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{"title":"Spatiotemporal analysis of underlying factors in urban transformations: Quantifying the importance of urban plan intentions in the Austin Metropolitan Area, Texas","authors":"Chunhong Zhao ,&nbsp;Qihao Weng ,&nbsp;Zhichao He","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107415","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107415","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban planning has widely become a key policy tool for managing urban growth. However, understanding the role of urban planning in shaping land development and directing urbanization is still contentious across various socioeconomic and geographical contexts. This paper conducts an in-depth analysis of urban spatial transformation in Austin, Texas across three distinct periods: the pre-planning period (1992–2001), the Envision Central Texas (ECT) period (2001–2011), and the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan (IACP) period (2011–2019). The findings reveal a marked decline in urban sprawl and the construction of new low-intensity development zones after 2001. Simultaneously, there was a noticeable increase in the percentage of newly transitioned high-intensity developed land. Employing Geographically Weighted Logistic Regression (GWLR) modeling, the study provides a nuanced understanding of how spatially varying planning intentions guided spatial planning practices since the mid-2000s. The results indicate a diminishing influence of traditional factors on urban transformation while the role of planning intentions saw increasing prominence over time. Amongst the different planning intentions, those related to 'development centers' had less impact compared to those tied to protected areas and transport systems. The study establishes that IACP had a profound influence on Austin's urban spatial transformation, primarily due to its more clearly defined and explicit planning intentions compared to ECT. The research contributes to a deeper understanding of urban spatial transformation dynamics, which is vital for future planning initiatives aimed at sustainable urban development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"149 ","pages":"Article 107415"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142696364","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}

{"title":"The engagement of environmental organizations on land policies: A case study of Pro Natura, Switzerland","authors":"Lauriane Cailleux","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107417","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107417","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing tension around land use issues is pressuring public authorities to regulate land use due to factors such as climate change and biodiversity preservation. Third-party actors, like non-profit organizations, play a significant role in land policies by owning land, monitoring conservation easements, and influencing regulatory decisions through expertise, media campaigns, and legal actions. This article aims to understand the strategies of environmental organizations to engage in land policies in Western European countries. It highlights the various actions these organizations use to impact land planning and regulation, including market-based instruments, political lobbying, and public campaigning. Using a Swiss case study based on document analysis and expert interviews, the study reveals the dual role of environmental organizations, as both allies and competitors of public authorities in achieving their objectives. Consequently, the paper demonstrates that environmental organizations act as crucial intermediaries in the development of land policies. Finally, the article recommends that planners and land-use experts disclose any intermediation relationships or regulatory roles supported by environmental organizations to increase transparency and accountability in land policy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107417"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651425","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}

{"title":"Multi-scenario simulation of low-carbon land use based on the SD-FLUS model in Changsha, China","authors":"Shenglan Ma,&nbsp;Junlin Huang,&nbsp;Xiuxiu Wang,&nbsp;Ying Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107418","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107418","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The significance of land use in relation to carbon emissions cannot be overstated. Consequently, enhancing the structure of land use can concurrently decrease carbon emissions and improve land utilization efficiency. However, the majority of studies have primarily concentrated on static linear planning analysis, overlooking how land use spatial structure affects carbon emissions. There is still relatively limited research on the integrated simulation and optimization of land use, considering both low-carbon objectives and economic benefits. This study focuses on Changsha, simulating land use change and net carbon emissions coupling the SD (system dynamics) model with the FLUS (future land use simulation) model in three different scenarios, namely, Baseline Development (BD), Rapid Economic Development (RED), Coordinated Development (CD). The following are the key findings. Firstly, the integrated model demonstrates precision in predicting land use demands, patterns, and net carbon emissions. Secondly, land use demands in three different scenarios have a similar changing tendency by 2030. Farmland, grassland, and water areas are decreasing, while forestland, unused land, and built-up land are expanding at different rates. The land use patterns in the CD scenario are the most desirable compare to the other scenarios. The growth rate of built-up land has slowed down and is distributed in a compact manner, while the growth of forest land is faster and has a contiguous layout. The overall degree of landscape fragmentation has decreased, and different land types are distributed in a more balanced manner. This has led to a gradual decrease in net carbon emissions after reaching a peak in 2021, with a reduction of 2.43 million tons compared to 2020. According to these findings, the government should adjust land use structure while optimizing the economic development model to minimize carbon emissions, which enables us to provide a planning strategy for land use and sustainable development of China's major cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107418"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The smart city competitiveness index (SMCI): Conceptualization, modelling, application – An evidence-based insight","authors":"Anna Visvizi ,&nbsp;Roman Wosiek ,&nbsp;Radosław