Implementation Of Land Use Plans Research Articles

Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Multi-Scenario Simulation of Non-Grain Production on Cultivated Land in Jiangsu Province, China

Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Multi-Scenario Simulation of Non-Grain Production on Cultivated Land in Jiangsu Province, China

Land use planning implementation and its effect on the ecosystem in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Land use planning plays a pivotal role in the enhancement of urban ecosystems. However, very few studies evaluate the implementation of land use planning in Ethiopia and the subsequent effects on ecosystems. This study aimed to assess the efficiency and constraints of the implementation of the land use plans of Addis Ababa and their effects on the enhancement of the ecosystem. The data were collected from the Urban Planning and Development Commission, satellite images, and expert surveys. GIS, descriptive statistics, and expert judgment are employed to analyze the data. The model used for evaluating land use planning was the conformance approach, while the benefit transfer method was employed to assess the ecosystem service values. The findings revealed a disparity between the two land use plans. Both plans failed to align with the actual land use, converting the proposed land for ecosystems into physical structures. Comparing the 2006 land use plan with the 2011 land cover, it was observed that 68 %, 62.8 %, 48.8 %, and 35.2 % of proposed agriculture, urban green, waterbodies, and forest lands were transformed into built-up structures, respectively. A similar trend was observed when comparing the 2017 land use plan with the 2023 land cover, with 41 %, 25 %, 52.1, and 59 % of agricultural, forest land, urban green, and water bodies, respectively, transformed into physical structures, mainly settlements. This inconsistency between the land use plans and the actual land use hurts ecosystem services due to the encroachment by built-up structures. The lack of adherence to proposed land use plans in Addis Ababa can be attributed to poor planning projection, the proliferation of informal settlements, and interference by local governments and developers. Inadequate implementation results from the proliferation of informal settlements, a lack of proper prosecution of land violations, interference from stakeholders, a lack of synergy, and the absence of an effective legal framework. Addressing these issues requires effective security services, the involvement of relevant agencies, a land use plan review, and stringent enforcement and monitoring of the land use plan.

Enhancing food security for refugees through land use planning and land banks

The global refugee crisis had placed a critical spotlight on the issue of food security for displaced populations. This article delved into an investigation of the pivotal roles that land use planning and land banks played in mitigating food security challenges among refugees. Often uprooted from their homes due to a range of hardships, refugees frequently found themselves in unfamiliar regions with limited access to resources and opportunities for livelihoods. Ensuring their food security became of paramount importance. The research question under scrutiny in this study held substantial relevance and had been the subject of scrutiny in numerous scholarly works. However, it was noteworthy that this research question remained relatively underexplored within the Ukrainian context. The study first discussed the pivotal role of land use planning in granting refugees access to arable land, diversifying their livelihoods, and developing essential infrastructure. Secondly, it underscored the importance of land banks in securing land rights for refugees, making investments in infrastructure development, and promoting responsible land resource management. This research underscored the pressing need to address food security among refugees on a global scale. It highlighted the significance of fostering self-sufficiency, economic empowerment, and long-term resilience through the implementation of land use planning and land banks. As the global refugee crisis continued to expand, the adoption of these strategies became increasingly imperative to support those in need and ensure a more secure future for displaced communities worldwide.

Participatory land-use planning for strengthening the village land resources management: a case study of Gorontalo, Indonesia

Sustainable land management is crucial to ensure the availability of food, water, and clean air, especially to long-term support of human well-being and health. Continuous exploitation of land resources leads to land degradation and declines in agricultural productivity, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. This study aims to strengthen land resources management at the village level through a participatory land-use planning (PLUP) approach. The research location is at Moliliulo Village, Gorontalo. Current issues on land use and land management were collected using participatory rural appraisal (PRA) techniques. This information became a consideration in land use analysis conducted using a geographic information system (GIS). The approved future land use directions are about 88% forest (natural forest and agroforestry) and 12% non-forest (agriculture, coconut plantations, settlements, and water body). The land-use plan is essential for guiding the village government and the villagers on managing land resources. Additionally, it potentially strengthens the village development programs, social forestry management and resolves forest conflict. To ensure the implementation of land use planning, the village government should develop regulations on land use.

