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[Objective] The aims of this study are to identify the spatial conflict of land use in karst area scientifically, to reveal its influencing mechanism, so as to seek the sustainable development path of regional land use. [Methods] Based on landscape ecological risk assessment, a land use conflict measurement model was constructed in the Lijiang River Basin, which was famous for typical karst landforms. The level and spatial-temporal evolution of land use conflict in the Lijiang River Basin from 1990 to 2020 were quantitatively analyzed. The influencing mechanism was further explored by using geographic detectors. [Results] (1) During the study period, the level of land use conflicts in the Lijiang River Basin showed a slow decline, and the conflicts were mainly stable and controllable. The proportion of basically out of control and severely out of control fluctuated, gradually changed to controllable level, and the intensity of conflict was eased. (2) Land use conflicts had a banded spatial pattern of ‘high level in the middle and low level in the four regions’, and the spatial heterogeneity was significant. The areas with high conflict value were concentrated in the main urban areas of various districts and counties in the basin and the areas adjacent to the main water system of the Li River, while the areas with low conflict value were mainly distributed in the surrounding mountainous and forest areas. (3) The intensity of land use conflict was comprehensively affected by natural environment, social economy and transportation location. DEM, slope, topographic relief, NDVI and road network density were the main influencing factors. [Conclusion] The land use conflicts in the Lijiang River basin are obviously changing, and the out-of-control areas are gradually transformed into controllable areas. In the future, ecological protection and restoration should be continuously promoted in the Lijiang River Basin to stabilize the regional land use structure and realize the sustainable use of land resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Addressing potential land use conflicts (LUCs) is essential for guiding sustainable urban development, as it identifies areas where development pressures may clash with existing land uses. This study aims to investigate potential LUCs in Chattogram District, Bangladesh, by employing the analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy logic, considering living, agricultural, and ecological criteria to promote sustainable urban growth. Results reveal that nearly a quarter of the district’s land is highly suitable for agricultural and ecological purposes, while only 4.68% is highly suitable for living use. The fuzzy logic analysis uncovers significant conflicts between agricultural and ecological land use, affecting 14.57% of the area, while conflicts involving all three land uses are comparatively minor, impacting 1.99% of the land. However, moderate conflict intensity is observed across a substantial portion of the district. The high area under the curve values (0.807–0.972) validate the model’s accuracy. Hotspot analysis identifies 69 unions, covering approximately 855.78 km2, as high-conflict zones. These findings illustrate that LUCs are indeed a barrier to sustainable city development in Chattogram. Addressing these conflicts is key to promoting sustainable city development in rapidly urbanizing regions like Chattogram. The study’s insights can guide policymakers in developing integrated land use policies that promote the harmonious growth of cities worldwide, fostering the development of resilient urban areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Objective] The study of recessive land use forms is a crucial aspect of land use research. Clarifying the scientific connotation and intrinsic mechanisms of recessive land use transition and exploring regulatory pathways to address urban-rural economic and social transitions can provide a basis for optimizing territorial spatial patterns and promoting high-quality development. [Methods] Based on the improved social development model, we constructed a framework for the mechanisms of recessive land use transition. We employed logical deduction and literature analysis to examine the conceptual connotation of recessive land use forms and their transition pathways. [Results] (1) The trinity framework of “power form - functional form - efficiency form” reflects the basic pattern of recessive land use forms within a region. The power form regulates the efficiency form, and the efficiency form reflects the power form; the power form is the fundamental basis of the functional form, while the functional form is the driving force of the power form; the functional form is the key support of the efficiency form, and the efficiency form is the external manifestation of the functional form. These three forms are closely interconnected and interact with each other. (2) Implicit land use transition is the process of significant and fundamental changes in efficiency, functional, and power forms. It is rooted in the intervention system composed of regional resource endowments, engineering and technological systems, policy and institutional environments, cultural value recognition, and socio-economic development, featuring inherent relevance and dynamic adjustability. (3) Based on the underlying logic of “comprehensive land benefits - dominant land functions - land development rights”, regulatory pathways with element-coordinated governance, classification-based management guidelines, and well-improved institutional structure are constructed, which facilitate recessive land use transition. [Conclusion] Taking into account of precisely capturing the characteristics of recessive land use form changes over various periods, timely measuring and diagnosing spatial conflict inflection points, identifing regulatory points, and coordinating the actual demands of power, functional, and efficiency forms, recessive land use regulatory schemes suitable for specific levels of economic and social development are developed.

