The complexity of spatial planning and the increasing emphasis on sustainable, equitable, and efficient land use have intensified the demand for urban theories and methodologies that can comprehensively analyse spatial layouts. Space syntax has emerged as a powerful set of theories and techniques for examining the spatial characteristics of urban form and its influence on human movement, accessibility

This study is a comprehensive review examining the role of urban parks in mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effect and enhancing outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) based on in-situ measurements. The review analyzed 48 articles based on criteria such as park size, parks' location using the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification, number of measuring points, the presence of an OTC index, and public survey

This study focuses on evaluating various strategies to mitigate land degradation in the context of climate change, aligned with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Commitments. The core aim is to assess these strategies through the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) approach, specifically the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Rapid changes in global geopolitics have prompted debate about the need to monitor and restrict ownership of real property on national security grounds. Research of foreign ownership on real property has focused on the economic effects of infrastructure purchases, whereas the range of land administration tools to monitor or restrict ownership rights has not received much detailed examination. The aim

This study conceptualizes Chile's rural property regime as a neoliberal infrastructure confronting the deep uncertainty of climate change. By decoupling productive and social functions, this institutional framework has enabled market dynamics and sustained the agro-export model through legal certainty. However, its emphasis on individual rights and market efficiency now faces an unprecedented challenge:

This paper evaluates the impact of Peru’s collectivist land reform in 1970 on national agricultural productivity. While prior research have shown contrasting impacts of land reform across different settings, few have assessed the productivity consequences of collectivist experiments at the aggregate level. Employing a Synthetic Control Method, we construct a scenario of Peru's productivity trends in

Land value capture is often vaunted as having significant potential to fund public infrastructure, including mega transport projects like urban metro railway schemes. Yet land value capture is frequently challenging to operationalise and project promotors can be reluctant to use it to finance schemes. This article explores why and how land value capture came to be deployed in financing two major contemporary

The present study analyses the spatiotemporal dynamics of urban growth in India's rapidly urbanising Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). A maximum likelihood supervised classification algorithm is used to classify land use/land cover from 1999 to 2019 using the Landsat dataset. The spatial indices, landscape metrics, growth type index, Shannon Entropy, and transportation proximity analysis help quantify

European Union’s Regulation 2023/115, commonly known as the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), promises to be a watershed event in global deforestation governance. A significant example of the hardening of soft law, spurred by major corporations committing to zero-deforestation supply chains, the EUDR is also a substantial wager on the efficacy of satellite-based remote sensing technologies

Given the need to produce sufficient food while meeting net zero targets and protecting biodiversity, there is renewed impetus to expand woodland-based food systems in the Global North, including agroforestry and forest gardening. Typically, however, agriculture, forestry, and conservation are separated spatially, as well as conceptually, and afforestation policies insufficiently consider the integration

Quantifying the impacts of human activities on ecosystem services is crucial for promoting sustainable development of land resources and ecosystems. Therefore, taking an ecological resettlement village as a case study, we assessed human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP) and soil retention service (SRS) under different resettlement scenarios from 2014 to 2050. Moreover, we incorporated

Global land use and land cover (LULC) change plays a critical role in environmental change, biodiversity conservation, climate regulation, and ecosystem services. Over the past few decades, multiple global LULC datasets—such as MCD12Q1, ESA CCI-LC, GLC-FCS30D, HYDE 3.3, HILDA+ , and LUH2—have been developed using remote sensing or historical reconstruction. In this study, we comprehensively analyse

This paper presents a method for quantitatively evaluating property landscape views by integrating Building Information Model (BIM) and 3D Geographical Information Systems (3D GIS). Previous studies have used limited methods such as dummy variables and the hedonic method, which are subjective and implicit. Additionally, GIS-based methods have not fully accounted for important variables such as building

Second-home development in regions with rich natural amenities can both enhance economic opportunities and pose environmental challenges, making sustainable planning crucial. These properties are closely tied to the preservation and well-being of their natural surroundings, and balanced development is essential for sustainable land use and economic growth in these areas. However, limited research has

