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    Comparative analysis of driving forces of land use/cover change in the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Selenga River Basin*

    Ren, YangLi, ZehongLi, JingnanDashtseren, A....
    9页
    查看更多>>摘要：The Selenga River Basin is an important section of the Sino-Mongolian Economic Corridor. It is an important connecting part of the Eurasian Continental Bridge and an important part of Northeast Asia. Comparative analysis of land use changes and their driving forces in the middle and lower reaches of the watershed is an important tool to reveal regional ecosystem changes, which is of great scientific guidance to ensure regional ecological security. This paper takes Selenge County in the upper reaches of Selenga River Basin, Sukhbaatar City in the middle reaches and Ulan-Ude City in the lower reaches as the case areas to compare and analyse the land use change changes based on Landsat remote sensing image data. The partial least squares regression model is used to discuss the driving forces by combining natural and socio-economic factors. The results show the following: (1) Selenge County is overloaded with overgrazing; Sukhbaatar city, as a region with very suitable soil and water conditions in Mongolia, the area of cultivated land is expanding. Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in Ulan-Ude, the abandonment of farming has been severe due to the reduction of the agricultural population, resulting in a reduction in the area of cultivated land. (2) The upper reaches of the region should focus on preventing overgrazing, which leads to desertification. In the middle reaches, it is necessary to prevent the overcultivation of cultivated land. In the lower reaches, the damage to the Lake Baikal ecosystem, a natural heritage of mankind, should be prevented by the rapid expansion of urban space.
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    Large-scale agricultural investment in Ethiopia: Development, challenges and policy responses

    Abesha, NebiyuAssefa, EngdaworkPetrova, Maria A.
    9页
    查看更多>>摘要：In 1991, Ethiopia's development strategy positioned smallholder farmers in a vital role in increasing agricultural productivity that could serve as a growth engine for the overall economic development of the country. However, the incorporation of agricultural commercialization as a development strategy in 2005 brought an influx of largescale agricultural investment (LSAI) in Ethiopia and took away the special role that smallholder farmers had previously played. This paper critically analyzes how rural land issues, LSAI, and development challenges are addressed by the agricultural policy and how gaps of institutional capacity with regards to LSAI in Ethiopia are managed and monitored. This qualitative study uses document analysis, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and personal observation methods to explore processes, activities, and events found in society; the study relies on Bacchi's (2009) model of policy analysis known as 'What is the Problem Represented to be' (WPR). On the basis of this approach, failure to address 'rural land rights' has been determined as a core problem in the policy, which has resulted in competition for land use rights among smallholder farmers, pointing out the lack of preparedness and inability of the policy and all government institutions to handle socio-economic disruptions related to the expansion and development of LSAI in Ethiopia. Reconsidering constitutional and highly politicized land tenure security will be of paramount importance in bringing about agricultural transformation in Ethiopia.
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    Mapping the emission of air pollution sources based on land-use classification: A case study of Shengzhou, China

    Chen, YufanXu, YongWang, FuyuanShi, Fanji...
    10页
    查看更多>>摘要：At-source pollutant control is an effective way to systematically address the environmental problems associated with air pollution. The spatial scale of China's environmental management is often at the province or city level, which makes precise governance difficult. Taking Shengzhou, China, as an example, this study defines the control unit (CU) as the spatial location of a anthropogenic pollution source based on land-use classification. For each CU, the pollution behaviours of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter with a diameter of < 2.5 mu m (PM2.5) and ammonia (NH3) are identified, and the emission factor methods and the entropy weight method are then used to calculate a single and comprehensive pollution emissions figure. The results show that the CUs in Shengzhou can be divided into 14 types. Combining these types with the characteristics of air pollutant emissions, seven main pollution behaviours are identified. The comprehensive characteristic value (CCV) of air-mixed pollutants is between 0.0 and 2.11, and all CUs can be classified into five levels on the basis of their CCV as follows: >= 1.0, 0.5-1.0, 0.2-0.5, 0.0-0.2 and 0.0. The CUs with CCV >= 1.0 are transportation land, high-polluting industrial production site, livestock farm, landfill and sewage treatment plant. The CU reclassification and pollution calculation method proposed in this study follows the three main land-use functions of production, living and ecology and serve as a reference for research in other regions of China and in other countries. Moreover, the spatial units in this study are controlled to the smallest administrative scale in China, which can provide the spatial precision required for the implementation of differentiated environmental policies.
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    Positive impacts of farmland fragmentation on agricultural production efficiency in Qilu Lake watershed: Implications for appropriate scale management