With the intensification of socioeconomic activities and climate change, land use conflicts are becoming more and more serious, posing major obstacles to the sustainable use of territorial space. This study conducted research on land use conflict and zoning control with a view to contributing new ideas for the prevention and resolution of land use risks. By analyzing the positioning and drawing upon fundamental theories, a novel research paradigm was proposed. An empirical study was conducted in the Gan River Basin in Jiangxi Province by applying the comprehensive evaluation method and geographical detector, and the basin was divided into six types of zones according to the intensity of land use conflict and the hierarchy of ecosystem service values. The results of the empirical study showed that the areas of intense conflict, low conflict and weak conflict accounted for 1.57%, 29.16% and 69.26% of the basin area, respectively. Of the intense conflict areas, 4.42% of the areas in the lower Gan River Basin were in intense conflict, while only 0.37% of the right bank of the middle reaches was in intense conflict. The driving factor analysis showed that precipitation, the population density and policy planning had a greater influence on land use conflict and that land use conflict was more likely to occur with the interaction of precipitation and the nighttime light index, population density and NDVI. The superimposed image analysis revealed that the land use conflict was intense at the junctions of urban areas and cropland and at the junctions of cropland and forests in the middle and upper reaches of the basin, which were mainly caused by the demand for urban expansion and the spread of agricultural production areas. The results of this empirical study are in agreement with the actual situation in the Gan River Basin, proving that the research paradigm proposed in this study is scientific and applicable. Moreover, we emphasize that this paradigm can be adapted in its application according to different research objects and continuously improved in response to the evolution of the territorial spatial management system. This study is of positive significance for the implementation of territorial spatial planning and provides a scientific basis for the further enhancement of the system of territorial spatial governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Objective] The aims of this study are to accurately diagnose land use conflict areas in urban areas, to discuss the spatial heterogeneity and scale effects of natural and social factors on conflict, and to provide a basis for the coordinated development of territorial space. [Methods] Wuhan metropolitan area was taken as the research area. The landscape pattern index was used to comprehensively measure the intensity of land use conflicts in the three periods from 2000 to 2020 from the perspectives of complexity, vulnerability and stability, and to analyze its spatiotemporal evolution characteristics. At the same time, considering the natural and social factors such as slope, NDVI, distance from water and distance from road, the multi-scale geographical weighted regression model was used to reveal the driving mechanism after multi-model comparison. [Results] (1) From 2000 to 2020, the out-of-control conflict zones (hot spots) in Wuhan metropolitan area were mainly distributed in the central and southern parts of the city (in Wuhan) and the northeast part (in the mountainous areas of Huanggang and Xianning）, and the out-of-control proportion increased from 70.09% to 67.13% during the period. (2) Compared with OLS and GWR models, MGWR model had higher fitting accuracy, and the variable bandwidth allocated by each independent variable effectively captured the scaling effect. (3) Slope and distance from water area were local scale variables, and the spatial difference of action mechanism was large. Distance from road, NDVI, annual precipitation and average annual temperature were regional scale variables, and the spatial heterogeneity of regression coefficients was relatively weak. [Conclusion] The situation of regional conflicts in Wuhan metropolitan area had improved from 2000 to 2020. Paying attention to the spatial effects of the drivers of land use conflicts can provide empirical reference for the alleviation of land use conflicts and the optimization of management in Wuhan metropolitan area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Land use conflict has been ever-increasing in the field of land science in recent years, particularly for the sustainable use of land resources. It also has significant implications for national security and stability. It is still lacking a recognized agreement on the precise conceptual connotation of land use conflict, leading to various interpretations, due mainly to the complexity and multi-dimensionality of land use conflict. These divergent interpretations have naturally given rise to different research perspectives, each of which is attributed to the distinct theoretical fundamentals. A rich but fragmented knowledge has resulted to offer unique insights into the causes, dynamics, and governance of land use conflicts. However, there is still a significant research gap, in order to systematically classify and summarize these varied perspectives and theories. It is also lacking in a cohesive framework of land use conflict for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. To fill the gap, this study first examined the connotation of land use