dynamics of Cities and Regions (Editorial)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hecht ◽  
Martin Behnisch ◽  
Hendrik Herold
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
Planning Decision ◽  
Land Use Development ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Visualization Techniques ◽  
Development And Management ◽  
Innovative Approaches

AbstractGeospatial analysis and visualisation can be used to gain knowledge about land use structure and its changes on different spatial scales, which in turn is key to unlock the potential for sustainable land use development. This editorial provides a frame to a set of papers of the topical collection “Innovative approaches, tools and visualization techniques for analyzing land use structures and dynamics of cities and regions”, which was initiated in conjunction with the 2017 International Land Use Symposium taken place in Dresden, Germany. It first introduces current, urging land use, development and management challenges. Further on, the editorial presents the individual contributions and reflects their affiliation to the themes “Mapping and Monitoring Approaches” and “Planning, Decision Support and Participation”. Although the objectives, methods and underlying data used in the papers of this topical collection greatly vary, as pieces of a puzzle they contribute to a better analysis and understanding of current and future land use structures and dynamics of cities and regions.

Special issue: Environmental risk mitigation for sustainable land use development

2020 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 104488
Author(s):  
Hossein Azadi ◽  
Dacinia Crina Petrescu ◽  
Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag ◽  
Alexandru Ozunu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Land Use Development

scholarly journals Use of capital fertiliser and lime to improve pasture production in Northland

1995 ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
M.B. O'Connor ◽  
B.J. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Soil Test ◽  
Pasture Production ◽  
Hill Country ◽  
Production Improvement ◽  
Current Economic Situation ◽  
Productive Potential ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Farm

Previous research in Northland identified the requirements for phosphate and lime in pasture development. Large capital inputs were necessary (1.8-2.0 t superphosphate and 2.5-5 t lime/ha in the first 12-18 months). More recently (1990-1993) three trials have been conducted on typical unimproved or improved hill country pasture in Northland to investigate lime (rates and frequencies) and phosphate (rates and forms) requirements. Results show that capital inputs of both fertiliser and lime are still very necessary in Northland. Marked responses occurred in the trials, with an average 40% increase to P and 16% increase to lime. The need for a soluble fertiliser like superphosphate was highlighted. In practice the aim must be to get as much of the potentially high producing land as possible into the soil test ranges for maximising pasture production. Improvement programmes need to be tailored to the individual farm. In dairying, improvement programmes can be completed relatively quickly (l-2 years) given the current economic situation, but in hill country the programme must of necessity be longer term (4-5 years). Emphasis must first be on developing the land with the highest potential. In time, areas with lower productive potential can also be considered for improvement, although alternative sustainable land use options should also be considered. Keywords: capital inputs, fertilisers, lime, optimum soil tests, phosphate, soil fertility

scholarly journals The Legal, Administrative, and Governance Frameworks of Spatial Policy, Planning, and Land Use: Interdependencies, Barriers, and Directions of Change

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1119
Author(s):  
Maciej Nowak ◽  
Giancarlo Cotella ◽  
Przemysław Śleszyński
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Editorial Introduction ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Spatial Policy ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Spatial Governance

The article provides an overview of the legal and administrative aspects of spatial governance and planning and of the related challenges. The legal dimension of spatial planning, administrative spatial planning traditions, as well as different frameworks and conditions for the governance of territorial regions are briefly introduced. On this basis, the various contributions that compose the special issue are framed and presented to the readers. In conclusion, a number of directions for further research are identified. Overall, the article serves as an editorial introduction and the various issues it touches upon are further specified in the individual contributions the compose the special issue.

scholarly journals Integrating Insights from Social-Ecological Interactions into Sustainable Land Use Change Scenarios for Small Islands in the Western Indian Ocean

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Jo Stormes Newman ◽  
Claudia Capitani ◽  
Colin Courtney-Mustaphi ◽  
Jessica Paula Rose Thorn ◽  
Rebecca Kariuki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
Local Livelihoods

Small islands are vulnerable to the synergistic effects of climate change and anthropogenic disturbances due to the fact of their small area, geographical isolation, responsive ecologies, rapidly growing and developing populations and exposure to sea level and climate change. These changes exert pressures on ecosystem services, such as the provisioning of resources, and therefore threaten the sustainability of livelihoods. We reviewed key sustainability and livelihoods literature to bring together concepts of environmental livelihood resilience and stability across temporal and spatial scales and integrated them to produce a new conceptual framework for dynamic environmental livelihood sustainability (DESL). This framework aims to facilitate the incorporation of local community perspectives into water, energy and food nexus thinking about sustainable land use to support local livelihoods. Finally, we provide insights from this case study to evaluate the effectiveness of the DESL framework in addressing gaps in existing frameworks. We suggest this framing provides a mechanism for enhancing the agency of communities to produce more cohesive and inclusive land use management plans that can lead to enhanced environmental sustainability pathways.

