Village Land Use Research Articles

Study on spatial form evolution of traditional villages in Jiuguan under the influence of historic transportation network

Traditional villages are China's cultural heritage resources; they carry rich historical and cultural information and have important historical significance and cultural value. Studying their spatial forms can suggest new ideas for the protection of traditional villages. The spatial configuration of traditional villages is shaped by a complex interplay of natural geography, socio-economic factors, transportation infrastructure, and essential facilities. Various developmental scenarios lead to diverse spatial development patterns, each demonstrating unique dynamic characteristics throughout its evolution. This article focuses on the exploration of the spatial morphology of Jiuguan Village, located along the Jingxing Ancient Post Road. By using kernel density analysis, space syntax, spatial form index, and so on, the spatial form of Jiuguan Village was studied from three aspects: public facilities clustering degree, road system, and spatial form index. Through a hierarchical approach involving points, lines, and planes, our study unveils the multifaceted influence of transportation factors on the village's historical development and its dynamic adaptive attributes within the context of traditional village spatial morphology. The results indicated that the location advantage of traffic is the driving force behind land expansion. Secondly, the areas with high traffic accessibility tend to be public spaces in villages. Third, the change in the transportation market will lead to a change in village land use functions. Finally, the renewal of transportation modes will change the spatial scale of the village. This research offers a deeper comprehension of the historical context surrounding traditional villages and provides a scientifically guided framework for heritage preservation and sustainable village development.

МЕХАНІЗМ ДЕРЖАВНОГО РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ ПРОЦЕСІВ ЗЕМЛЕКОРИСТУВАННЯ

The article examines the peculiarities of the mechanism of state regulation of land use processes. Groups of social, ecological and economic aspects have been studied. It is emphasized that the regulation of economic processes of land use is impossible without reliable information about the qualitative characteristics of each specific plot, its economic and biological fertility, because ignoring or incorrect assessment of its potential can negate the results of planning, which is one of the main functions of management.
 By the economic aspects of land use, we primarily understand transferability as a property of a land plot, expressed in its ability to be freely alienated or transferred from one person to another in the order of universal legal succession or in another way; forms of ownership and management characterizing legal issues of land use, as well as organizational and technological conditions of agricultural production; the value of land resources as a measure of materialized labor necessary to support sustainable and effective development of agricultural production.
 Selected aspects of land use regulation formed the basis of the structural diagram of the mechanism of state regulation of land use processes presented by us and allow not only to clarify its content, but also directly determine its structure.
 It was determined that in the conditions of market relations, an important place in the system of state regulation of land use began to be assigned to the cadastral assessment of land plots. The content of the use of the land resource potential of the territorial formation is given.
 In the regulation structure, special attention should be paid to the issue of comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of the use of land resources and the resulting need for further development of the methodological base for the assessment of land use.
 The key link in the process of state regulation should be the evaluation of the efficiency of land use, which is based on a system of quantitative parameters for the evaluation of the efficiency of the use of land resources.
 Land owners are mainly municipal authorities, enterprises (legal entities), citizens (individuals) or their associations (cooperatives, commercial firms, etc.).
 The denationalization of land ownership and the introduction of private land ownership on this basis, the privatization of land, the introduction of paid land use fundamentally changed the structure and content of land relations in the conditions of village land use, changed the structure, content and principles of planning land resource formations.
 The effective organization of state regulation of economic processes of land use has a significant impact on the process of creating the necessary organizational, territorial, legal and social conditions for full involvement in turnover, increasing the return of each hectare of land while preserving or reproducing soil fertility.

A study on the cognition of the regional types of rural revitalization from the perspective of land planning

The overall land use planning is the basis for the implementation of the land use control system and the advance estimation of the future land use development trend. The smooth implementation of the planning will directly affect the direction and status of land use. Taking the preparation of rural land use planning as an example, this study realizes “one map” to control village development and planning through the scientific and rational use of planning methods and technologies. Guide the reasonable arrangement of various land use at the village level to make it consistent with the revitalization and development of the village, so as to put forward suggestions and Countermeasures for the preparation of village land use planning. Then, according to the specific actual situation of the countryside and making full use of the comparative analysis method and ecological service value analysis method, this paper makes a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative evaluation from the realization degree of planning control indicators, the protection of cultivated land and basic farmland, and the progress of spatial layout of construction land. The results show that cultivated land and basic farmland have been well protected, but due to the great potential of rural industrial and mining surplus indicators. In future construction projects, local modifications within the scope of the village can be appropriately carried out according to the construction needs of the project.

