scholarly journals How Sustainable Are Land Use Tools? A Europe-Wide Typological Investigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alys Solly ◽  
Erblin Berisha ◽  
Giancarlo Cotella ◽  
Umberto Janin Rivolin
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
European Countries ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Sustainable Urbanization ◽  
Land Use Dynamics ◽  
Governance Tools ◽  
Spatial Governance ◽  
Land Use Practices

Sustainable land use depends on both the socio-economic processes that trigger spatial development and the effectiveness of spatial governance tools that aim to regulate these processes. The ESPON Sustainable Urbanization and land-use Practices in European Regions (SUPER) research project aims to analyze the main land-use dynamics in Europe, looking at and comparing the interventions implemented in the various countries in order to promote sustainability. In particular, a sample of 227 interventions was chosen from a total of 39 European countries. This paper analyzes them on the basis of four different variables: (i) the scale at which the interventions are conceived; (ii) the type of territories subject to them; (iii) the type of interventions; (iv) the type of instruments behind these interventions. On this basis, it develops a number of considerations concerning the effectiveness of the interventions implemented in Europe to promote more sustainable use of land.

scholarly journals Towards Sustainable Urbanization. Learning from What’s Out There

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 356
Author(s):  
Alys Solly ◽  
Erblin Berisha ◽  
Giancarlo Cotella
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
European Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Sustainable Urbanization ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Incremental Recognition ◽  
Land Use Practices

The incremental recognition of the importance of land as a finite resource has led to the adoption and implementation of an increasing number of sustainable land use practices in European cities and regions. This paper reflects on these experiences, building on the evidence collected in the framework of the ESPON SUPER pan-European research project. In particular, the authors look at the project’s database, which includes 235 examples of sustainable urbanization interventions gathered from all around Europe. In doing so, they reflect on the outcomes of these interventions, focusing on both their scope and objectives and the types of instruments that were adopted in their implementation. The objective of this contribution is to critically analyze the rich set of practices collected throughout the project and to provide guidance for decision and policy makers aiming at promoting a more sustainable use of land. In this light, it suggests a number of recommendations and warnings, bearing in mind that no “right instruments” or “right targets” exist that could prove successful for all European cities and regions.

scholarly journals Archaeopedological analysis of colluvial deposits in favourable and unfavourable areas: reconstruction of land use dynamics in SW Germany

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 171624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Henkner ◽  
Jan Ahlrichs ◽  
Sean Downey ◽  
Markus Fuchs ◽  
Bruce James ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Black Forest ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Land Use Dynamics ◽  
Early Modern Times ◽  
The Middle Ages

Colluvial deposits, as the correlate sediments of human-induced soil erosion, depict an excellent archive of land use and landscape history as indicators of human–environment interactions. This study establishes a chronostratigraphy of colluvial deposits and reconstructs past land use dynamics in the Swabian Jura, the Baar and the Black Forest in SW Germany. In the agriculturally favourable Baar area multiple main phases of colluvial deposition, and thus intensified land use, can be identified from the Neolithic to the Modern times. In the unfavourable Swabian Jura increased colluvial deposition began later compared to the more favourable areas in the Baar. The same holds true for the unfavourable areas of the Black Forest, but intensified land use can only be reconstructed for the Middle Ages and Early Modern times instead of for the Bronze and Iron Age as in the Swabian Jura. Land use intensity and settlement dynamics represented by thick, multilayered colluvial deposits increase in the Baar and the Black Forest during the Middle Ages. In between those phases of geomorphodynamic activity and colluviation, stable phases occur, interpreted as phases with sustainable land use or without human presence.

Conceptual Model for the Evaluation and Optimization of Sustainable Land Use

2013 ◽  
Vol 718-720 ◽  
pp. 327-332
Author(s):  
Dao Xin Liu ◽  
Lu Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Land Resources ◽  
Environment Protection ◽  
Sustainability Evaluation ◽  
Farmland Conservation ◽  
Development And Environment

Sustainable land use plays a vital role in the process of regional development. To pursuit the sustainable use of land resources will be the effective approach to address the conflictions among farmland conservation, social development and environment protection. This paper reviewed the relevant research and studies on the field of sustainable land use including its various definitions, the sustainability evaluation and optimization of land resources, got some conclusions about the prospects in the study on sustainable land use and finally addressed the conceptual model for evaluating and optimizing sustainable land use.

