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New Insights in Integrated Land Management

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (18 February 2024) | Viewed by 9128

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Jaroslaw Janus

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Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Interests: land consolidation; land abandonment; land use change; remote sensing; geoinformation; land use modelling
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Dr. Hrvoje Tomić

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Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: land management; GIS; SDI
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Dr. Ela Ertunc

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Geomatics Engineering Department, Konya Technical University, Konya, Turkey
Interests: land management; land consolidation; land valuation; land reallocation
Prof. Dr. Zlatica Muchová

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Institute of Landscape Engineering, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
Interests: land consolidation; land ownership; land use change; geoinformation; landscape engineering

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of Land on “New Insights in Integrated Land Management”.

Land is a scarce resource which needs to be efficiently managed in an integrated manner. Achieving economic, social and environmental aspects in a balanced and integrated manner is a complex and challenging concept. There is no one-size-fits-all urban strategy to change the ongoing trend of rapid urbanization accompanied with rural depopulation, land abandonment, informal development and environmental pollution. Integrated approaches to land management must efficiently evaluate and manage multiple land management aspects to take advantage of the recent developments and trends in data science, together with widely available spatially enabled datasets.

For this Special Issue, we are interested in contributions that link land management strategies with information-based decision making, good practices and different decision-making models at different levels. The focus of the papers may relate to—but are not limited to—the following themes:

  • Modern approaches to land consolidation, e.g., multi-purpose land consolidation, including the re-allocation of parcels together with a broad range of other measures which contribute to rural development.
  • Landscape aspects in land consolidation procedures: valuation of different economic, social and environmental aspects.
  • Land consolidation in urban areas: urban restructuring and/or urban renewal evaluation models.
  • Assessments and technical aspects of land and property valuation in land consolidation.

Proposed titles and abstracts (250 words) can be submitted by 15 March 2023 to the Guest Editors at [email protected] if prospective authors want some feedback before preparing their manuscripts. The article publication fees of high-quality submissions could potentially be waived.

Dr. Jaroslaw Janus
Dr. Hrvoje Tomić
Dr. Ela Ertunc
Prof. Dr. Zlatica Muchová
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • land management
  • land consolidation
  • land abandonment
  • land and property valuation
  • landscape dynamics
  • SDG indicator monitoring
  • urban restructuring

