What is it about?
The role of spatial planning in land-use change is defined by governance, external conditions and planning intentions. Our proposal for a research agenda addresses development of methods and data for analysis and modelling.
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Why is it important?
To date land-change science has devoted little attention to spatial policy and planning in urban landscapes despite the widely accepted premise that planning affects urban land change. This is primarily due to lack of relevant data and an underdeveloped theoretical understanding regarding the impact of spatial planning on urban land change.
Perspectives
Research as outlined is essential to establish a truly theory-based approach to describe and model the role of spatial planning in urban land-use change. More broadly, such research could help to close the gap between spatial planning and land change science. Further advancements in this matter are essential since land-change science is moving towards designing sustainable land transformations and novel land systems while promoting the concept of land governance in order to co-design solutions for global sustainability.
Eduardo Henrique da Silva Oliveira
Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel
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This page is a summary of: Urban land-use change: The role of strategic spatial planning, Global Environmental Change, July 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.05.001.
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