    Yu, PeihengFennell, ShailajaChen, YiyunLiu, Hui...
    17页
    查看更多>>摘要：Farmland fragmentation can be influenced by factors that operate at different scales. It is not only a spatial boundary pattern of farmland use and management rights shaped by macro policies but also a self-organisation process that determines the utilisation and management of farmland units. Farmland fragmentation is generally considered ineffective for improving agricultural production efficiency, whilst its positive effects are ignored by policymakers because the forms, scenarios and causes of farmland fragmentation are not clearly defined. The historical process and various heterogeneous conditions in the Qilu Lake watershed, Yunnan Province, China make the area an interesting case to investigate the relationship between farmland fragmentation and agricultural production efficiency. Using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images and a field survey, we (i) determined forms, scenarios and the causes of existing farmland fragmentation; (ii) measured the level of farmland fragmentation and agricultural production efficiency; and (iii) analysed the impact of farmland fragmentation on agricultural production efficiency by using the Tobit regression model. The results indicate that the forms of farmland fragmentation include physical (internal, use and location) and tenure (ownership/usership) fragmentation in the Qilu Lake watershed. The average plot size, the number of plots and the distance amongst plots all indicate that the physical and tenure fragmentation is serious and heterogeneous. Farmland fragmentation in the Qilu Lake watershed is the result of self-organisation and appropriate scale management adaptation. The distribution of farmland ownership and usership as a response to regional characteristics of topography, natural disasters and dense population in a farmland scare area leads to the initial stage of location fragmentation. Internal and use fragmentation caused by planting multiple crops can adapt to the local heterogeneous ecological conditions, high population density, imperfect markets and market-oriented agricultural systems. The resilient practice is considered to be an effective risk management strategy that can promote agricultural production. Land transfer related to usership fragmentation has no effect on agricultural productivity in the Qilu Lake watershed. In addition, the social attributes of households also impact agricultural production efficiency. Our findings have two key policy implications, namely, (i) expanding the semantics of farmland fragmentation helps design policies for environment-friendly farmland utilisation and promote sustainable watershed development, and (ii) environmental and agricultural macro policies should give equal consideration to the negative and positive effects of farmland fragmentation as resilient solutions of appropriate scale management.
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    Formation mechanisms and general characteristics of cultivated land use patterns in the Chaohu Lake Basin, China

    Min, MinMiao, ChanghongDuan, XuejunYan, Wei...
    13页
    查看更多>>摘要：Accurate identification and clearly dividing different cultivated land use patterns, and then clarifying their formation mechanisms, are the necessary premises to solve the inefficient utilization of cultivated land resources. Considering the deficiency of the existing research on cultivated land use patterns in integrated classification and formation mechanisms, this study takes the Chaohu Lake Basin, which has undergone major changes in cultivated land use, as the case area and constructs an integrated recognition factor system of different cultivated land use patterns. The classification rules for different cultivated land use patterns were formulated using the decision tree algorithm, and the townships were divided into four patterns: suburban compound operation (SC); grain and economic crop scale operation (GS); grain and economic crop extensive operation (GE); and grain, oil, and cotton scale operation (GOCS). By discussing the fundamental dynamics of cultivated land use spatial and non-spatial form changes, combining the occurrence mechanism of cultivated land use patterns, the general characteristics of cultivated land use in the four patterns are summarized. We found that he essence of cultivated land use pattern differentiation is the cultivated land use forms' evolution in different stages. The process of cultivated land use pattern differentiation can be divided into three stages, which mainly result from the changes of industrialization, urbanization, and marketization, as well as differences in social culture and government macro-control. Such changes are influenced by both market orientation and system intervention. The GEE pattern appears in the primary stage, while the GES, SC, and GOCS patterns generally appear in the intermediate stage, and the general characteristics of the four cultivated land use patterns are significantly different. This study further enriches the theoretical system of cultivated land use patterns and provides scientific support for the land space optimization regulation path of high-quality agricultural development in the Chaohu Lake Basin.
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    Farmers? values for land, trees and biodiversity underlie agricultural sustainability