Competition for land is a key challenge for decarbonized energy transitions. Open-space solar energy farms are gaining in importance but have large land requirements and displace agricultural production. Agrivoltaics offers a compromise, integrating solar panels into existing farming operations. However, adoption of Agrivoltaics remains limited, as it has lower energy output per hectare and higher

Property regimes influence territorial development through institutional frameworks that determine land access and resource distribution. This research examines the relationship between land concentration and rural poverty in Chile, where the property regime enables unrestricted accumulation. The investigation employs quantitative methods to analyze data from 253 municipalities, integrating Agricultural

Namibia's Omusati region, a semiarid agroecological zone, faces intensifying agricultural droughts driven by climate change, erratic rainfall, and land degradation. With 70 % of its population dependent on rain-fed subsistence farming, these droughts threaten food security, livelihoods, and ecological stability, highlighting the need for predictive tools to support sustainable land management. This

Over the past century, urbanization has progressively led to the fragmentation and degradation of open spaces, including traditional landscapes such as olive orchards. The preservation of olive heritage in urban and peri-urban contexts is essential for biodiversity conservation, climate regulation, and cultural identity. However, despite their ecological and historical significance, ancient olive groves

Social Innovative - Forest and Landscape Restoration (SI-FLR) describes a process in which social innovation (SI) drives forest and landscape restoration (FLR), improving local livelihoods and delivering nature's contributions to people. This paper reveals policy gaps hindering SI-FLR approach in Brazil and offers recommendations to leverage its advancement, incorporating insights from the Brazilian

Soil erosion remains a critical environmental issue in South Korea due to its mountainous terrain and variable climatic conditions, adversely affecting agriculture, water quality, and infrastructure. While the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) is widely used for large-scale assessments, its limitations in scalability and capturing complex environmental interactions in diverse landscapes

Despite its pivotal role in shaping global climate change policies, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has not entirely put land tenure at the centre of its climate change efforts. We used this scientific viewpoint to situate climate change as an inter-, intra-, trans-, cross-, multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral subject. We methodologically framed our argument on

Food sovereignty is yet again a global and local priority. Nevertheless, the useful agricultural area continues to decrease. Land take is leading to increasing pressure on farmland, which is threatened by different phenomena –such as natural risks and demographic dynamics–. Farmland is therefore threatened by a number of different factors. A multi-criteria approach is needed to consider many factors

Although national urban policies are implemented to steer urbanization processes, the systematic evaluation of these measures continues to pose a methodological challenge. We developed an innovative methodology for assessing policy outcomes based on a multi-dimensional set of indicators considering socio-economic and land change factors and applied it to Brazil. We evaluated the conformance of urban

Urban renewal is essential for revitalizing existing urban land and promoting sustainable urban development, with urban renewal planning optimal being a crucial research challenge. Current planning methods neglect the complex interactions and conflicts among multiple stakeholders, and often lack explainability in the site selection process. To address these issues, proposes a Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

Color influences people's visual perception, making it an essential component of both the natural and built environments. As a result, more thoughtful land use planning is needed. In this vein, this study re-examined the association of streetscape color features and urban perceptions at a city wide. We innovatively applied an AI approach on street view images and deep learning to measure six streetscape

Two land management strategies have been proposed to preserve biodiversity while maintaining sufficient agricultural production: land sparing and land sharing. Debate on their efficiency continues, although a third hybrid strategy has emerged. The balance between these strategies is context-dependent, limiting generalizations. We addressed this challenge using a metapopulation-based model to simulate

The present study examines metropolitan growth dynamics employing Zipf's law to investigate, likely for the first time in literature, the spatial organization of landscape across the urban-rural hierarchy based on a vast and diversified ensemble of land-use classes. Using high-resolution data from Copernicus Urban Atlas initiative, the approach evaluates the actual rank-size distribution of 20 distinct

Land reform is a key social justice movement across the world, typically focused on agricultural land uses. However, in many parts of the world, land reform properties exist in regions that have high biodiversity value, where options exist for integrating land reform with wildlife-based land uses to promote both conservation and socio-economic development. To effectively design and implement policies

Various scholars have shown that improving land tenure security is essential for development by asserting that they are preconditions for improving societal well-being. This has led to initiating programmes envisaged to strengthen land tenure security in sub-Saharan Africa, though their outcomes remain under-researched. This study presents a foundational understanding of why improvements in land tenure

