scholarly journals Cropland Displacement Drives Carbon Emission of Grain Transport in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengchao Zuo ◽  
Cheng Wen ◽  
Graham Clarke ◽  
Andy Turner ◽  
Xinli Ke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Total Emission ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Policy Suggestions

Abstract Cropland displacement is a worldwide land-use phenomenon that involves replacing cropland occupied by urbanization with newly developed cropland in remote areas. Large-scale cropland displacement to some extent helps secure food supply to the growing urban population but also drives a great need for grain transport, which leads to rising energy consumption and carbon emission. Here we show a systematic evaluation of the carbon emission associated with grain transport at the prefecture-level in China in 1990 and 2015. We found that the total emission of grain transport in China more than doubled from 4.46 million-ton to 10.73 million-ton during this period. Cropland displacement contributed more than 60% of the increased carbon emission, while dietary change and population growth contributed 31.7% and 16.6%, respectively. In contrast, improvement of transport infrastructures offset 0.54 million-ton of the increased emission. Based on the research results, we provide policy suggestions on reducing grain transport carbon emission in China in terms of land use planning, grain-based value chain, as well as transport development.

Towards Protection of Scenic Resources

1980 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Dearden
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Scenic Beauty ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Visual Resource ◽  
Spiritual Resource

This essay has sought to draw together some of the reasons behind the recent upsurge in interest in the systematic evaluation of scenic beauty. It has covered a wide range of disciplines, because of the multi-faceted nature of feelings about landscape. These feelings have been synthesized into four themes representing landscape as a non-renewable resource, as a recreational resource, as a spiritual resource, and finally as a historical resource. Undoubtedly many other equally valid reasons exist as to why the visual resource of the landscape should be recognized as an important consideration in land-use planning decisions.

scholarly journals Land use planning for sustainable development of peri-urban zones

Spatium ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Zivanovic-Miljkovic ◽  
Tijana Crncevic ◽  
Igor Maric
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Population Change ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Multifunctional Agriculture ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agricultural Resources

Taking into consideration that growth of urban population has impacts on land use and that managing urban population change is one of the most important contemporary challenges, this paper deals with the sustainable development of peri-urban zones which represent important an environment where employment opportunities are developed and resources exploited (particularly agricultural resources) and environment where important recreational and leisure activities could be pursued. Within the review of current concepts and planning practices, the concepts of multifunctional agriculture and multifunctional landscapes in peri-urban zones are pointed out, as well as EU Developing Periurban Projects. The paper particularly focuses on the current situation in Serbia, where there is no specific legal basis for the planning of peri-urban areas, although there are positive examples of strategies, regulations and planning documents which treat agriculture and greenery in peri-urban zones in a sustainable manner.

Review of the effects of non-point nutrient loading on coastal ecosystems

1993 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 261 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ Gabric ◽  
PRF Bell
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Nutrient Loading ◽  
Algal Growth ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Nutrient Load ◽  
Northern Adriatic

In many coastal regions (e.g. parts of the North Sea, northern Adriatic Sea, Baltic Sea, Great Barrier Reef lagoon, wider Caribbean, coastal areas of the USA) there is large-scale, and in some cases chronic, eutrophication. In some regions, the link between eutrophication and the destruction of an ecosystem is obvious, with excessive algal growth and water-column anoxia. In other cases, particularly in more fragile ecosystems such as coral-reef and seagrass areas, the links are not so obvious, yet the impacts of eutrophication in such regions can be devastating. Eutrophication can have more insidious effects such as contributing directly to the mortality of fish, marine mammals and sea birds and indirectly to disease or death in humans owing to the accumulation of biotoxins in seafoods. Increased development and changes in land-use patterns in the coastal zone have increased the loading of diffuse or non-point nutrients. In areas subject to runoff and soil erosion, most of the nutrient load is transported in particulate form. In such cases, the loads of nutrients discharged from cropping lands are typically an order of magnitude greater than those discharged from pristine forested areas. Nutrient export from pasture lands, whether these are fertilized or not, is also significantly greater than that from pristine areas, and in many cases the total loads from such areas are far higher than those from intensively farmed areas. A reduction in nutrient discharges to coastal waters will require careful land-use planning. The importance of the particulate fraction in the nutrient load necessitates effective control of soil erosion. The hydrological and nutrient linkage between terrestrial and marine ecosystems must be emphasized. Collective management of hinterland and coastal-zone resources could initiate remediation of a serious and growing problem.

scholarly journals Agricultural land use and the sustainability of social-ecological systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Bengochea Paz ◽  
Kirsten Henderson ◽  
Michel Loreau
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Landscape Composition ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Land Conversion ◽  
Conversion Rates

AbstractAgricultural land expansion and intensification, driven by human consumption of agricultural goods, are among the major threats to environmental degradation and biodiversity conservation. Land degradation can ultimately hamper agricultural production through a decrease in ecosystem services. Thus, designing viable land use strategies is a key sustainability challenge. We develop a model describing the coupled dynamics of human demography and landscape composition, while imposing a trade-off between agricultural expansion and intensification. We model land use strategies spanning from low-intensity agriculture and high land conversion rates per person to high-intensity agriculture and low land conversion rates per person; and explore their consequences on the long-term dynamics of the coupled human-land system. We seek to characterise the strategies’ viability in the long run; and understand the mechanisms that potentially lead to large-scale land degradation and population collapse due to resource scarcity. We show that the viability of land use strategies strongly depends on the land’s intrinsic recovery rate. We also find that socio-ecological collapses occur when agricultural intensification is not accompanied by a sufficient decrease in land conversion. Based on these findings we stress the dangers of naive land use planning and the importance of precautionary behaviour for land use management.