Supporting Design to Develop Rural Revitalization through Investigating Village Microclimate Environments: A Case Study of Typical Villages in Northwest China.

China has the largest number of villages in the world, and research on rural microclimate will contribute to global climate knowledge. A three-by-three grid method was developed to explore village microclimates through field measurement and ENVI-met simulation. A regression model was used to explore the mechanistic relationship between microclimate and spatial morphology, and predicted mean vote (PMV) was selected to evaluate outdoor thermal comfort. The results showed that ENVI-met was able to evaluate village microclimate, as Pearson’s correlation coefficient was greater than 0.8 and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) was from 2.16% to 3.79%. Moreover, the air temperature of west–east road was slightly higher than that of south–north, especially in the morning. The height-to-width ratio (H/W) was the most significant factor to affect air temperature compared to percentage of building coverage (PBC) and wind speed. In addition, H/W and air temperature had a relatively strong negative correlation when H/W was between 0.52 and 0.93. PMV indicated that the downwind edge area of prevailing wind in villages was relatively comfortable. This study provides data support and a reference for optimizing village land use, mediating the living environment, and promoting rural revitalization.

Transforming the Tanzania Charcoal Sector Project and Sustainability of Community Based Forest Management in Kilosa District, Tanzania

This paper explored the impact of the Transforming Tanzania Charcoal Sector Project (TTCSP), on the sustainability of Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) in Kilosa District, using the Ihombwe CBFM as a case study. The study used a qualitative research design. A sample of 47 participants was used to collect data. Purposive and convenience sampling techniques were used to select participants. Data were collected through document reviews, in-depth interviews, focused group discussions and observation. Thematic analysis was used in data analysis. The findings showed that the project has implemented several activities such as capacity building to village institutions, supporting the village land use plan, village resources assessment, and forest harvest plans, training charcoal producers and timber processing groups on modern techniques. Moreover, the Project supported the construction and furnishing of the village office and the development of village by-laws. Furthermore, the Project has strengthened the operationalization CBFM as well as the introduction of a sustainable forest harvest management model. The Ihombwe CBFM has been formalized and made able to generate significant income from forest products such as charcoal and timber. After all these initiatives, deforestation was perceived to decrease thus, ensuring the sustainability of the community forest.

Nexus of village land use planning, village land forest reserve and REDD+ in Tanzania: a synthesis of concepts

Nexus of village land use planning, village land forest reserve and REDD+ in Tanzania: a synthesis of concepts

Management of Village Treasury Land Based on Bamboo Agroforestry

Village land is widely used for agricultural cultivation activities. However, if it is not managed properly, it can turn into critical land that eventually needs to be rehabilitated to function optimally. The agroforestry approach to land restoration is becoming increasingly popular. This study aims to determine the management of village treasury lands and the application of bamboo agroforestry in managing village treasury lands. The research was conducted in November 2015 and February 2021. The methods used were interviews, Focus Group Discussions (FGD), observations and surveys of farmers’ land. The data obtained were processed and analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the management of the village treasury land was given to tenants with a rental system, where farmers who worked on farmers’ land were required to pay rent to the village government. The pattern of village land use is dominated by monoculture agriculture with seasonal crops such as corn, peanuts, red potatoes, and coffee. To optimize the land management of the village treasury, it also carried out activities through various programs such as reforestation, planting fruit and timber, but did not achieve success. The development of bamboo agroforestry is an alternative for managing village treasury land while still accommodating economic and ecological interests.

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.