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Sensitivity of Multi-Criteria Analysis Methods in Rural Land Consolidation Project Ranking
by Goran Marinković, Zoran Ilić, Žarko Nestorović, Marko Božić and Vladimir Bulatović
Land 2024, 13(2), 245; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020245 - 17 Feb 2024
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Decisions around distributing available funds among potential land consolidation projects require a thorough analysis in order to maximize the effects of land consolidation. In order to avoid choosing the wrong land consolidation projects, different methods can be used. Generally, there are two possible [...] Read more.
Decisions around distributing available funds among potential land consolidation projects require a thorough analysis in order to maximize the effects of land consolidation. In order to avoid choosing the wrong land consolidation projects, different methods can be used. Generally, there are two possible groups of methods: one based on a qualitative approach (DELPHI; SWOT) and one based on a quantitative approach (AHP, VIKOR, SAW, TOPSIS, etc.). In this research, the focus was on the sensitivity of the resulting rankings affected by varying the input data in multi-criteria analysis methods, with an emphasis on the variation in the weight and the choice of criteria. This research was motivated by the subjective character of the choice of criteria and their weighting before applying the multi-criteria analysis methods. Four methods were included (AHP, TOPSIS, VIKOR, and SAW) for the multi-criteria analysis, with three ways of defining weights (consistent, modified, or quasi-consistent and freely determined without taking consistency into account), in order to determine the influence of the different methods on the final ranking. The weights were defined only by an acceptable interval of values. The sensitivity of the methods was investigated using the differences in the obtained rankings between each method. A case study is provided on real data, and the results are discussed. The results showed a relatively small variance and possible equal rankings of projects by means of statistical analyses. This finding opens up the possibility of the valuation of projects instead of simple rankings. Full article
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Building a Cadastral Map of Europe through the INSPIRE and Other Related Initiatives
by Vlado Cetl, Sanja Šamanović, Olga Bjelotomić Oršulić and Anka Lisec
Land 2023, 12(7), 1462; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071462 - 22 Jul 2023
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Digital cadastral maps with accompanying land-related attributes have become a fundamental dataset for many application fields, e.g., spatial planning and development, protecting state lands, securing of land tenure, facilitating land reforms, agriculture, forestry, land management, taxation, etc. In order to fulfil its main [...] Read more.
Digital cadastral maps with accompanying land-related attributes have become a fundamental dataset for many application fields, e.g., spatial planning and development, protecting state lands, securing of land tenure, facilitating land reforms, agriculture, forestry, land management, taxation, etc. In order to fulfil its main objectives, cadastral data needs to be available and accessible, which is, among the others, emphasized also within the United Nations Framework for Effective Land Administration (FELA). This is not only important on the national level but also beyond, including at the European level where use cases and consequently demand for pan-European data sets have evolved in recent years. In order to satisfy these needs, several initiatives regarding cadastral and other geospatial data have been launched in the last 20 years. It started with the Permanent Committee on Cadastre in the European Union, the European Land Information Service, INSPIRE, UN-GGIM Europe and recent European policies on open data and high-value datasets. Our main question is, did those initiatives result in the possibility of building a cadastral map of Europe or not? Is it possible to create a cadastral map of Europe on the desktop or an open online GIS application? Within the paper, we take the opportunity to reflect on the development and implementation of European spatial data infrastructure (INSPIRE) with the main focus on the availability and accessibility of cadastral data. We also take into consideration other European initiatives related to cadastral data. The overall findings show that there is still work to be carried out. Technological developments and recent policy initiatives will certainly be drivers for future improvement. Full article
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Research on the Development of Deserticulture and Desertification Land Use Benefits Evaluation in Ordos City
by Zhuoran Wang and Eerdun Hasi
Land 2023, 12(6), 1254; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061254 - 19 Jun 2023
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The regional economy of desertification area plays a pivotal role in the land economy. Therefore, the rational development of deserticulture is of paramount significance to the economic, social, and ecological benefits of sand areas in western China. In this paper, we constructed a [...] Read more.
The regional economy of desertification area plays a pivotal role in the land economy. Therefore, the rational development of deserticulture is of paramount significance to the economic, social, and ecological benefits of sand areas in western China. In this paper, we constructed a comprehensive evaluation index system for the development of deserticulture and the benefits of desertification land use. The entropy method was used to calculate the weight of each index, which was then used to evaluate the level of development in Ordos City from 2010 to 2017. Additionally, we analyzed the coupling relationship between these two subsystems. The results indicate a gradual increase in the input, output, and environmental evaluation value of deserticulture development, as well as the economic, social, and ecological benefits of desertification land use from 2010 to 2017 in Ordos City. Additionally, there has been an overall improvement in the comprehensive evaluation value of both systems. The level of coupling and coordinated development between deserticulture development and desertification land use benefits has been further enhanced, with a significant increase in the degree of subsystem coordination. Initially, there was serious internal and external developmental discoordination in the system, which gradually improved to an overall state of barely coordinated. Full article
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The Effect of Land Consolidation Projects on Carbon Footprint
