Pub Date : 2024-09-28DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107372
Xiaoxi Yang , Dansha Zhang , Tajul Ariffin Masron
Amidst the intensification of global warming concerns, addressing climate change has become an urgent imperative, with carbon dioxide emissions standing as the primary driver of the greenhouse effect. This study delves into the relationship between smart city development and carbon emissions in China, leveraging panel data spanning 2012–2021 across 31 provincial units for empirical analysis. The study posits a negative correlation between smart city construction and carbon emissions. To comprehensively gauge the level of smart city development, a weighted evaluation index was constructed using the panel entropy weighting-topsis method. Employing fixed effects, random effects, high-dimensional fixed effects, and two-step system GMM models, the study aims to comprehensively assess the impact of smart city construction levels on carbon emissions. Results reveal that heightened smart city construction levels coincide with reduced carbon emissions, thus substantiating the research hypothesis.
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Plantation in riverine sandbars offers an excellent opportunity for restoration of ecosystem with a vast potential for enhancing carbon stock. Afforestation on barren islands is challenging task; however, Padmashree Jadav Payeng has single-handedly transformed a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra into a forested landscape in India’s northeastern state of Assam. Such inspiring initiative needs more attention in terms of scientific assessment to quantify ecosystem value and services that can be enriched through such activities. This study uses remote sensing data viz., Landsat4–5TM and Sentinel 2 A data to provide a detailed information on spatio-temporal variability of land use land cover of study region from 1990 to 2021. It aims to conduct a scientific and systematic assessment of biophysical changes that have occurred in the sandbars, understand the status of afforestation, and evaluate the current levels of aboveground biomass (AGB), belowground biomass (BGB), and carbon stock in the selected sandbars. The spatial distribution of AGB, BGB and carbon stock is derived using linear regression model between SAR backscatter and field-based AGB. The results demonstrate that forest cover increased by 31.92 % and sandbar area is reduced by 26.87 % from 1990 to 2021. Spatially derived AGB ranges from 9 to 1295.89 Mg per ha, BGB from 2.35 to 290.50 Mg per ha and carbon stock from 6.18 to 763.34 Mg per ha. Ficus religiosa exhibits a high biomass, ranging from 564.7 Mg per ha to 994.7 Mg per ha, and a high carbon stock, ranging from 8 to 557.30 Mg per ha, attributed to its larger diameter at breast height (DBH). Moreover, phytosociological assessment was conducted for the studied forest, which reveal a total tree species richness of 79. The forest exhibits a total tree density of 395 individuals per hectare. Different biodiversity indices provide a comprehensive understanding of species composition; where results show a Shannon diversity index of 2.81, a Simpson's index of 0.08, a Menhinick's richness index of 2.7, and a Margalef's richness index of 5.26. The article provides detailed information on change in forest cover and present status of AGB, BGB and Carbon stock, providing evidence-based narratives on ecosystem restoration. The initiative by a single person has created a forested landscape and habitat for a large number of wild animals, contributing to better carbon stock and a healthier ecosystem. With regard to the current debate of carbon market, the study suggests the need of instrumentalization of carbon credits for such restoration activities to encourage increase in carbon stock. It also concludes that in-depth research should be taken up on long-term effectiveness of such plantation activities and the potential for scaling up these initiatives for ecosystem restoration in view of climate change mitigation and sustainable forest development.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-23DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107364
Gwili E.M. Gibbon , Martin Dallimer , Hassan Golo , Humphrey Munene , Charlene A. Wandera , Monda N. Edson , Jane C. Gachura , Tim Hobbs , Festus Ihwagi , Stephen R. Ikhamati , Samson K. Ikiara , David Kimathi , Francis B. Lenyakopiro , James M. Mwamodenyi , John Mwiti , Rachael Mundia , Justuce Mureithi , Godfrey Mwogora , Priscilla K. Ndiira , Redempta Njeri , Zoe G. Davies
The need for targeted restoration in regions where ecosystem integrity has become compromised is now widely recognised. Local community views, alongside those of other stakeholders, should be incorporated into transparent decision-making to ensure conservation/restoration activities are successful. We used a structured decision-making approach, working with stakeholders and local communities, to pose and answer the following question for Kenya’s Central Highlands: “what future land-use options [2030] are feasible for the study region, which is most preferable, how does this vary between different stakeholder groups, and what values drive these preferences?”. We engaged with 51 individuals from six stakeholder groups (Big Farms, Conservationists, Counties, Forest Users, Pastoralists, Smallholders). As individuals, the stakeholders held significantly different values for provisioning, cultural, regulation and maintenance ecosystem services. However, following consensus-building activities within the six groups, shared values and perspectives emerged. The future land-use option of habitat conservation/restoration was preferred by the majority of stakeholder groups, although one (Big Farms) favoured increased plantation forestry. Water resource management was also prioritised consistently. By using structured decision-making, we demonstrate that ecosystem restoration is compatible with the views and values of smallholders and forest users, as well as those with a direct interest in conservation. Structured decision-making processes can facilitate stakeholders with disparate views to work towards a consensus regarding future land-use options, aiding environmental planning and implementation.