Participatory Land Use Planning Policy Implementation in Ulanga District, Tanzania: Assessment of Zones Sufficiency

Land use plans have been considered as a solution to land use problems and hence enhance ecological, economic and social sustainability of land use. Appropriateness of land use plans and hence its potential for adherence may rely on sufficiency of zones allocated for different land uses. This study was designed to empirically identify land use implementation problems and suggest solutions relevant to the land users, the government, planners and other stakeholders. Specifically, the study assesses: (1) The extent to which the land use zones cover all zones needed by the stakeholders and; (2) Reasons for levels of sufficiency of the allocated land use zones. Data were collected through household survey of 120 respondents from two villages, key informants, focus group discussions and field observation survey while secondary data were collected through review of guidelines for land use planning, village land use plans, district land use framework, books and journals. Information used to assess sufficiency of land use zones used in Village Land Use Plans (VLUP) from household survey and village records were descriptively analysed. The implementation of village land use plans was not done as expected. Land use zones were insufficient in terms of the allocated size and needs within the zones for current and future situation. Overall the insufficiency of the land use zones was reported by 90% of the respondents. For individual land use zones the insufficiency was reported by the following percentages of the respondents: 95.0% for residential zone, 89.2% for agriculture zone, 96.7 for grazing zone, 25.2 for forest zone, 0% for wildlife management area, 0% for wildlife corridor and 0% for wetland. The reasons for insufficiency of the land use zones were increasing population, overstocking, and lack of infrastructure necessary within specific zones. Other factors included inadequate consideration for uncertainties in population projection standard, unclear zoning regulation and discrepancy in population data. Based on the findings and conclusions, this study makes the following recommendations. First, the National Land Use Planning Commission should devise mechanisms to ensure that all the six steps of land use planning are completed towards implementable land use plans. Secondly, the national land use planning commission should review zoning standards to sufficiently allocate the land use zones. The population projections used for future allocation of land had influence on the sufficiency of the zones where the rate of population increase is assumed to be fixed throughout the ten years implementation period without consideration of uncertainties. It is worth incorporating GIS to establish trend of land use and forecast future land use to sufficiently allocate land during the 10 years lifespan of the VLUP. Thirdly, the national land use planning commission need to validate spatial data and population data at village level to avoid discrepancies which affect implementation of the village land use plans.

Indonesian food security during the Covid-19 pandemic

The World Food Organization (FAO) has warned of a potential food crisis during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. In response to this problem, the Indonesian government has implemented various strategies to maintain food security in order to avoid a food crisis. Even though the national food stock is still considered safe, anticipation needs to be done for maintaining food security. Efforts have been made in the form of increasing food security at the household, local, and national levels. At the household level, the movement of homestead land use in villages with integrated farming and urban areas with urban farming has helped to increase food security. At the local level, local food development movements such as maize, cassava, sago, and tubers were carried out to reduce dependence on food supplies from other areas that were disrupted by distribution during the Covid-19 pandemic. At the national level, the government continues to develop food security through the development of Food Estate in Kalimantan and Sumatra. The strategy for achieving food security is carried out through massive short-, medium- and long-term movements. The impact of Covid-19 is not only on food security but also on community innovation and creations.

Evaluation of village land use planning risks in green concepts: The case of Qiwangfen Village in Beijing

Compared with the rapid progress of urbanization in China, rural development is being hampered by a series of problems, including the destruction of cultivated land, the decline of villages, and ecological pollution. One of the reasons for this is flawed land use planning at the village level, which often ignores the risks inherent in changes to land use when such planning is implemented, as well as possible future risks associated with the implementation process. These risks can be called village land use planning risks (VLUPRs). Neglecting VLUPRs can cause serious land use problems, such as low efficiency, conflict, and ecological damage. These factors prevent village-level land use planning from meeting the green requirements of efficiency, harmony, and sustainability. However, current research has focused on the specific risks related to land use planning and it lacks systematic consideration of risks inherent to the integral process of land use planning. This implies that in current research, more attention is being paid to maximizing the benefits rather than minimizing the risks in planning optimization. To bridge this gap, we introduced a green concept, which includes efficiency, harmony, and sustainability, as well as developing an evaluation framework for selecting an optimal program of land use planning with minimum VLUPRs at the village level. We used Qiwangfen Village in Beijing as a case study to demonstrate the empirical implementation of this framework. Our analysis showed that the model could help to limit the risks and provide guidance in selecting the most secure land use planning approach. As the proposed framework balances efficiency, harmony, and sustainability, it can be considered a useful tool for local governments to implement the “Rural Vitalization Strategy” while ensuring that green development is realized in rural areas, particularly with respect to rural land use.

