Land use functions — a multifunctionality approach to assess the impact of land use changes on land use sustainability

Pérez‐Soba, Marta; Petit, Sandrine; Jones, Laurence; Bertrand, Nathalie; Briquel, Vincent; Omodei-Zorini, Luigi; Contini, Caterina; Helming, Katharina; Farrington, John; Mossello, Maria Tinacci; Wascher, D.M.; Kienast, Félix; Groot, R.S. de

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“…FoPIA incorporates the idea of multifunctional land use in which the "land use functions" (LUFs) concept is at the core of the method [29]. LUFs build upon the Ecosystem Services concept [41] and are defined as "goods and services" that summarise the most relevant economic, social, and environmental sustainability issues related to land use [42,43]. Thus, LUFs provide a structured platform to analyse multifunctional land use in a balanced way, following a triple-bottom-line approach [44].…”

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Knowledge Brokerage for Impact Assessment of Land Use Scenarios in Inner Mongolia, China: Extending and Testing the FoPIA Approach

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While land serves numerous societal functions and contributes to sustainable development, it is often unclear how these functions are affected by political decisions and common drivers of land use change, such as economic development, climate change and demographic change. This study evaluates alternative land use scenarios in reference to a rural region of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China), where various processes and decisions have historically triggered unsustainable development. The scientifically tested "Framework for Participatory Impact Assessment (FoPIA)" method is developed further to address specific features of the case study region, and its function as a knowledge-brokerage (KB) tool is evaluated. Three scenarios are developed and analysed in expert workshops. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 5028 "Land intensification: Agriculture" and "Land intensification: Mining" scenarios are found to have mainly negative environmental and social effects and positive economic impacts, while the "Environmental conservation and tourism" scenario is found to more positively affect all three sustainability dimensions. Assessments of methodological phases show that the FoPIA primarily serves to establish the KB process and that the framework particularly benefits from early examinations of scientific results by policy makers.

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“…For an SIA of land use scenarios at a landscape level, it is necessary to connect the future political and societal demands and the supply of region-specific portfolios of land use functions (LUFs). LUFs are defined as the services and goods provided through land use in a region and include all relevant environmental, economic and social aspects [11]. However, the determination of the demand and the regionalization and operationalization of sustainability and spatial development targets from stakeholder strategies at supranational and national governance levels, for example, due to moving policy targets [12] involve many challenges.…”

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“…In this sense, the LUF concept comes close to the concept of agro(eco)system services but goes beyond it in that it also considers functions for which ecosystem processes are not essential, such as infrastructure and non-land based production (see Section 3.2). Furthermore, according to Perez-Soba et al 2008 [11], LUFs are a practical approach to operationalize stakeholder values in the context of SD. To handle the plurality of social requirements of land use and the production of public goods and services as a theoretical background, the concept of multifunctional land use is applied.…”

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Stakeholder Strategies for Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Scenarios: Analytical Framework and Identifying Land Use Claims

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Despite scientific progress in operationalizing sustainable development (SD), it is still hampered by methodological challenges at the regional level. We developed a framework to analyse stakeholder based, SD targets for future land use, which are characterized by different impact levels and spatial references. The framework allows for the analysis of land use demands in the context of SD. We identified societal use targets in north-eastern Germany, particularly for the area type's lowland fens and irrigation fields, represented through strategy documents. We used frame analysis to aggregate and condense the targets into land use claims. Results present a framework for the ex-ante Sustainability Impact Assessment of land use changes at the regional level and the determination and regionalization of the future societal demand for land use functions. For future land use at the regional level, manifold land use claims exist, but on smaller scales, area-specific targets are less apparent. Six key main-use claims and 44 side-use claims were identified at the regional level and for area types. Possible trade-offs among land use claims for land use functions can be identified at each governance level. Implications of the methodological OPEN ACCESSLand 2015, 4 779 approach are discussed according to moving development targets and SD as multi-sector and multi-level governance issues.

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“…More people and changing lifestyle will require more space and more food, timber, clean water and energy, which will have to be provided by a finite land resource, facing added pressures from changing climate (Lambin and Meyfroidt 2011). In this context, land multifunctionality, where the same area of land can offer many environmental, social, cultural and economic benefits at the same time, can play a crucial role (Pérez-Soba et al 2008).…”

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Sketching sustainable land use in Europe by 2040: a multi-stakeholder participatory approach to elicit cross-sectoral visions

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The continuously growing global demands on a finite land resource will require better strategic policies and management of trade-offs to avoid conflicts between different land-use sectors. Visions of the future can support strategic planning by stimulating dialogue, building a consensus on shared priorities and providing long-term targets. We present a novel approach to elicit stakeholder visions of future desired land use, which was applied with a broad range of experts to develop cross-sectoral visions in Europe. The approach is based on (i) combination of software tools and facilitation techniques to stimulate engagement and creativity; (ii) methodical selection of stakeholders; (iii) use of land attributes to deconstruct the multifaceted sectoral visions into land-use changes that can be clustered into few cross-sectoral visions, and (iv) a rigorous iterative process. Three cross-sectoral visions of sustainable land use in Europe in 2040 emerged from applying the approach in participatory workshops involving experts in nature conservation, recreation, agriculture, forestry, settlements, energy, and water. The three visions-Best Land in Europe, Regional Connected and Local Multifunctional-shared a wish to achieve a land use that is sustainable through multifunctionality, resource use efficiency, controlled urban growth, rural renewal and widespread nature. However, they differ on the scale at which land services are provided-EU-wide, regional or local-reflecting the land-sparing versus land-sharing debate. We discuss the usefulness of the approach, as well as the challenges posed and solutions offered by the visions to support strategic land-use planning.

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Land use functions — a multifunctionality approach to assess the impact of land use changes on land use sustainability

Cited by 128 publications

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Knowledge Brokerage for Impact Assessment of Land Use Scenarios in Inner Mongolia, China: Extending and Testing the FoPIA Approach

Knowledge Brokerage for Impact Assessment of Land Use Scenarios in Inner Mongolia, China: Extending and Testing the FoPIA Approach

Stakeholder Strategies for Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Scenarios: Analytical Framework and Identifying Land Use Claims

Sketching sustainable land use in Europe by 2040: a multi-stakeholder participatory approach to elicit cross-sectoral visions

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