Malik","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107408","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107408","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>At the core of the discussion in this paper lies the recognition that information and communication technology (ICT) and ICT-enhanced tools, applications, as well as elements of built environment (BE), specific to and defining the smart city, have considerable potential to facilitate economic exchange in the geographically limited smart city space. In this way, they contribute to the enhancement of competitiveness and economic growth, thus also improving the efficiency of land use. Still, relatively little has been written about smart cities’ economic performance, especially not through the lens of competitiveness and land use policy. This paper addresses this issue by conceptualizing and modelling the connection between ICT-enhanced applications, services and infrastructure, built environment and smart city competitiveness. A model composite smart city competitiveness index (SMCI) is developed. It is then operationalized by drawing data on major Polish cities, i.e. Warsaw, Cracow, Poznan, Katowice, Lublin and other. The value added of this paper is threefold. First, it identifies a gap in research and navigates it. Second, it models the smart city competitiveness and operationalizes it by developing the SMCI. The latter, third, serves as a useful tool to support the planning and policymaking process geared toward as efficient as possible land use in the smart city context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107408"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can urban low-carbon transformation affect the prices of its industrial land? An empirical study based on spatial regression discontinuity","authors":"Shibo Zeng,&nbsp;Yaxin Zhang,&nbsp;Gui Jin","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107413","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107413","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although the effects of the low-carbon city pilot policy (LCCP) have been extensively studied in recent years, there is a paucity of literature discussing its impact on industrial land prices. To support China's pursuit of dual carbon goals and accelerate the construction of low-carbon cities, this study utilizes micro-level land transaction data and employs spatial regression discontinuity to elucidate the micro-mechanisms underlying LCCP's influence on local industrial land prices. Our findings reveal that LCCP significantly elevates industrial land prices in pilot cities. Specifically, under a local linear benchmark regression with a 10 km bandwidth, the average treatment effect of LCCP on industrial land prices amounts to 15.1 %, translating into an annual growth rate of up to 2.16 %. This phenomenon arises because LCCP restricts the leeway of local governments in enforcing environmental regulations, particularly when environmental indicators are integral to official performance evaluations. Consequently, local officials are incentivized to pursue political advancement by tightening industrial land transfer policies, thereby raising prices and mitigating pollution consequences associated with the 'land-driven development' paradigm. This study offers a novel perspective on the nexus between environmental regulation and government land transfer behavior, while also serving as a valuable reference for integrating low-carbon development principles into land use policy reforms and advancing China's dual carbon goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107413"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of the Russian invasion on Ukrainian small and medium farmers’ productivity","authors":"Klaus Deininger ,&nbsp;Daniel Ayalew Ali ,&nbsp;Ming Fang","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107406","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107406","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Data on 2251 small and medium-size Ukrainian farms in 2021 and 2022 is used to assess the short-term impact of the Russian invasion on productive performance of a sector that is often excluded from official statistics. Once weather is adjusted for, the area response remained limited. However, higher transport cost and input prices severely reduced farm profitability, implying that 46 % of farms had a negative cash flow and most were credit constrained. Total factor productivity varies significantly across size groups, but it is not significantly different between formal and informal farms in the same size group. Despite the war, agricultural producers remain optimistic about the sector’s fundamentals, implying that enabling them to invest, e.g., via digital access to markets and mortgage lending, could foster investment in higher value products and better coverage of small and medium producers by official statistics could capture such improvements and inform policy-making.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107406"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quantifying supply and demand of cultural ecosystem services from a dynamic perspective","authors":"Yuxin Zhang ,&nbsp;Bin Fu ,&nbsp;Juying Sun ,&nbsp;Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107414","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study introduces a dynamic perspective to assess Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) supply and demand, addressing the limitations of previous research. We take a park as a case study, paying special attention to key CES types such as aesthetics, recreation, social relations, and education. We employed various data acquisition methods, including behavioral observations, and public participatory Geographic Information System mapping to collect data. Our research revealed that the park primarily offers aesthetics and recreational services, while the provision of social relations and educational services is relatively limited. This emphasizes the need for urban park planning to address a wider range of diverse needs, including social relations and educational activities. Furthermore, the study uncovers how the supply-demand ratios of different CES types vary throughout the day, offering valuable insights for the effective allocation of resources and their rational arrangement. The broad applicability and dynamic perspective of this method open up new possibilities for CES assessment in various contexts. This innovative method provides fresh perspectives and tools for urban planning and environmental management, allowing decision-makers to better meet the diverse CES needs of human societies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107414"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of land use changes on local dust event in Urmia Lake basin","authors":"Fatemeh Bashirian,&nbsp;Dariush Rahimi,&nbsp;Saeed