Land Use Planning and Management in Tank Cascade Environment of Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
pp. 310-329
Author(s):  
Muditha Prasannajith Perera ◽  
K. W. G. Rekha Nianthi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Irrigation Canal ◽  
Land Utilization ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Agricultural Community ◽  
Dry Zone ◽  
Land Use Practices

The Tank Cascade System is one of the unique and socially accepted land-use practices in the dry zone of Sri Lanka which has evolved since 600 B.C. The small tank builders of the historical period had a profound and unified understanding of the natural resources, regional landscape, landforms, and hydrology. Tanks and irrigation canal systems, environmental zoning, forest reservations, agro-well-based land utilization, land-sharing system (Bethma), traditional soil conservation measures have been still maintaining well in some rural areas in the dry zone. Newly developed agro-well-based agro-forestry systems and some participatory techniques are also counted as few of sustainable land-use practices. This study has provided many valuable lessons of land use planning and management from the ancient hydraulic civilization and proving that the ancient system is still appropriate for the dry zone agricultural community rather than inadequately coordinated modern efforts of land use practices.

scholarly journals Reflecting on an Integrated Approach for Transport and Spatial Planning as a Pathway to Sustainable Urbanization

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 10218
Author(s):  
Juhyun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Social Outcomes ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Sustainable Urbanization ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Restrictive Measures

An integrated approach to transport and spatial development has been promoted over the past decades not only in North America and Europe but also in rapidly growing cities in Asia as a means to achieve sustainable urbanization. Some fundamental issues are yet to be discussed. To what extent does land use and transport integration (LUTI) meet its goals including triggering sustainable land use and enhancing environmental quality? What are the key barriers and opportunities to achieving broader social outcomes such as wellbeing of local populations? This paper critically reflects on LUTI planning and practice in rapidly developing cities with focus on ongoing challenges and opportunities to facilitating sustainable urban development. It points out that without establishing institutional harmonization between spatial and transport planning, LUTI policies are hardly implemented, thus rarely resulting in effective and sustainable land use. Moreover, enhancing the social outcomes by an integrated planning approach requires development control that facilitates various actors to embed quality criteria in development around nodes. Balancing development incentives and restrictive measures for development is critical. Finally, to facilitate sustainable outcomes across varied localities in cities, bottom-up and top-down planning approaches need to be reconciled through the strategic and operational phase of transport projects.

Forcing Germany's renewable energy targets by increased energy crop production: A challenge for regulation to secure sustainable land use practices

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 296-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerd Lupp ◽  
Reimund Steinhäußer ◽  
Anja Starick ◽  
Moritz Gies ◽  
Olaf Bastian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Energy Crop ◽  
Land Use Practices

scholarly journals Spatial Prediction of Erosion Risk of a Small Mountainous Watershed Using RUSLE: A Case-Study of the Palar Sub-Watershed in Kodaikanal, South India

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelin Sujatha ◽  
Venkataramana Sridhar
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Soil Loss ◽  
Spatial Prediction ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Land Use Practices ◽  
Soil Loss Equation

An erosion model using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) equation derived from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Global Digital Elevation Model (ASTER G-DEM) and LANDSAT 8 is presented in the study. This model can be a cost-effective, quick and less labor-intensive tool for assessing erosion in small watersheds. It can also act as a vital input for the primary assessment of environmental degradation in the region, and can aid the formulation of watershed development planning strategies. The Palar River, which drains into Shanmukha Nadi, is a small mountain watershed. The town of Kodaikanal, a popular tourist attraction in Tamilnadu, forms part of this sub-watershed. This quaint, hill-town has been subjected to intense urbanization and exhaustive changes in its land use practices for the past decade. The consequence of this change is manifested in the intense environmental degradation of the region, which results in problems such as increased numbers of landslides, intense soil erosion, forest fires and land degradation. The nature of the terrain, high precipitation, and intense agriculture exponentially increase the rate of soil erosion. Spatial prediction of soil erosion is thereby a valuable and mandatory tool for sustainable land use practices and economic development of the region. A comprehensive methodology is employed to predict the spatial variation of soil erosion using the revised soil loss equation in a geographic information system (GIS) platform. The soil erosion susceptibility map shows a maximum annual soil loss of 3345 Mg·ha−1·y−1, which correlates with scrub forests, degraded forests, steep slopes, high drainage density and shifting cultivation practices. The erosion map shows that the central region is subjected to intense erosion while the inhabited southern part is less prone to erosion. A small patch of severe soil loss is also visible on the eastern part of the northern fringe. About 4% of the sub-watershed is severely affected by soil erosion and 18% falls within a moderate erosion zone. The growing demand for land and infrastructure development forces the shift of urbanization and agriculture to these less-managed spaces. In light of this scenario, the spatial distribution of erosion combined with terrain and hydro-morphometry can aid in sustainable development and promote healthy land use practices in the region.

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