Analysis of the Policy Effectiveness of the Incentive Policy for Resolving Locally Unwanted Land Use (LULU) Facility Location Conflicts in: A Focus on Nuclear Regional Support Policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-167
Author(s):  
Geun-sik Kim ◽  
Sun-woo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Facility Location ◽  
Policy Effectiveness ◽  
Incentive Policy ◽  
Support Policy

Embedding Biodiversity Modelling in the Policy Process

2011 ◽  
pp. 388-401
Author(s):  
Nguyen Dieu Trinh ◽  
Wilbert van Rooij
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
National Level ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Standard Tool ◽  
Support Policy

Biodiversity modeling for supporting policy processes is a relatively new field. Models can help policy makers to get a quick assessment of biodiversity and provide them with answers to some of their key questions on biodiversity. Models also allow them to evaluate the effects of proposed environmental policies on biodiversity and whether the policies are likely to meet their environmental targets and thus allow policies to be revised accordingly to meet the targets. In order to use modeling as a standard tool to support policy makers, it should be embedded in a policy process. The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is such a process that is well suited to include biodiversity modeling. Besides, it is forward-looking, has proper scale and timing components, and it needs an integrated approach to link social consequences on land use change and impacts on biodiversity. The modeled impacts on biodiversity can be used in SEA to guide the decision process. The results of the GLOBIO3 application at national level in Vietnam were considered useful for policymakers; however, the tools are not yet properly embedded in a policy context requiring number of conditions to be met to deliver appropriate information to the policy makers.

scholarly journals Sustainable Zoning, Land-Use Allocation and Facility Location Optimisation in Smart Cities

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Hammad ◽  
Ali Akbarnezhad ◽  
Assed Haddad ◽  
Elaine Vazquez
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Facility Location ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Land Use Allocation ◽  
Underlying Network ◽  
Mathematical Optimisation ◽  
The Impact

Many cities around the world are facing immense pressure due to the expediting growth rates in urban population levels. The notion of ‘smart cities’ has been proposed as a solution to enhance the sustainability of cities through effective urban management of governance, energy and transportation. The research presented herein examines the applicability of a mathematical framework to enhance the sustainability of decisions involved in zoning, land-use allocation and facility location within smart cities. In particular, a mathematical optimisation framework is proposed, which links through with other platforms in city settings, for optimising the zoning, land-use allocation, location of new buildings and the investment decisions made regarding infrastructure works in smart cities. Multiple objective functions are formulated to optimise social, economic and environmental considerations in the urban space. The impact on underlying traffic of location choices made for the newly introduced buildings is accounted for through optimised assignment of traffic to the underlying network. A case example on urban planning and infrastructure development within a smart city is used to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method.

A Case of Using Property Rights to Manage Natural Resources

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ann Brower
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Principal Agent ◽  
Policy Effectiveness ◽  
Reform Policy ◽  
The Law ◽  
Good Policy

This article presents a case of using property rights to govern land use in the high country of New Zealand's South Island. It tells the story of a land reform policy and its implementation over two decades, through changes in rules and governing parties. It observes land reform outcomes that are surprisingly favourable to pastoral leaseholders, and surprisingly unfavourable to the Crown. It then explores several possible explanations, including the logic of collective action, bargaining dynamics, principal-agent problems, and ideas of ownership. It concludes that John Locke's labour theory of property holds sway in New Zealand's land reform, despite what the law prescribes. This raises questions about whether using property rights to manage land use meets the ‘3Es’ of good policy: effectiveness, efficiency, and equity.

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