{"title":"Structured decision-making shows broad support from diverse stakeholders for habitat conservation and restoration in Kenya’s Central Highlands","authors":"Gwili E.M. Gibbon , Martin Dallimer , Hassan Golo , Humphrey Munene , Charlene A. Wandera , Monda N. Edson , Jane C. Gachura , Tim Hobbs , Festus Ihwagi , Stephen R. Ikhamati , Samson K. Ikiara , David Kimathi , Francis B. Lenyakopiro , James M. Mwamodenyi , John Mwiti , Rachael Mundia , Justuce Mureithi , Godfrey Mwogora , Priscilla K. Ndiira , Redempta Njeri , Zoe G. Davies","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107364","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107364","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The need for targeted restoration in regions where ecosystem integrity has become compromised is now widely recognised. Local community views, alongside those of other stakeholders, should be incorporated into transparent decision-making to ensure conservation/restoration activities are successful. We used a structured decision-making approach, working with stakeholders and local communities, to pose and answer the following question for Kenya’s Central Highlands: “<em>what future land-use options</em> [2030] <em>are feasible for the study region, which is most preferable, how does this vary between different stakeholder groups, and what values drive these preferences?</em>”. We engaged with 51 individuals from six stakeholder groups (<em>Big Farms</em>, <em>Conservationists</em>, <em>Counties</em>, <em>Forest Users</em>, <em>Pastoralists</em>, <em>Smallholders</em>). As individuals, the stakeholders held significantly different values for provisioning, cultural, regulation and maintenance ecosystem services. However, following consensus-building activities within the six groups, shared values and perspectives emerged. The future land-use option of habitat conservation/restoration was preferred by the majority of stakeholder groups, although one (<em>Big Farms</em>) favoured increased plantation forestry. Water resource management was also prioritised consistently. By using structured decision-making, we demonstrate that ecosystem restoration is compatible with the views and values of smallholders and forest users, as well as those with a direct interest in conservation. Structured decision-making processes can facilitate stakeholders with disparate views to work towards a consensus regarding future land-use options, aiding environmental planning and implementation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"147 ","pages":"Article 107364"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026483772400317X/pdfft?md5=b6d35e76a2d2d03c59ba75f3f940bbac&pid=1-s2.0-S026483772400317X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142311510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-22DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107362
Wenjing Han , Zhengfeng Zhang , Xiaoling Zhang
Farmland rental participation is a family collective decision, which would lead to gender-differentiated effects on men's and women's labor input in different livelihood activities. Instead of setting rural household as a unified decision-making unit, this study regards household farmland rental behavior as a collective economic decision. By employing household production theory, we try to develop a novel theoretical framework to analyze the influence of farmland rental behavior on gendered labor division and individual livelihood strategy at the intra-household level. Using a case survey data collected in rural China, we empirically investigate how household farmland rental behavior affects male and female farmers’ labor input changes and their livelihood strategies. We found that households engaged in farmland rental would adjust the labor division process and have a gender-differentiated influence on individual farmers’ livelihood strategy engagement. Household farmland rental participation would stimulate rural women's off-farm productivity and promote the equality of gender interest pattern in rural areas.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-21DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107369
Li Zhang , Hongyu Liu , Xiaoling Zhang
Green housing plays a crucial role in advancing sustainable land use and urban development. The evident paradox of the sluggish diffusion of cost-effective green housing has garnered growing attention. This study introduces a Use-Purchase-Supply (U-P-S) model to unveil the "black box" of this paradox and develops a simulation model to quantify the diffusion dynamics of green housing based on the classic "epidemic model". Using China as a case for simulation, the model identifies key drivers, with a specific focus on the impact of density bonuses. The results reveal that lower-rated green housing can proliferate independently, whereas higher-rated green housing development hinges on policy instruments for market traction. Density bonuses demonstrate to be as potent as the reduction of green incremental costs, which is the paramount driver of green housing diffusion. Furthermore, this study extends its insights globally by contrasting core parameters across countries. The U-P-S model enhances the theoretical lens of "how to diffuse sustainability" and functions as a "policy laboratory" for simulating and evaluating the effects of various policy measures on green housing diffusion.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-21DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107367
Kanchan Sen Sharma, V. Jothiprakash
The study is based on the articles published in the leading news websites on land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement (LARR) in India and highlights the need of proper structuring and streamlining of the reportage. The study reveals how most news articles reporting the plights of the people fail to uncover their long term issues like degradation of living conditions at the resettlement site, livelihood loss, negative social impacts, and disregard of gendered issues. This paper contains a quantitative and qualitative thematic analysis of media articles published on the subject of LARR in India over the span of five years. The study derives how media has made conscious efforts to report in support of affected people by mentioning the compensation and land losses they face. However, the desired effect is hindered by lack of consideration of existing imbalance in power dynamics and reporting according to it.