    Melvani, KamalMyers, The Late BronwynStacey, NatashaBristow, Mila...
    20页
    查看更多>>摘要：Tree-dominated, forest gardens (FGs) are an ancient, tropical agricultural land use that farmers continue to practice and value. Knowing why farmers value FGs is important because this can increase livelihood security and the skillful governance of land. We chose Sri Lanka to investigate farmers' values for land, contextual factors that effect valuation, stressors that impact agriculture, and farmers' current and future response strategies. Mixed methods were used to collect data from 85 farming households in landholdings across nine locations of the Intermediate agroecological zone (1750-2500 mm). Landholdings comprise land uses with short-term, annual, and semi-perennial crops (paddy, swidden, and cash crop plots) and long-term, perennial or tree crops (FGs, plantations). Farmers' values were categorised, ranked, and aligned with Utility, Environmental, Aesthetic, Intrinsic, Option and Bequest themes of the Total Economic Value framework (TEV). Farmers give the highest importance to Utility (income, food) and Environmental (friendly biodiversity, leaf litter and soil fertility) values mainly from tree crops. Timber and fuelwood are biological assets that can be optionally converted to cash. Farmers have Intrinsic values (contentment, tranquility, pride) for land bequeathed to future generations. Nevertheless, since livelihoods are stressed by climate variability and extreme events, animal and insect pests, and labour scarcities, farmers adopt diverse response strategies. Of these, farmers favour long-term crop cultivation because trees are relatively resilient to droughts, floods, animal, and insect pests, and require less labour. This study validates why farmers' pluralistic values for land, trees, and biodiversity must be integrated into national decision-and policy-making for agriculture, forest and biodiversity conservation.
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    Rural development funding and wildfire prevention: Evidences of spatial mismatches with fire activity

    Colonico, MarioTomao, AntonioAscoli, DavideCorona, Piermaria...
    9页
    查看更多>>摘要：The European Union Rural Development Program (RDP) is a major driver of landscape change over time in Europe. In a context of climate and land use changes and consequent fire risk exacerbation, understanding the possible contribution of RDP measures to wildfire risk mitigation could help planning subsidies allocation criteria in a more efficient way for fire prevention. However, little is known on the links between the spatial allocation of RDP subsidies, relevant for wildfires prevention, and the spatial distribution of fire activity. Our study aims to fill this knowledge gap through an exploratory analysis carried out in Italy and based on fire activity indicators of the period 2007-2017, RDP expenditure at municipal level in the period 2017-2013, and a series of ancillary indicators. We selected RDP measures specifically addressing wildfires (direct prevention) and those whose implementation has an impact on fire regime (indirect prevention). Our results suggest a low association between RDP expenditure for fire-related measures and subsequent reduction of wildfire activity. Principal Component Analysis suggests a role of managed rural areas in mitigating fire activity, as well as a spatial mismatch between wildfire prevention expenditure and high fire activity contexts. We claim the need for a deeper integration of territorial planning information within the RDP funding allocation criteria. Also, integrating RDP indirect pre-vention measures within fire management plans would be a cost-effective approach to leverage the impact of public policies on wildfire risk management, by allocating the limited financial resources to high-risk areas.
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    Empirical investigation of urban land use efficiency and influencing factors of the Yellow River basin Chinese cities