conflict in previous research, and then identified a consensus implied across the diverse definitions: the subjects of land use conflict were stakeholders, while the objects were various interests related to land, including land space, ownership, resources, assets, and functions. Next, the foundational theories were reviewed on land use conflict, including different disciplines, such as sociology, management, economics, psychology, geography, and ecology. According to the conceptual connotation and theoretical foundations of land use conflict, a universal conceptual framework was developed to highlight the key elements, such as conflict subjects, conflict objects, driving factors, conflict outcomes, and the broader social-ecological systems. The subjects and objects of land use conflict were utilized to categorize and summarize research findings in the areas of identification and evaluation, driving mechanism analysis, and governance. The conflicts were identified and evaluated to focus on the conflict subjects primarily participatory. While the conflict objects were often utilized in the multi-objective superposition, comprehensive index evaluation, and ecological risk assessment. Specific conflict events were commonly applied via news media content analysis. There were relatively complex driving mechanisms behind conflicts. The influencing factors were categorized into three groups: conflict subjects, conflict objects, and the policy and institutional environment. Conflict governance was related to the coordination and negotiation between conflict subjects, the trade-offs among conflict objects, and the improvement of policies and institutions. According to the summary of existing achievements, some suggestions were proposed for future research on land use conflicts. Several key areas should be further strengthened: a multi-perspective theoretical framework, in-depth exploration of land use conflicts from the perspective of land use functions, comprehensive analysis of driving mechanisms, and the investigation of integrated governance approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Land use conflict is an inevitable and objective phenomenon during regional development, with significant impacts on both regional economic growth and ecological security. Scientifically assessing the spatiotemporal evolution of these conflicts is essential to optimize land use structures and promote sustainable resource utilization. This study employs multi-period land use/land cover remote sensing data from China to develop a model for the measurement of land use conflict from the perspective of the landscape ecological risk. By applying the optimal landscape scale method to determine the most appropriate analysis scale, this research investigates the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of land use conflicts in the Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration from 2000 to 2020. Furthermore, by integrating the Patch-Generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS) model with the Multi-Objective Programming (MOP) algorithm, this study simulates the spatial patterns of land use conflict in 2030 under four scenarios: Natural Development (ID), Economic Development (ED), Ecological Conservation (PD), and Sustainable Development (SD). The findings reveal that, from 2000 to 2020, the proportion of areas with strong and moderately strong conflict levels in the Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration increased by 2.19%, while the proportion of areas with weak and moderately weak conflict levels decreased by 1.45%, underscoring the growing severity of land use conflict. The predictions for 2030 suggest that the spatial pattern of conflict under various scenarios will largely reflect the trends observed in 2020. Under the ID scenario, areas with weak and moderately weak conflict levels constitute 57.5% of the region; this increases by 0.85% under the SD scenario. Conversely, areas experiencing strong and moderately strong conflict levels, which stand at 33.02% under the ID scenario, decrease by 1.04% under the SD scenario. These projections indicate that the SD scenario, which aims to balance ecological conservation with economic development, effectively mitigates land use conflict, making it the most viable strategy for future regional development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A widespread governance response to land use conflict is to seek improved communication through the employment of dialogue-based instruments. In this paper, we interrogate the guiding presupposition that conflict can be planned away through a case study on the Reindeer Husbandry Plan (Renbruksplan), a tool used to address land use conflicts between industrial forestry and Indigenous Sámi reindeer herding. Drawing on critical policy analysis and environmental justice frameworks, we analyze the problematizations, silences, and effects emerging from the tool’s use in forestry planning and land use decisions. Our findings reveal that, operating in its current institutional and legal context, the tool offers limited improvements in procedural justice, exacerbates unequal distribution of burdens and benefits in terms of who gets to use forest resources, privileging a forestry-centered representation of the land use conflict. We therefore conclude that, in absence of institutional reform, the tool is likely to perpetuate conflicts and continue to reproduce the injustices embedded in Swedish forest and land use governance.