Combining behavioral interventions with market forces in the implementation of land use planning in China: A theoretical framework embedded with nudge

Land use planning has become an important topic for research in China and a critical public management means to restrain and regulate land use behavior. China's current land use planning can be divided into different levels of planning, that is, national planning and local planning. The central government designs land use planning that emphasizes control and longer-term goals; whilst local governments tend to have shorter planning time scales and more market-oriented goals. This government-led type of planning system often caused mismatches between supply and demand and planning failures. This is a challenge facing researchers and policy makers in China at all levels. In this paper we propose the use of nudges as a new approach of government interventions to tackle this problem. We develop a theoretical framework to embed nudges in land use planning, and use Zhejiang Province as a case study to demonstrate the empirical implementation of the framework. We argue that nudge-based government interventions are efficient and effective alternatives for conventional, direct administrative orders. It facilitates decisions that can both improve private welfare and protect public interests; it strikes a balance between government interventions and market forces while still preserves the freedom of choices. It is a promising direction for the research and practice of land use policy in China and beyond.

Adherence to Land use Zones in Implementation of Participatory Village Land use Planning Policy in Ulanga District in Tanzania

Proper implementation of land use planning may contribute to solving land use problems, including land use conflicts. Adherence to land plans depends on many factors which vary according to circumstances of a study area. The present study aims to contribute to knowledge needed to enhance adherence to zones in land use planning. Specifically, the study had two objectives, namely: (1) to examine extent of adherence to village land use plans and, (2) to assess factors that influence adherence to the village land use plans. Data were collected through household survey of 120 respondents from two villages, key informants, focus group discussions, field observation, review of guidelines for land use planning, village land use plans (VLUPs), district land use framework, books and journal articles. GPS points to examine adherence to VLUPs were analyzed using Kappa statistic. Factors influencing adherence to VLUPs were analysed using binary logistical regression and pair-wise ranking. There was moderate adherence with kappa coefficient of 0.47 and 0.49 for Iragua and Kichangani villages. Larger families with higher incomes were more likely not to adhere to land use plans. Immigrants were also more likely not to adhere to plans than residents. Corruption of village leaders, lack of follow up by village leaders on implementation, lack of awareness on land use plans and underestimated population growth were the key prioritised factors that resulted in non-adherence of land use plans. The study recommends a review of the zoning standards to enhance sufficiency of allocated zones; privatization of grazing land; establishment of communal grazing management plans; and involvement of communities in developing complete plans. The study also recommends close monitoring; reviewing of VLUPs; enforcement of good governance; establishing incentive schemes; offering continuous education and developing participatory implementation framework.

Strategies to Enhance Adherence to Participatory Village Land use Plans in Ulanga District in Tanzania

Land use plans have been considered as a solution to land use problems. Effectiveness of implementation of land use plan relies on a number of factors including strategies that are used to enhance adherence to the land use plan. For the study area, current and potential strategies to enhance adherence to land use plans had previously not been assessed. Thus this study assessed current and potential strategies used to enhance adherence to participatory village land use plans in Ulanga District, Tanzania. Data were collected through household survey of 120 respondents from two villages, key informants interviews, focus group discussions, field observation, review of guidelines for land use planning, village and use plans, district land use framework, books and journals. Information from household survey and village records were descriptively analysed to obtain frequencies and percentages. Information from key informants and focus groups was analysed by content analysis. Current strategies used included by-laws, boundary demarcation, zoning, community action plan, and conflict resolution. The current strategies were ineffectively implemented and enforced due to inadequate awareness, inadequate fines and penalties, funding limitations, weak governance and inefficient coordination and monitoring. Potential strategies that should be implemented include education, awareness raising, capacity building and benefit sharing.