    Amin, WaqasXue, DanYue, LiAhmad, Fayyaz...
    12页
    查看更多>>摘要：This article evaluated the urban land use efficiency (ULUE) of 57 cities in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) from 2005 to 2017 with the super epsilon based measure (Super-EBM) model, analyzed its difference characteristics and evolution trend by using the Theil index and kernel density function, revealed its spatial correlation by Moran index and LISA clustering, and also explored its influencing factors by the Tobit model. The results show that the ULUE of the YRB first declined and then increased, with the highest in the upstream areas, followed by the downstream areas, while the lowest in the middle reaches of the YRB. The ULUE in the YRB presented the characteristics of continuous distribution, and the ULUE in the cities south of the Yellow River was significantly higher than that in the cities north of the Yellow River. Secondly, the imbalance of ULUE in the YRB was aggravated, and the difference between groups was small while the difference within the group was absolutely dominant. The imbalance of ULUE in the midstream areas of the YRB dominated the whole basin. Thirdly, the ULUE of the YRB had a significant spatial correlation. In 2017, the local spatial correlation was mainly low-low aggregation, and the clustering area was concentrated in resource-based cities in Shanxi Province. Finally, the impact of economic development on ULUE in the YRB presented a "U" curve relationship. The proportion of secondary industry, population density, introduction of foreign capital, innovation level and traffic facilities can significantly promote the ULUE in the Basin, while land urbanization and environmental regulation had a negative impact on the ULUE of the YRB. This paper is important to realize the intensive use of urban land and achieve high-quality development in the YRB.
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    Feeding the city: A social practice perspective on planning for agriculture in peri-urban Oosterwold, Almere, the Netherlands

    Jansma, Jan EelcoWertheim-Heck, Sigrid C. O.
    10页
    查看更多>>摘要：Concerns about sustainable food supply in a city-region context increasingly spark cities' authorities to consider their peri-urban area as a source of food. However, such an orientation seldom leads to critically assess planning for peri-urban agriculture. Peri-urban planning is generally based on segregating agriculture and housing, hence risking to overlook agriculture's potential. This paper unpacks a case of peri-urban planning that intends to integrate farming at a considerable scale in peri-urban development, i.e. the case of Oosterwold in Almere, the Netherlands. Key to Oosterwold is residents' self-organisation and the 51% allocation of the area to agriculture. The case study departs with a literature review to comprehend peri-urban agriculture in the urban regions of Northwest Europe and comparable regions elsewhere, which can be funnelled into three generic typologies of farming: (1) garden, (2) multi-functional and (3) conventional. Subsequently, the Oosterwold planning practices are analysed which uncovers the influential arrival of newcomers in the planning process. These newcomers are the fresh residents of Oosterwold who start practising urban agriculture in the area. They have contributed to an open-ended, iteratively evolving process of spatial planning, in which the interpretation of peri-urban agriculture appeared malleable. As a consequence, peri-urban agriculture in Oosterwold has predominately developed towards (hobby) garden farming. It is concluded that there is a range of options for integrating agriculture in periurban planning, but this implies the inclusion of new practitioners in the planning process which will further stretch existing practices and face new challenges.
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    Controversial effects of tourism on economic growth: A spatial analysis on Italian provincial data

    De Siano, RitaCanale, Rosaria Rita
    8页
    查看更多>>摘要：ABSTR A C T The aim of the paper is to estimate the contribution of tourism to per capita GDP growth taking into account the congestion that could arise from an excess of presences. The interaction of tourism with the territory is captured by a novel indicator of tourism pressure based on both the pre-existing congestion and the economic contribution the tourism sector provides to the resident population. Spatial analyses detecting interdependences across Italian data at NUTS3 level (2005-2018) reveal, as foreseeable, that tourism exerts beneficial effects on growth. However, the pressure indicator proves also the existence of nonlinear effects suggesting that an excess of tourism is detrimental for per capita income in the observed area and, due to the presence of spatial spillover, also in adjacent territories. Results provide the opportunity to reflect on the circumstance that tourism has an enormous potential in terms of growth effects, but it can be exploited until it comes into conflict with the needs of the resident population.
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