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At the crossroads of spatial planning and agriculture, this article explores how planning practices impact on-farm diversification strategies in peri-urban Mediterranean France. It focuses on farm building permit applications, statistically analyzing a database of 860 buildings applied for and interviewing local authorities and farmers’ representatives. Results show the large proportion of applications related to reterritorialization of food systems, development of recreational activities, and production of green energy. These on-farm diversification trends highlight the transformation of peri-urban areas from a natural or agricultural landscape into a multifunctional landscape, posing several planning challenges. Planners don’t know how to assess whether a new building is really essential for farming, or to find the right trade-offs to support farming dynamics while limiting soil sealing. Their assessment criteria generally favor large, full-time, and economically viable farms. Comparing two provinces’ planning practices, we observe significant differences in interpretation of national law, with incoherent or unharmonized criteria applied especially when assessing professional farming activities, new dwellings, and solar energy projects. We also highlight two potential obstacles to farmers’ generational renewal and agroecological or food transitions: i) lack of transparency regarding the rules and the decision-making processes behind building permit assessment, and ii) the frequent rejection of applications for multi-purpose premises and lightweight, mobile, or dismantlable structures. Such results point to the role of planners in transforming peri-urban landscapes and the need for more consistent regulation of new farm buildings, supporting and not hindering farm adaptation strategies and the multifunctionality of peri-urban areas.
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Rivers function as natural settings, bringing people together with various activities in the surrounding area. While the literature has overlooked the emotional values and wellbeing connection associated with rivers, knowing how the rivers are perceived by visitors and how the use of rivers has changed during the pandemic can assist decision-making for land use policies and planning. On the other hand, social media, assisting in articulating visitation patterns and moods proximate to the river, provides unprecedented insight to better macro- manage these areas. In this study, we employed Machine Learning to conduct a content analysis for rivers of Poland to expose User-Generated Content (UGC) through the visitors’ lens. We aim at understanding an essential cultural hegemony, the patterns of visits, and the moods of visitors. We further compared the results with the Covid-19 daily infections. The findings suggest an increased pressure on rivers during the pandemic, specifically at the time of the lowest sentiments. Our results may help in articulating patterns and moods proximate to the river that provide unprecedented practical insight and illuminate the path for further research proposals.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-18DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107360
Bayram Uzun , Volkan Yıldırım , Yakup Emre Çoruhlu , Okan Yıldız , Fatih Terzi , Bura Adem Atasoy
The Turkish Land Readjustment (LR) System is a area-based system. The system is based on the principle of equal land contribution in return for the increase in value that will occur with the LR implementation. However, the applied area-based method is criticized because it does not ensure equality, does not include the construction of technical infrastructure and social facilities, is not participatory, and does not bring the increase in value to the public. For this reason, a study has been initiated by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change to diversify plan implementation tools. The article presents the results of the study regarding the value-based LR model. According to the findings of the research, as an alternative to the current area-based LR System in Turkey, the application of the value-based method will add a new dimension to the Turkish LR System. The fact that the country has a developed cadastral system ensures that area-based LR is carried out healthfully. However, the inadequacy of the valuation infrastructure makes the transition to value-based LR difficult. In Turkey, suddenly switching to value-based practices without a well-established valuation infrastructure may completely stop the existing parcel production capacity. For this reason, alternative models should be gradually incorporated into the system by eliminating the shortcomings of the current method. In the article, short, medium and long-term suggestions are presented for the management of the transition process, in line with the findings obtained from the research in the Turkish LR System.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-18DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107359
Yu Li , Penglin Zhu , Erwin Mlecnik , Queena K. Qian , Henk J. Visscher
Socially sustainable urban renewal hinges on active public participation, necessitating effective information sharing. Combining Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Ecological Network Analysis (ENA), this study longitudinally investigates how stakeholder information sharing evolves over the project lifecycle of neighborhood rehabilitation and its impacts on resident participation. A representative neighborhood rehabilitation project in Wuhan, China, serves as the study case, with data from 10 interviews, 35 questionnaires, and 3 focus groups. The study suggests that SNA and ENA are complementary and competent in identifying key stakeholders, as well as uncovering undesirable behaviors of manipulation and monopolization, and unhealthy relationships like exploitation and competition. Implementation unit and neighborhood committee emerged as principal information holders, while local media and tenant were least informed. SNA results underscore the central position of neighborhood committee in collecting and disseminating information, demonstrating significant autonomy and control throughout project lifecycle. Conversely, homeowner showed marked dependence and lacked control, particularly in the planning and design phase. ENA findings reveal neighborhood committee’s ongoing struggle with information exploitation, eroding its willingness and capacity to share information during the later phases of rehabilitation process. The information exploitation led to a fragile network that further marginalized local media, undermined by dwindling trust and autonomy. Notably, homeowners amplified their discourse power as project progressed, shifting from passive recipients to active decision-makers. Yet, well-informed homeowners monopolized information sharing, deliberately excluding others with conflicting interests, intensifying issues of inequity and opacity. Policy recommendations are provided to counter unhealthy stakeholder dynamics and promote equitable and inclusive public participation in urban renewal initiatives.
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