Key Challenges for Land Use Planning and Its Environmental Assessments in the Abuja City-Region, Nigeria

Land use planning as strategic instruments to guide urban dynamics faces particular challenges in the Global South, including Sub-Saharan Africa, where urgent interventions are required to improve urban and environmental sustainability. This study investigated and identified key challenges of land use planning and its environmental assessments to improve the urban and environmental sustainability of city-regions. In doing so, we combined expert interviews and questionnaires with spatial analyses of urban and regional land use plans, as well as current and future urban land cover maps derived from Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing. By overlaying and contrasting land use plans and land cover maps, we investigated spatial inconsistencies between urban and regional plans and the associated urban land dynamics and used expert surveys to identify the causes of such inconsistencies. We furthermore identified and interrogated key challenges facing land use planning, including its environmental assessment procedures, and explored means for overcoming these barriers to rapid, yet environmentally sound urban growth. The results illuminated multiple inconsistencies (e.g., spatial conflicts) between urban and regional plans, most prominently stemming from conflicts in administrative boundaries and a lack of interdepartmental coordination. Key findings identified a lack of Strategic Environmental Assessment and inadequate implementation of land use plans caused by e.g., insufficient funding, lack of political will, political interference, corruption as challenges facing land use planning strategies for urban and environmental sustainability. The baseline information provided in this study is crucial to improve strategic planning and urban/environmental sustainability of city-regions in Sub-Saharan Africa and across the Global South, where land use planning faces similar challenges to address haphazard urban expansion patterns.

Coffee and Potato Agroecosystems: Social Construction of Spaces as a Concept to Analyse Nature's Contributions to People

Achieving goals for conservation and sustainability using nature, decision-making, and policy planning requires accurate modes of description to understand the relationship between society and the environment. Despite most planning strategies being constrained by policy objectives, planning is expected to be more participatory and inclusive of the plurality of values and all types of socio-spatial relationships. Based on Lefebvre's social theory, the objectives of this work are to propose a triad of spaces as a helpful framework to analyse nature's contributions to people (NCP), describe different spaces socially constructed by coffee and potato farmer communities in Colombia, and explore the implications for various kinds of decision-making. Using qualitative research methods, this manuscript describes three spaces:lived spacesas intangible spaces based on local, religious, and ceremonial values of NCP;perceived spacesinclude farmer spatial organization according to the ties of kinship and the downward course of streams, the incidence of negative NCP, such as plant diseases, and types of management crops; andconceived spacesas the overlapping of different spatial views of territorial planning. Given that NCP has great potential to integrate diversity of values about nature and cultural contexts into decision-making, the triad of social spaces offers a spatial dimension to the analyses of NCP. Lived spaces make non-material NCP and non-instrumental values more visible. Perceived spaces highlight material NCP and regulating NCP with the view that maintenance of NCP in the future is essential for relational and instrumental values, e.g., how material NCP and regulating NCP of landscapes are perceived and by whom. Conceived spaces emphasize the predominance of the intrinsic biophysical values of NCP. Thus, the triad of social spaces as a conceptual framework can be useful in the operationalization of NCP in environmental management, the governance of schemes, and the implementation of land-use plans at the local scale. By thinking of these spaces relationally, such insight can inform and enhance decisions and policymaking about the value of places toward the priorities of meeting management. The results of the study emphasize the important policy implications of recognizinglivedandperceivedspaces in decision-making and highlight the role of NCP in facilitating the communication of these spaces to support spatial management of land use.

COMBINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INTO LAND USE PLANNING IN MO DUC DISTRICT - QUANG NGAI PROVINCE

Land-use planning is a strategy of appropriately managing the use of land resources. However, there would be numerous factors derived from nature, economics and society potentially affecting implementation of the land use planning. Therefore, the sustainable use of land resources can only be achieved through a combination of economic, social and environmental factors into land-use planning. The assessment of the environmental status coupled with environmental matrix methods and scoring methods allows us to pick out investigated factors having most negative impact on land use and land use planning in Mo Duc - Quang Ngai. Thereby, the current study was conducted to incorporate the economic, social and environmental factors as well as introduce a multiple criteria approach into implementation of land use planning in the district.

