Land Use and Global Environmental Change: An Analytical Proposal Based on A Systematic Review

Abstract

Global environmental changes are multifactorial and affected by multiple forms of land use. For this reason, and also in view of the current world climate scenario, they have become highly relevant and are subject to analysis and discussions on the best uses of land. The research presented here offers a systematic analysis on the priorities related to the multiple uses of land and their implications in urban planning. An exploratory and descriptive analysis is used with a qualitative approach based in a systematic literature review. General findings indicate that land uses arise amid the duality between economy and environmental concerns, while increasing frequencies of heat islands, desertification, suppression of green areas in cities, and other phenomena are the backdrop. Urban planning tied to social and environmental dynamics becomes a powerful engine to predict rational uses of the land, enabling and balancing the economic–environmental dynamics without overriding each other. Proper planning of urban land governs both the infrastructure itself and the human influence over space in addition to predicting future uses and disuse as well as actions not consistent with sustainable development.

Measurement Model of Healthy and Sustainable Cities: The Perception Regarding the Sustainable Development Goals

“…Many challenges are encountered in the urbanization process [10]. Economic activities degrade the environment by generating waste and pollutants.…”

Estado socioeconómico ambiental de parcelas agrarias en la Amazonía de Perú

“…(C ¸akmakçı et al, 2023) Los usos del suelo surgen en medio de la dualidad entre economía y preocupaciones ambientales, mientras la frecuencia creciente de islas de calor, desertificación, supresión de áreas verdes en las ciudades y otros fenómenos son el telón de fondo. (Dias et al, 2023) Carece diferencia significativa entre la valoración productiva con el estado socioeconómico en parcelas agrarias de Churuzapa 2023 (p¿0.05); explicando la inexistencia de influencia de la valoración productiva con el estado socioeconómico ambiental, debido a escenarios exógenos vinculados a la producción, como la oscilación de precios en chacra, precio de venta de los productos agrícolas, precios de insumos; asimismo, la ganancia a veces se reduce al mínimo, por adversas situaciones políticas agrarias y eventos amenazantes como el fenómeno del niño. Por otra parte, la valoración positiva no se relaciona mucho con el estado socioeconómico ambiental, debido a que solo se está relacionado con una parte de la producción económica de cultivos, mas no con los demás factores como la ganancia de la posible venta del carbono que almacenan los cultivos (grado de correlación entre ambas variables es 0,286; lo cual indica una correlación positiva baja) (tabla 9).…”

Brazilian Urban Policy: Sustainability as a Driving Force

“…Therefore, the perception is that any study on the social functions of a city has an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature, but does not lose the legal characteristics in the analysis of the norm. Following this line of thought, Clemente, Bernardi, Dias et al, and Maricato [9,16,19,22] point out that, above all, in order to have a right to a renewed and transformed urban life, it is necessary to pay attention to social functions. However, the following question remains: what are the social functions?…”