Manifestations and underlying drivers of agricultural land use change in Europe

J Van Vliet, HLF de Groot, P Rietveld… - Landscape and Urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
Agricultural land use in Europe has changed considerably in the last decades. However, our
understanding of agricultural land use changes, especially changes in land use intensity, is …

Local land-use decision-making in a global context

Ž Malek, B Douw, J Van Vliet… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
2. Methods This systematic review was conducted by taking the following steps:(1)
identification of eligibility criteria of case studies,(2) systematic literature search in Web of …

Contributing to food security in urban areas: differences between urban agriculture and peri-urban agriculture in the Global North

I Opitz, R Berges, A Piorr, T Krikser - Agriculture and Human Values, 2016 - Springer
Food security is becoming an increasingly relevant topic in the Global North, especially in
urban areas. Because such areas do not always have good access to nutritionally adequate …

Collaborative governance arrangements to deliver spatially coordinated agri-environmental management

J Westerink, R Jongeneel, N Polman, K Prager… - Land Use Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Several studies show that agri-environment schemes (AES) are likely to be more effective if
they are designed at the landscape scale. However, this requires spatial coordination of …

Landscape agronomy: a new field for addressing agricultural landscape dynamics

M Benoît, D Rizzo, E Marraccini, AC Moonen, M Galli… - Landscape …, 2012 - Springer
Landscape dynamics increasingly challenge agronomists to explain how and why
agricultural landscapes are designed and managed by farmers. Nevertheless, agronomy is …

Linking research to practice: The landscape as the basis for integrating social and ecological perspectives of the rural

T Pinto-Correia, L Kristensen - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2013 - Elsevier
The rural spaces in Europe are undergoing complex processes of transition, at multiple
scales, and rhythms. In order to grasp and understand the changes occurring, the need …

Agricultural landscapes as multi-scale public good and the role of the Common Agricultural Policy

M Lefebvre, M Espinosa… - Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
During the last 50 years, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has impacted the evolution
of European agricultural landscapes by driving changes in land use and farming practices …

Mediterranean land systems: Representing diversity and intensity of complex land systems in a dynamic region

Ž Malek, P Verburg - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2017 - Elsevier
In the Mediterranean region, land systems have been shaped gradually through centuries.
They provide services to a large and growing population in a region that is among the most …

Peasant households' land use decision-making analysis using social network analysis: A case of Tantou Village, China

H Xia, C Li, D Zhou, Y Zhang, J Xu - Journal of Rural Studies, 2020 - Elsevier
In a long historical period, the social network based on kinship and neighborhood played an
important role in the rural society of China. China's rural revitalization policy has brought …

Multi-functional landscapes from the grassroots? The role of rural producer movements

AK Hart, P McMichael, JC Milder, SJ Scherr - Agriculture and Human …, 2016 - Springer
Around the world, agricultural landscapes are increasingly seen as “multi-functional”
spaces, expected to deliver food supplies while improving rural livelihoods and protecting …