Use of a non-planning driving background change methodology to assess the land-use planning impact on the environment

The implementation of land-use planning (LUP) impacts on the environment and may degrade regional environmental quality due to the changes in land-use patterns. To minimize the environmental impact of non-LUP driven (NPD) land-use background changes (LUBC), we propose an NPD land-use background change (NPD-LUBC) methodology to improve the LUP environmental impact assessment (LUPEA) process. With the application of the state-impact-state (SIS) framework and spatial information technologies including remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS), the methodology was tested on the eastern Chinese city of Lianyungang. The results indicate that (1) our proposed methodology is capable of distinguishing the environmental impact in implementing a target LUP, i.e. a LUP scheme to be assessed, from those driven by NPD-LUBC; (2) the prediction of NPD Land-use pattern simulated through the discrimination of NPD forces provides the basic data to support the LUPEA using our proposed methodology; (3) SO2, PM10, and COD emitted into the atmosphere and water are the major pollutants considered in the LUPEA of the city; and (4) despite the positive impacts of the comprehensive land-use change under the direction of target LUP, the implementation of LUP would have negative impacts on the regional environment in the entire study area and in individual counties/districts respectively in 2020. Our proposed methodology provides a new and operable way for the areas with data to simulate NPD land-use pattern and predict the individual indicator values for the assessment.

Spatio-Temporal Changes in Wildlife Habitat Quality in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem

Understanding habitat quality and its dynamics is imperative for maintaining healthy wildlife populations and ecosystems. We mapped and evaluated changes in habitat quality (1975–2015) in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem of northern Tanzania using the Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model. This is the first habitat quality assessment of its kind for this ecosystem. We characterized changes in habitat quality in the ecosystem and in a 30 kilometer buffer area. Four habitat quality classes (poor, low, medium and high) were identified and their coverage quantified. Overall (1975–2015), habitat quality declined over time but at rates that were higher for habitats with lower protection level or lower initial quality. As a result, habitat quality deteriorated the most in the unprotected and human-dominated buffer area surrounding the ecosystem, at intermediate rates in the less heavily protected Wildlife Management Areas, Game Controlled Areas, Game Reserves and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the least in the most heavily protected Serengeti National Park. The deterioration in habitat quality over time was attributed primarily to anthropogenic activities and major land use policy changes. Effective implementation of land use plans, robust and far-sighted institutional arrangements, adaptive legal and policy instruments are essential to sustaining high habitat quality in contexts of rapid human population growth.

Community Participation in the Preparation and Implementation of Land Use Plans in Ghana: A Critical Assessment from the Tamale Metropolis

Preparation of land use plans to address development challenges of urban centres globally stand the chance of becoming a success if the intended beneficiaries are actively involved in the process from the onset. This study was undertaken primarily to investigate the involvement of residents in Tamale in the preparation of land use plans in the metropolis. The specific objectives were to: examine how residents in the metropolis are engaged in the preparation of land use plans; find out the awareness of residents in the decentralised land use planning system; assess the level of involvement of the community in the preparation of land use plans; examine the benefits that the community stands to gain through their involvement; and to analyse the challenges of community participation in land use plan preparation in the Metropolis. The study employed the case study as its research design and the mixed method, i. e. emphasising both qualitative and quantitative approaches. About 110 households were scientifically selected using simple random sampling technique. The sample size was determined by the....... Keywords: Land use, plans, planning system, participation, stakeholders. DOI : 10.7176/PPAR/9-9-05 Publication date :September 30 th 2019

Mapping Risk of Landslide at A Luoi District, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam by GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Evaluation

The study was conducted to determine the weight of factors influencing landslides through the algorithm Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). These factors were used as inputs for establishing a landslide susceptibility map based on the geographic information technologies (GIS) at A Luoi District, Thua Thien Hue province. Results of the study showed that landslide risk could be divided into five levels: very low risk of landslide covered 17,638.22 ha (14%), low risk areas accounted for 41,036.20 ha (34%), medium risk of landslide covered an area of 22,380.84 ha (18%), high risk area was 27,176.99 ha (22.19%), and very high risk area was about 14,231 ha (12%). The results of this study could be used to support the implementation of land use planning, which could help reduce adverse impact of landslides on people and property.