Movahedi","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107416","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107416","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Land use change is an effective factor in climate change and global warming, which contributes to the carbon cycle, radiant energy balance, and dust production. Urmia Lake basin water balance in the Northwestern part of Iran is in a critical condition due to land use change, drought, and climate change. This process has led to the lake water area reduction and pronounced dust production. The satellite images indicate that from 1984 to 2017, 1433 Km² rangelands and water area of the Urmia Lake basin decreased by more than 2906 Km². The area of human settlement increased by 550 Km², irrigated farmland and orchards, 804 Km², and salty marsh, 3428 Km². The outputs of the WetSpass hydrological model reveal the highest coefficient of evapotranspiration and interception variation in the East of Urmia Lake basin. The effects of these changes are observed in reduced soil moisture, increased salty marsh, and soft sediments as potential dust resources. During the study period, the frequency of dust days in the North and East of the lake increased 2.5-fold, while in the Southern and Western parts increased 6-fold. The results of the Pettitt Test indicate that these changes began to appear in 2007. The regression and correlation test confirm that salt marshes and soft sediments account for up to 75 %, and the decrease in the area of Urmia Lake for more than 64 % of the dust changes. The results of the assessments indicate the contribution of footprint in the destruction of the natural environment and the water balance of the lake basin. Revision of water resources management and environmental water rights of the lake, changes in the development strategy from agriculture to non-agriculture development based on lower water demand, and reduction of storage dams are among the recommended strategies to address this problem.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107416"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding how equitable and efficient land governance can influence environmental sustainability status: Evidence from Ibadan, Nigeria","authors":"Taiwo Oladapo Babalola","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107409","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107409","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environmental sustainability in Global South cities has continued to be a matter of concern in development research and policy discourses. While there have been opinions that land governance would be instrumental in advancing this agenda, there is no empirical evidence to substantiate this claim. Thus, this study explores the potential for improved equitable and efficient land governance to foster environmental sustainability based on residents’ judgments in Ibadan urbanizing areas. The data, got from a survey of 452 household heads, were analyzed using Exploratory Factor Analysis to consolidate the variables and Multiple Linear Regression to investigate the relationships between the outcome and predictor variables. The results showed that the perception of equity (β=0.248, p-value=0.01, 95 % CI) and efficiency (β=0.326, p-value=0.02, 95 % CI) were significant predictors of environmental sustainability status, explaining 30.1 % of the variance (R²=0.301). This implies that strengthening governance structures is crucial to promoting environmental sustainability in Ibadan suburbs. Although achieving sustainability is not solely dependent on land governance, effective and equitable practices in land governance can play a valuable role in achieving it. Based on these findings, the study provides relevant recommendations for policy and practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107409"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Land rights, resource allocation and urban settlement choices of migrant workers in Yunnan, Western China","authors":"Youqing Fan ,&nbsp;Mengtao Gao ,&nbsp;Lanlan Bi ,&nbsp;Chyi Lin Lee ,&nbsp;Guangbo Yin","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107411","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107411","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Using the cross-sectional data from the 2015 and 2021 <em>Yunnan Migrant Workers Urban Integration Survey</em>, this study assesses the different effects of the three types of land rights that migrant workers possess in their rural hometowns on their urban settlement choices in Yunnan, western China. Specifically, it examined the existence of migrant workers moving between urban and rural areas in response to the importance of land rights for rural migrant workers, in western China, a region with the lower level of economic development and fastest growing number of migrant workers in China. After controlling for the impact of other variables, the multinomial Probit model was used to estimate the impact of the migrant workers' land rights in their rural hometowns on their settlement choices in urban areas. We found that rural land rights significantly increased migrant workers' willingness to return to their hometowns. This indicates that land right security is a key factor affecting Yunnan migrant workers' urban settlement intentions, although it is conditional in terms of age groups and places of origin. Importantly, we found that migrant workers in western China are more inclined to keep their dual identities as both urban migrant workers and rural residents. They, hence, are more inclined to rationally allocate their resources between urban and rural areas to maximize their economic outputs. Particularly, they prefer to only working - rather than settling - in urban areas, while retaining their rural land as assets and income sources. Instead of settling in either urban or rural areas, the older migrant workers who migrate to smaller and economically underdeveloped cities are more inclined to drift between urban and rural areas without permanent settlement. This confirms the argument of livelihood resource maximization and migratory bird-type migration as important mechanisms via which land right ownership affects migrant workers’ urban settlement intentions. This study suggests that policymakers should consider the land rights of rural migrant workers when making urban settlement policies, especially for small and medium-sized cities, where migrant settlement intention is weaker. Policymakers should also promote the flexibility of rural land use rights transfer and explore reforms concerning the separation of the three types of land rights to achieve a balance between urbanization and land use efficiency, particularly in small and medium-sized cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 107411"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142651429","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}