Land acquisition conflicts pose a significant obstacle to the socio-economic development of any country if not managed effectively. These conflicts can be addressed through the appropriate application of various conflict resolution mechanisms. This study therefore aims to examine conflict in land acquisition for cooperative housing development in Woldia, Ethiopia. Data were gathered from 323 displaced

EU agricultural landscapes are vital for biodiversity. Intensive agricultural practices constitute, however, key drivers of biodiversity loss. The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to restore “at least 10 % of agricultural area under high-diversity landscape features”, yet it lacks specific guidance for assessment and implementation. Here, we develop an approach to (a) map and assess agricultural

The Tibetan Plateau’s scarce farmland plays an important role in the livelihoods of its inhabitants. In the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin (YZRB), a key agricultural region on the plateau, the intricate natural environment and various human activities pose serious threats to the quantity and quality of farmland. Therefore, identifying the mechanisms behind farmland loss is essential to address these challenges

This study investigates digital technologies (DT) in landscape planning (LP). The aim, was to systematically map and assess the degree of use of digital technologies in, landscape planning as well as propose guidance for further research, We performed a scoping review of 53,114 papers published from January 2012 until, May 2023. We followed the PRISMA-ScR framework, combined with semi-automated, data

Biodiversity faces heightened threats due to increasing global urbanization and land use intensity. Protecting global biodiversity through optimized protected areas is essential, yet current studies encounter challenges in measuring biodiversity, analyzing threat effects, and defining optimization pathways. We propose a framework to assess the impact of future land use changes on biodiversity in protected

The research explores the relationship between extrinsic and intrinsic factors and housing prices in order to determine their effect in price formation in the housing market and consequently also on urban planning. Based on a sample of 3683 dwellings in Rome, the urban and structural variables influencing supply prices have been analyzed. The methodology used combined web scrapping, geo-referencing

In the context of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030), insights are urgently needed on how to engage land users in reforestation efforts. This study examined the resources, capabilities and perspectives of land users, i.e., farmers, in relation to reforestation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (BAF), an ecoregion that hosts 70 % of the Brazilian population while is also a biodiversity

Managing a region’s natural hazard risk while also meeting demands for new development can be challenging. New development supports local governments’ tax revenues and other economic activities but may also lead to longer-term natural hazard losses if new construction is left unrestricted. Government entities commonly use land use policies to influence the location of new development. We developed

Urban regeneration projects in Turkey reshape not only the physical environment but also the social fabric, imposing different housing lifestyles on former informal settlement residents. This forced transition disrupts subsistence economies, social networks, and established daily practices, often requiring profound adaptation. This study examines these effects through the Yeni Mamak Urban Regeneration

Throughout rural Africa, the intersection of customary traditions and statutory governance has often led to overlapping jurisdictions and conflicts over community land rights. In Liberia, this dynamic is particularly evident in the rise of commercial land concessions. This article examines the Liberian government’s approach to community land rights and its impacts on land tenure security, especially

The demand for settlements to adapt to the impacts of climate change is reflected in the increased interest of the Czech public administration in promoting changes in the field of rainwater management (RWM). In the Czech Republic, city representatives and politicians are gradually leaning towards the development of blue-green infrastructure, i.e. towards promoting functional green spaces and other

Local Climate Zones (LCZ) classification is an essential tool in addressing the environmental impacts of urbanization, particularly in mitigating Urban Heat Islands (UHI) and managing temperature variations. A systematic review was conducted using PSALSAR methodology, analyzing 126 publications from Scopus and Web of Science databases from 2018 to 2023. Recent advances in LCZ research were evaluated

This study examines the complex tensions between land commodification and archaeological preservation in Palestine by analysing the Palestinian National Spatial Plan (PNSP). Using a mixed-methods approach combining GIS analysis, ethnographic interviews, and case study research of Tell at-Tall archaeological site in Deir Dibwan, I investigate how the Palestinian Authority (PA) navigates competing demands