The role of Village Land Forest Reserves in the implementation of Land Use Plans: experience from the REDD+ initiative, Tanzania

The role of Village Participatory Land Use Plans (VPLUPs) and associated Village Land Forest Reserves (VLFRs) under the REDD initiative is a fairly new concept with limited information on the success of its implementation. This study examined community perceptions of VPLUPs as well as their perceptions of the inclusion of VLFRs in these plans in the Kilosa district of Tanzania. A mixed method research design, which integrates participatory community mapping (PCM), focus group discussions (FGDs), key informant interviews (KIIs), direct observations and household interviews were applied. Results indicated a significant involvement of the respondents (84%) in the process of implementation of VPLUPs, especially in meetings (95%). A significant majority (91%) favoured the inclusion of VLFRs in VPLUPs. Most of the respondents (85%) were satisfied with the implementation process of VPLUPs and most (94%) were willing to adhere to VPLUPs initiatives. Both challenges to and supportive factors for the implementation of VPLUPs were identified by the respondents. Due to the current high levels of participation in the initiative and potentially agreeable outcomes, it is concluded that VPLUPs and VLFRs might contribute to sustainable implementation of the REDD initiative.

Investigation of likely effects of land use planning on reduction of soil erosion rate in river basins: Case study of the Gharesoo River Basin

We investigated the effects of land use planning on reduction of soil erosion rate in the Gharesoo River Basin, Golestan Province, Iran. For this, the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) was used in conjunction with Geographic Information System (GIS) to model potential soil erosion. The average potential soil erosion in the river basin was 18.65 t ha−1 yr−1, with a standard deviation of 33.88 t ha−1 yr−1. The severe and very severe erosion classes comprised 8% and 4% of the river basin, respectively. We found that all areas with severe and very severe erosion were located in agricultural land. Assessing the impacts of land use and slope confirmed importance of interaction between these factors in increasing soil erosion, especially in agricultural areas with steep slopes. We applied a land use planning to control and reduce soil erosion rate, with a specific focus on agricultural areas. For this purpose, the Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) and Multi-Objective Land Allocation (MOLA) were implemented for agriculture, urban and industrial development, and afforestation. We used the output land use map from MOLA in the RUSLE model. The results showed a significant reduction of average potential soil erosion equal to 25.6% (from 18.65 t ha−1 yr−1 to 13.86 t ha−1 yr−1) when the MOLA land use plan was followed. Also, the area impacted by severe and very severe erosion classes were reduced by 25.50% and 42.59%, respectively. The results of this research emphasized that implementation of land use planning in the Gharesoo River Basin is helpful in controlling soil erosion. The method presented in this study can be a basis for sustainable and comprehensive management of river basins.

The effect of land use planning (2006–2020) on construction land growth in China

Land use planning is a comprehensive instrument for managing non-agricultural land growth in China, and the evaluation of its implementation effect on growth control is of great significance for policy improvement. However, little empirical research has been done to estimate its implementation effect at the city level of the whole country. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of land use planning on construction land growth control at the city level in China. Taking 288 cities as the research object, an econometrics model was built to estimate the effect based on socioeconomic and land use data from 2006 to 2012. The results show that the implementation of land use planning has a certain effect in curbing the expansion of construction land, and that the incremental amount of construction land decreases by 107,449ha due to the planning implementation. In addition, the implementation effect of land use planning presented significant differences among cities, which shows that there is a weaker effect in megacities and large cities than in medium-small cities. Besides, the implementation effect of land use planning also shows temporal differences: its effect is better in 2007–2009 than in 2010–2012. Furthermore, considering both planned goals and effectiveness, planning implementation is judged to be able to slow but not fully prevent the rapid expansion of construction land. Finally, to further improve efficiency and success, this research puts forward some suggestions such as improving the existing quota system, delineation of the urban development boundary and integrating the special plan system.