Complex Small-Holder Agriculture in Rainforest Buffer Zone, Sri Lanka, Supports Endemic Birds

The Sinharaja rainforest in southwestern Sri Lanka is a protected forest in a largely agriculture-dominated landscape. In keeping with global UNESCO global biosphere reserves planning, the Sinharaja is surrounded by a buffer zone of regenerating forest and villages with small tea plots and multi-strata tree gardens (homegardens). Globally, however, conservation planning lacks standards on buffer zone management. We ask what relationships exist between village land use and bird assemblages, which are effective ecosystem indicators. Birds have been little studied across land use and vegetation structure in actively managed, large, protected forest buffer zones. To that end, we ran spatially- and temporally-replicated bird point counts across tree gardens, forest fragments, and tea plots within a Sinharaja village. Tree gardens held a greater abundance of birds across habitat association, conservation concern, diet, and endemic species than forest fragments or tea plots. Forest fragments and tree gardens hosted statistically similar numbers of birds in some subsets, but their species assemblages differed. In tea plots, greater shade tree species richness correlated with greater bird abundance and species richness. Our results support the argument for programs to support complex small-scale tree-based agroforestry embedded in buffer zone regenerating forest.

Study on the planning and design of land use in villages and towns based on GIS technology

Population growth and limited livable lands lead to the contradiction between man and land. Land use planning and design can alleviate the contradiction to a great extent. This paper briefly introd...

Study on the planning and design of land use in villages and towns based on GIS technology

Study on the planning and design of land use in villages and towns based on GIS technology

PERUBAHAN PENGGUNAAN LAHAN AKIBAT PENETAPAN RENCANA TATA RUANG WILAYAH (RTRW) KABUPATEN JEMBRANA TAHUN 2012 di WILAYAH DESA PESISIR , KABUPATEN JEMBRANA-BALI.

The coastal area in Jembrana Regency is part of the South Bali sea which stretches in the southern part of the Jembrana Regency region. The Regional Spatial Planning Document (RTRW) is prepared to be used as a guideline for land allotment in an area. This study aims to examine changes in land use in coastal villages in 2009 and 2017, analyzing land suitability between changes in land use that occur with the 2012 RTRW of Jembrana Regency. The results showed changes in paddy fields to residential land use and other buildings had an area of about 236.48 ha. Changes in dry land use to residential land use and other buildings have an area of 794.16 ha. The villages that experience land use changes include Melaya, Candikusuma, Tuwed, Banyubiru, Baluk, Penyaringan, Delod Berawah, and Perancak. based on the results of digitization and the results of observations of researchers the suitability of land use changes that occur mostly to building tourism accommodation and fisheries activities. Land use changes that occur in the cupel village, pengambengan, tegal badeng barat, tegal badeng timur, and lelateng that occur mostly become supporting buildings for fisheries activities.

Research and conservation in the greater Gombe ecosystem: challenges and opportunities

The study of chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, started by Jane Goodall in 1960, provided pioneering accounts of chimpanzee behavior and ecology. With funding from multiple sources, including the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) and grants from private foundations and federal programs, the project has continued for sixty years, providing a wealth of information about our evolutionary cousins. These chimpanzees face two main challenges to their survival: infectious disease — including simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVcpz), which can cause Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in chimpanzees — and the deforestation of land outside the park. A health monitoring program has increased understanding of the pathogens affecting chimpanzees and has promoted measures to characterize and reduce disease risk. Deforestation reduces connections between Gombe and other chimpanzee populations, which can cause loss of genetic diversity. To promote habitat restoration, JGI facilitated participatory village land use planning, in which communities voluntarily allocated land to a network of Village Land Forest Reserves. Expected benefits to people include stabilizing watersheds, improving water supplies, and ensuring a supply of forest resources. Surveys and genetic analyses confirm that chimpanzees persist on village lands and remain connected to the Gombe population. Many challenges remain, but the regeneration of natural forest on previously degraded lands provides hope that conservation solutions can be found that benefit both people and wildlife. Conservation work in the Greater Gombe Ecosystem has helped promote broader efforts to plan and work for conservation elsewhere in Tanzania and across Africa.