Land-Use Planning and the Housing Market in Britain: The Impact on Housebuilding and House Prices

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1021-1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Bramley
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
House Prices ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Variable Function ◽  
Planning Function ◽  
Private Housing ◽  
The Impact

The impact of the British style of land-use planning upon the outcomes of private housing development and the housing market is examined. A unique cross-sectional database is constructed, and the medium-term elasticity of new housebuilding supply is estimated as a locally variable function of prices, costs, and land supply, with an explicit planning function. The model developed enables quantified projections to be made of the effect of specified changes in planning policy. The policy changes examined include large-scale increases in the volume of land released, changes in the mix of land released, and the use of planning agreements to pay for infrastructure or social housing.

Large-scale soil maps and a supplementary database for land use planning in Estonia

2003 ◽  
Vol 166 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loit Reintam ◽  
Ain Kull ◽  
Hannes Palang ◽  
Igna Rooma
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Soil Maps

scholarly journals Drivers of Land Use Conflicts in Infrastructural Mega Projects in Coastal Areas: A Case Study of Patimban Seaport, Indonesia

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 615
Author(s):  
Roni Susman ◽  
Annelie Maja. Gütte ◽  
Thomas Weith
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Market Failure ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Coastal Development ◽  
Project Governance ◽  
Land Use Conflicts ◽  
Planning Processes

Coastal areas are particularly sensitive because they are complex, and related land use conflicts are more intense than those in noncoastal areas. In addition to representing a unique encounter of natural and socioeconomic factors, coastal areas have become paradigms of progressive urbanisation and economic development. Our study of the infrastructural mega project of Patimban Seaport in Indonesia explores the factors driving land use changes and the subsequent land use conflicts emerging from large-scale land transformation in the course of seaport development and mega project governance. We utilised interviews and questionnaires to investigate institutional aspects and conflict drivers. Specifically, we retrace and investigate the mechanisms guiding how mega project governance, land use planning, and actual land use interact. Therefore, we observe and analyse where land use conflicts emerge and the roles that a lack of stakeholder interest involvement and tenure-responsive planning take in this process. Our findings reflect how mismanagement and inadequate planning processes lead to market failure, land abandonment and dereliction and how they overburden local communities with the costs of mega projects. Enforcing a stronger coherence between land use planning, participation and land tenure within the land governance process in coastal land use development at all levels and raising the capacity of stakeholders to interfere with governance and planning processes will reduce conflicts and lead to sustainable coastal development in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Land Use Land Cover Changes and Their Impact on the Lake Ecosystem of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyasu Elias ◽  
Weldemariam Seifu Gessesew ◽  
Bereket Tesfaye ◽  
Wondewosen Girmay
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Lake Ecosystem ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Lulc Changes

LULC changes are major environmental challenges in many parts of the world which are adversely affecting ecosystem services. This study was aimed to analyze LULC changes in the ecological landscape of Ethiopia CRV areas from 1985 to 2015. Satellite images were accessed and pre-processing and classification is done. Major LULC types were detected and change analysis was executed. Nine LULC changes were successfully evaluated. The classification result revealed that in 1985, 44.34% of the land was covered with small scale farming followed by mixed cultivated/acacia (21.89%), open woodland (11.96%), and water bodies (9.77%). Whereas for the same study year open grazing land, forest, degraded savannah and settlements accounted the smallest proportion. Though the area varied among land use classes, the trend of share occupied by the LULC types in the study area remained the same in 1995 and 2015. Increase in small and large scale farming, settlements and mixed cultivation/acacia while a decrease in water bodies, forest, and open woodlands is noted. About 86.11% of the land showed major changes in land use/cover. Lastly, DPSIR framework analysis was done and integrated land use and development planning and policy reform are suggested for sustainable land use planning and management.

scholarly journals Analysis Of Carbon Emission Level on Merauke Regency Land Cover

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 08013
Author(s):  
Yus Untarf ◽  
Witdarko ◽  
Sembiring Jefri
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Unit Area ◽  
Emission Level ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
Land Cover Map

This research is aimed to know level of carbon emission from land cover change in Merauke Regency. The data are historical baseline which is land cover map time series of 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2014, also zoning plan of Merauke Regency in 2010-2030. Furthermore, the data are processed with software LUMENS (land use planning for low emission development strategy). The result is presented descriptively. From the result, it can be concluded that based on analysis of carbon emission level in 1990 - 2000, it is found 1948773.523 Ton CO2/year with emission level per unit area in amount of 0.421 Ton CO2eq/ha.year; observation in 2000 - 2005 found emission level in amount of 6151442.314 Ton CO2/year with emission per unit area 1.336 Ton CO2eq/ha.year; observation in 2005 - 2010 found emission level per year in amount of 41386219.77 Ton CO2/year and emission level per unit area in amount of 9.4 Ton CO2eq/ha.year; meanwhile, Merauke Regency's emission level in 2010 - 2014 is 61816894.268 Ton CO2/year with emission level per unit area in amount of 13.928 Ton CO2eq/ha.year.

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