by Ela Ertunç
Land 2023, 12(2), 507; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020507 - 18 Feb 2023
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In this study, transportation-induced carbon footprint values before and after the consolidation projects in two areas with similar agricultural characteristics were calculated. The IPCC Tier 1 method recommended by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) was used to calculate the carbon footprint. [...] Read more.
In this study, transportation-induced carbon footprint values before and after the consolidation projects in two areas with similar agricultural characteristics were calculated. The IPCC Tier 1 method recommended by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) was used to calculate the carbon footprint. Furthermore, the effects of changes in road lengths and routes in these areas after Land Consolidation (LC) on the fuel consumption of tractors and, accordingly, the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission values were also determined. As a result of the study, the carbon footprint value (GgCO2) decreased by 10% in the Fatih neighborhood and 33% in the Selimiye neighborhood after the land consolidation project. Carbon equivalent (CE) is used to measure the effects on greenhouse gas emissions and global warming and corresponds to the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In total, 490.21 kg CO2·ha−1 of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were mitigated. In light of these results, it can be concluded that LC can be considered a useful process in greenhouse gas mitigation strategy. Based on the values obtained from the study results, it was concluded that land consolidation contributed to reducing carbon footprint and increasing agricultural production and productivity in rural areas. The reduction in fuel consumption and carbon emissions in rural areas will contribute to reducing the adverse effects of air pollution and climate change. Full article
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Evaluation and Prediction of Landscape Ecological Security Based on a CA-Markov Model in Overlapped Area of Crop and Coal Production
by Hebing Zhang, Qingqing Yan, Fangfang Xie and Shouchen Ma
Land 2023, 12(1), 207; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010207 - 9 Jan 2023
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Overlapped areas of crop and coal production are responsible for national food security and mineral resource supply. However, long-term coal mining and urban and rural construction have continuously impacted the structure and functions of the original agricultural landscape ecosystem in the area and [...] Read more.
Overlapped areas of crop and coal production are responsible for national food security and mineral resource supply. However, long-term coal mining and urban and rural construction have continuously impacted the structure and functions of the original agricultural landscape ecosystem in the area and brought serious ecological security problems. On the basis of the results of remote sensing image classification of the Zhaogu mining area, this study explores the spatio-temporal variation characteristics of the landscape pattern and the evolution of ecological security and predicts the landscape ecological security status in 2029. Research results show that the evolution of the landscape pattern in the study area manifests obvious stage characteristics: from 2004 to 2014, the landscape pattern developed in the direction of fragmentation, irregularity, heterogeneity, and low connectivity; after 2014, the landscape pattern showed continuity, regularization, and high connectivity trends. By comparing the landscape ecological security of the study area from 2004 to 2019, a temporal change characteristic of first deteriorating and then gradually improving can be observed. By analyzing the changes in the distribution of the security status in the study area on a spatial scale, it can be found that the proportion of unsafe areas is significantly reduced in 2019 due to the influence of land remediation and reclamation. By constructing a CA-Markov prediction model with both spatial and quantitative advantages, the prediction results show that the degree of landscape fragmentation in the study area will be reduced, and the connectivity will be enhanced between 2019 and 2029. The shape of landscape patches tends to be regular, and the landscape heterogeneity will be enhanced. Overall, the landscape ecological security situation will continue to improve. The results could provide reference for ecological protection and related land reclamation planning of the mine area. Full article
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Model of Priority Ranking of Cadastral Parcels for Planning the Implementation of Urban Consolidation
by Jelena Kilić Pamuković, Katarina Rogulj, Nikša Jajac and Siniša Mastelić-Ivić
Land 2023, 12(1), 148; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010148 - 2 Jan 2023
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The paper proposes a Model of priority ranking of cadastral parcels for planning the implementation of urban consolidation, which is a continuation of the published research on the assessment of fragmentation and assessment bonitet values of cadastral parcels. The research deals with one [...] Read more.
The paper proposes a Model of priority ranking of cadastral parcels for planning the implementation of urban consolidation, which is a continuation of the published research on the assessment of fragmentation and assessment bonitet values of cadastral parcels. The research deals with one segment of the Spatial Decision Support System and is one process in the planning of urban consolidation. Comparison criteria were identified for the evaluation and priority ranking of cadastral parcels. The subject of the research is private cadastral parcels in the area of large public project construction. The goal of the research is to find the optimal way to compare conflicting and incomparable criteria for the evaluation of private cadastral parcels and, at the same time, a way of fitting the opinions of stakeholders in the implementation planning process of urban consolidation. Due to the complexity of the task and realizing certain spatial criteria, unique models were developed. Special attention was paid to the participatory approach to problem-solving, in which all groups of stakeholders were identified, and the way of expressing their views was defined. The Complex proportional assessment (COPRAS) method and the Analytic Hierarchy Process method (AHP) methods were used to solve the problem. The defined models were tested in the field of construction of a large public project Campus at the University of Split. Full article
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