PROBLEMS OF REGIONAL LAND MANAGEMENT AFFECTING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF LAND USEDEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
O.S. Lazareva ◽  
◽  
A.A. Artemyev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
Land Use Development ◽  
Quantitative Changes ◽  
Regional Land

The article deals with organizational and economic problems of land management and land use in modern economic conditions. Qualitative and quantitative changes in the land Fund under the conditions of formation of a multi-layered economy are studied on the example of the Tver region. The most significant problems of land management at the state and regional level in the context of sustainable land use development are identified and specified, and directions for their solution are proposed.

scholarly journals CONSERVATION WITH DEVELOPMENT: SHOWCASING LANGKAWI GEOPARK

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halimaton Saadiah Hashim ◽  
Sarah Aziz ◽  
Rahimah Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Conservation Education ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Conservation And Development ◽  
Land Use Development ◽  
Main Support

Debates on whether conservation and development can be integrated have been going on for decades. Economists argue that the economy is the main support of the human race; conservationists argue that without sustainable natural and human resources, economic activities cannot be sustained; humanists argue that culture and history are necessary to sustain a community’s identity and continued existence. This article argues that conservation and development can be integrated through sustainable development. Land use planning is identified as the integrating process while sustainable land use development is the manifestation of integrated conservation and development. The geopark concept, developed by the Global Geopark Network (GGN), and endorsed by the United Nations Economic and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which promotes conservation, education and sustainable development, is accepted as a concept which conserves natural and cultural heritage while enhancing socio-economic development for the sustainable wellbeing of the local population. Langkawi Geopark is an example of such integration.

scholarly journals CONSERVATION WITH DEVELOPMENT: SHOWCASING LANGKAWI GEOPARK

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halimaton Saadiah Hashim ◽  
Sarah Aziz ◽  
Rahimah Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Conservation Education ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Conservation And Development ◽  
Land Use Development ◽  
Main Support

Debates on whether conservation and development can be integrated have been going on for decades. Economists argue that the economy is the main support of the human race; conservationists argue that without sustainable natural and human resources, economic activities cannot be sustained; humanists argue that culture and history are necessary to sustain a community’s identity and continued existence. This article argues that conservation and development can be integrated through sustainable development. Land use planning is identified as the integrating process while sustainable land use development is the manifestation of integrated conservation and development. The geopark concept, developed by the Global Geopark Network (GGN), and endorsed by the United Nations Economic and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which promotes conservation, education and sustainable development, is accepted as a concept which conserves natural and cultural heritage while enhancing socio-economic development for the sustainable wellbeing of the local population. Langkawi Geopark is an example of such integration.

scholarly journals Quantifying the Individual Contributions of Climate Change, Dam Construction, and Land Use/Land Cover Change to Hydrological Drought in a Marshy River

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Qi ◽  
Y. Jun Xu ◽  
Guodong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Hydrological Drought ◽  
Dam Construction ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Lulc Change ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
Reservoir Construction ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Hydrological Droughts

Hydrological drought for marshy rivers is poorly characterized and understood. Our inability to quantify hydrological drought in marshy river environments stems from the lack of understanding how wetland loss in a river basin could potentially change watershed structure, attenuation, storage, and flow characteristics. In this study, hydrological drought in a marshy river in far Northeast China at a higher latitude was assessed with a streamflow drought index (SDI). A deterministic, lumped, and conceptual Rainfall–Runoff model, the NAM (Nedbor Afstromnings Model), was used to quantify the individual contributions of climate change, land use/land cover (LULC) change, and river engineering to hydrological drought. We found that in the last five decades, the frequency of hydrological droughts has been 55% without considering LULC change and reservoir construction in this wetland-abundant area. The frequency of hydrological drought increased by 8% due to land use change and by 19% when considering both the impacts of LULC change and a reservoir construction (the Longtouqiao Reservoir). In addition to the more frequent occurrence of hydrological droughts, human activities have also increased drought intensity. These findings suggest that LULC and precipitation changes play a key role in hydrological drought, and that the effect can be significantly modified by a river dam construction.

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