We investigate the effect of spatial land-use intensity allocation, policies, and risk on the expected utility derived from grassland multifunctionality (i.e., bundles of ecosystem services) and optimal land-use strategies. The considered policies stipulate various minimum shares of extensive grasslands and can be implemented at the farm or landscape level. Based on comprehensive survey data from Swiss

Urban flooding presents a growing challenge in metropolitan areas due to climate change and increasing impervious surfaces. This research proposes a Green Infrastructure (GI) planning approach to enhance flood control and resilience in the flood-prone Yeoksam-dong region of Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea. A mixed-method approach was employed, incorporating both residents’ preferences and hydrological

Agroecological and technological innovations are two important approaches in the transition towards agricultural sustainability. We lack knowledge about how current agricultural contexts may influence future development pathways and the relative importance of the two approaches. This study explores the alignment between past uptake of agroecological and technological practices and future visions of

Forest Transition (FT) is a theoretical framework for understanding tree cover changes but often overlooks differences within countries, across forest types (e.g., second-growth forests, tree plantations replacing natural forests), regions, and climates. We quantified tropical tree cover dynamics across eight regions in four tropical countries, examining how these patterns relate to FT and how they

In the context of the most recent reform of the European Common Agricultural Policy (2023–2027), new voluntary environment-friendly measures have been introduced. These measures, termed eco-schemes, represent one-year arrangements with limited restrictions. They are, therefore, considered to be more flexible than the revised and more demanding agri-environment-climate measures (AECM). The introduction

Understanding vegetation dynamics and their influencing factors is essential to regional sustainable development and ecological security. However, large-scale and long-term vegetation changes and attribution pose challenges due to temporal and quality discrepancies in multi-source remote sensing data. This study developed a research framework based on multi-source data integration and conducted a case

Public demand for the restoration of degraded French peatlands is strong, as they contribute to climate change. A French carbon offset accreditation is being developed to facilitate private investment in peatland restoration. Assessing the costs of restoration programs and projects is vital to target cost-efficiency. Studies on acquisition costs are non-existent in the peatland scientific literature

Digital governance has become a key means of improving the quality of urban governance, particularly the green utilization efficiency of urban land. Then, using panel data from 284 cities and exploiting the implementation of the ‘National Pilot for Information Benefiting the People’ policy, this study uses a double machine learning model to explore the impact of digital governance on the green utilization

Land degradation and water challenges threaten sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural productivity and food security. This study uses panel secondary data from the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture project to evaluate land degradation variations, the adoption of sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices, and their impacts on crop yields among smallholder

The adoption of conservation practices on working farmland has proven effective in mitigating environmental externalities created by agricultural production. The widespread use of these practices, among other factors, depends on the private benefits and costs associated with them, as well as the timing of the outcomes. Around 40 % of all farmland acres in the U.S. are rented by operators who do not

For decades, various Austrian spatial planning strategies have emphasized the need to curb land consumption and land sealing. The growth paradigm in concrete land use planning is prevalent to this day: land consumption is still closely coupled to income (GDP) growth, while existing and newly introduced policy instruments were basically ineffective in curbing land consumption. Local decision-makers

Scientific prediction and assessment of land use types and their carbon storage potentials in urban areas under various future development scenarios hold significant practical importance for guiding urban territorial spatial planning and landscape regulation. This study, based on three phases of high-precision land use data in the central urban area of Guiyang City, utilizes the PLUS-InVEST model to

With the rapid growth of the world's urban population, urban land expansion has become an inevitable trend, with Africa being one of the primary locations for both global urban population growth and urban land expansion. Small and medium-sized cities are gradually recognized as playing an important role in the urbanization process in Africa. However, there is relatively little attention has been paid

There is a growing recognition that cities are both vulnerable and significant contributors to climate change (CC). In the last two decades, the Global South nations have surpassed developed countries in energy-related carbon emissions, highlighting the need for greater mitigation responsibilities. Despite the increasing appreciation of the crucial role of urban planning in tackling the root causes

Attention of rural policies in Europe is increasingly shifting away from agricultural production towards economic multifunctionality, environmental sustainability, and social development, including the impact of farmland on quality of life. This study examines the relationship between population and agricultural land use in Europe, estimating the proportion of people living at various distances from