Drone Application for Generating a High Precision Orthophoto to Support Village Boundary and Land Use Mapping in Indonesia

Many existing village maps in Indonesia are available without spatial references, including in Pandanrejo village in Kaligesing Sub-district, Purworejo District, Central Java. To date, the available village map of the Pandanrejo is sketches map which potentially overlaps with the area of adjacent villages. In this study, we used a commercial drone DJI Phantom 4 for generating a high precision orthophoto to create the exact boundaries and land use information of the Pandanrejo village. The drone captured the aerial images from an altitude of approximately 100 m and automatically take an image every 3 seconds giving an overlap of each image around 70% of each pair of neighboring images. By this mission plan, the drone collected of about 1,312 aerial photographs. In order to obtain better geo-referencing results, eleven Ground Control Points (GCPs) distributed over the study area were obtained by GNSS geodetic tools. Furthermore, the Structure from Motion (SfM) algorithm was used to generate point clouds, digital surface models, and digital orthophoto model. These processes were carried out by using Agisoft PhotoScan software completing 10 steps in the workflow starting from adding drone images to the software to building orthomosaic as a basis for a digital orthophoto model. We then analyzed the errors of the resulted orthophoto map by comparing between the ratio of village boundary length to the total village area from drone mapping and terrestrial mapping using GNSS geodetic. The results showed that the drone mapping has successfully produced the village boundary map of the Pandanrejo village (i.e. a boundary length 7,473.2 m and an area 2.18 km2) that is comparable with the result of terrestrial area mapping corrected by GNSS geodetic. In addition, the drone has also successfully mapped the village land use with a total accuracy of 100% accurate. With these results, we suggest drone technology as an alternative method besides a traditional terrestrial method to create a definite village boundary and land use map to support the implementation of Indonesia Law No. 6 of 2014.

Environmental Study of “Village” and its Effects to Judging About the Rural Land Use Change (Case Study: Ranching in Environment of a Village in Unification Judgment No 760 of Supreme Court)

Village is the principal subdivision of territory. In Law of Territory, it is accepted that a small society in villages contributes to create a city and cities to big city and so for to province and capital and country. This meaning is not vide from its philosophical dimension. What is the reality of village that necessitate to have such a deep role in our territorial subdivision? It is rarely discussed in law and rarely is a challenge in its dimension. The reality is that the works are done in village is completely different from what is doing in a city and or in bigger cities. The question is that if the notion of work and the example of land use in villages should be compatible by that reality of village? First, approach in confronting to village and farms and gardens could be that approach which is currently accepted in private law and property law. The man who is the owner of a land or garden has the ownership on it so he can do anything he will on his land or his garden. There is not any restriction. This approach can create a kind of concurrence between village and city to being a city in future by predicable defeat of village in that unfair competition. Another approach is that there should be some administrative definition of land using in village and so, controlling that using legally. Also, this approach can kill the reality of village. In the other word, by changing the people’s views in every village, the village will simply be changed to other smaller or larger community. So, it is clear that our questions in this research are that what is the village? What is its reality? What is its importance to keep the village for ever to being always village and how can prevent the works that are inconsistent to the reality and philosophy of village?

Assessment of Intervention Strategies for Addressing Agricultural Production Shocks in Tanzania: The Case of Rufiji, Mbarali and Sumbawanga Districts

This study sought to gain in-depth understanding into smallholder farmers’ perceptions of intervention strategies for addressing agricultural production shocks in Tanzania. It involved identification of local policy and intervention strategies that can be used to address agricultural production shocks and build resilience among smallholder farmers in Tanzania. The study employed mixed research methodology, using primary data collected from six villages in Sumbawanga, Mbarali and Rufiji districts in Tanzania. Overall findings reveal that smallholder farmers have good knowledge of possible strategies for addressing agricultural production shocks. The farmers recommended local policy and intervention strategies for supporting them such as facilitation of access to credit and subsidies, reinforcing and strengthening informal social networks, supporting income diversification activities and introduction of crop insurance system. Other intervention strategies include introduction of participatory village land use plans, promoting information access and training to smallholder farmers and enhancing access to small-scale irrigation technologies. Based on these findings, the study recommends that policy makers and researchers should concentrate on understanding farmers’ perceptions in view of using local knowledge in the design and implementation of intervention strategies. The strength of farmers’ perceptions is that it is the outcome of farmers’ actual experience, and it is based on understanding of the local context. .The paper concludes that unless the strategies are fully implemented, agricultural production shocks will continue to affect smallholder farmers in rural Tanzania.