Las dinámicas urbanas en el corredor Tuluá – Cartago: Una propuesta de integración regional

El Corredor urbano regional Tuluá – Cartago está conformado por los municipios de Tuluá, Andalucía, Buga la grande, Zarzal, La Victoria, Obando y Cartago; los municipios de Tuluá y Cartago constituyen los polos de tensión, son los dos centros urbanos dominantes del corredor y ejercen una influencia natural sobre los municipios circundantes, constituyéndose en nodos comerciales, agroindustriales y prestadores de servicios educativos, financieros y de salud; en el municipio de Zarzal (corregimiento La Paila) confluyen, además del río Cauca, las vías férreas y carreteables que interconectan los principales centros de producción y consumo del centro y del noroccidente del país con el suroccidente y con el puerto de Buenaventura.Son muy escasas las experiencias de trabajo mancomunado que se han abordado con el propósito de fortalecer una perspectiva integradora de visión y planificación colectiva de la subregión, denotando que existe una debilidad institucional para conducir procesos y liderar iniciativas de desarrollo regional. Se propone que el departamento del Valle del Cauca adopte y ponga en funcionamiento una instancia formal de planeación y gestión del desarrollo regional, para lo cual se pretende identificar, reconocer y caracterizar los instrumentos de planificación y gestión utilizados por las instancias institucionales; elaborar un Mapa de Actores, identificando sus relaciones y los escenarios de participación; identificar los hechos urbanos y los proyectos que articulan el desarrollo; finalmente, se pretende diseñar una propuesta metodológica para el funcionamiento de una Mesa de Planificación y Gestión del corredor urbano regional Tuluá – Cartago, en el marco de la Ley 614 del año 2000, que posibilita la creación de los Comités de Integración Territorial, como instancias que permiten establecer mecanismos de integración, coordinación y armonización de las diferentes entidades competentes en materia de ordenamiento del territorio, para la implementación de los planes de ordenamiento territorial y el desarrollo territorial.

HE AGRICULTURAL LAND SUITABILITY AND AGROECOLOGICAL ZONING AS THE MAIN FACTORS FOR RURAL SPATIAL PLANNING IN KOSOVO

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 The soil is an important non-renewable resource that is vital to human life. It supports terrestrial ecosystems such as biodiversity, fresh air and water, food security, cultural heritage and the built environment, representing a natural and an economical asset of a country. Appropriate scientific information is crucial for sustainable soil management by local, national and regional governing institutions. Productive land is a critical resource for food and biomass production. In a broader sense land resources, management is the implementation of land use planning, as agreed between and with the direct participation of stakeholders. It is achieved through political decisions; legal, administrative and institutional execution; demarcation on the ground; inspection and control of adherence to the decisions; solving of land tenure issues; settling of water rights; issuing of concessions for plant and animal extraction (timber, fuel wood, charcoal and peat, non-wood products, hunting); promotion of the role of women and other disadvantaged groups in agriculture and rural development in the area, and the safeguarding of traditional rights of early indigenous peoples. Land suitability categorization and the agro-ecological zoning are of essential importance for the decision making for justified developments in many policy areas including agriculture and spatial planning.

Measuring Urban Sprawl Patterns in Greater Cairo Metropolitan Region

On the subject of informal sprawl in recent Egypt, this research takes Greater Cairo Region (GCR) as a case and puts forward that informal urban sprawl can be estimated from spatial disposition, informal sprawl efficacy and outer influences; and then evolves a geo-spatial indicators system for quantifying sprawl. So as to estimating these indicators, various data sources are selected, including land use maps, digitized map of the highways and town centers, and population statistical data, etc. GIS spatial analysis methods are used to spatialize these indicators into 120 m × 120 m cells. In addition, an incorporated sprawl index (ISI) is estimated by weight sum of these indicators. The results demonstrated that geo-spatial indicators system can captivate most of the exemplary attributes and interior differentia of urban sprawl. Building land in Cairo has kept quick growing with considerable amount of low efficacy and dysfunctional spatial disposition. The subsequent sprawl attributes are determined by each indicator’s exemplary spatial disposition of urban sprawling, conspicuous fragmentation and unevenness of landscape due to ineffective implementation of land use planning, improper pattern of exemplary discontinuous development, strip development and leapfrog development, low efficacy of sprawl, low development density, low population density output in newly developed areas; and unfavorable influences on agriculture and environment and population life.