In this article based on a best practice example out of the geography education will be explained how factual end ethical complexity is to focus on while considering a land use conflict in context of sustainable agriculture and how this double thought complexity can be dealt with in geography education generally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Context: Designing and optimizing ecological security pattern (ESP) is an effective solution to formulate landscape planning. The commonly used network analysis for ESP optimization abstracts ecological sources and ecological corridors as homogeneous nodes and edges, ignoring the differentiated landscape pattern and patch stability. Objectives: It is aimed to construct ESP considering pattern and function, to explore the relationship of patch stability and network connectivity conservation objectives, and to optimize ESP with the integration of the two objectives. Methods: We proposed a framework for constructing ESP based on ecosystem health and human footprint, and optimizing ESP with network robustness analysis. Land use conflict analysis and node/ edge removal method were further used to assess patch stability and network connectivity, respectively. Results: ESP of Ningxia was composed of 71 ecological sources covering an area of 10970.25 km2, and 150 ecological corridors covering an area of 3950.88 km2. The ecological sources and ecological corridors along the Yellow River had high patch stability but low network connectivity, while the largest ecological source had both high values of the two indicators. With the removal of nodes and edges, connectivity robustness, global efficiency, and equivalent connectivity of the ESP decreased from 1, 0.29, and 342.80 to 0, respectively. The variation trends of the three indicators under different removal scenarios were inconsistent. There was a distinct trade-off between the conservation objectives of patch stability and network connectivity. Conclusions: This study highlighted how to balance different conservation objectives in landscape planning. Our framework can provide guidance for conservation planners to construct and optimize ESP without losing information due to the element abstraction in network analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Onshore wind power is increasingly expanding to meet global and national goals to increase renewable, clean, and fossilfree energy production. In many countries and regions, however, historical and current land use is extensive, and the expansion of wind power has to be well-tuned to avoid risking irreversible legacy losses of existing and traditional land uses, landscape values, and cultures. Hence, assessments of the siting premises of current and forecasted expansion of wind power are strongly needed as a basis for sustainable planning. We present a study from alpine to temperate biomes in Sweden, where an ambitious onshore wind power expansion strategy has been put in place and will result in Swedish landscapes that are typified by wind power. We explored the existing legal framework--i.e., the national interest for wind power according to the Swedish Environmental Code--concerning the spatial interaction with other national interests for nature conservation, landscape values, and other land uses, and the land cover, landowner, and formally protected areas distribution within wind power sites and in their proximity. We found that the national interest framework does not provide sufficient guidance for locating wind power to avoid spatial overlap with conflicting interests and values. Furthermore, our analysis revealed that wind power is located mainly in forest-dominated landscapes, and on lands where private forest companies are the dominant owners but where the proportion of public and non-industrial private ownership increases in the near surroundings. Finally, we found that large areas of formally protected areas are within the proximate areas influenced by wind power. As an extensive onshore wind power expansion is already going on, and an even more extensive expansion is projected, the ways forward toward a sustainable wind power expansion calls for integrated landscape planning approaches that are based on comprehensive assessments of existing interests and values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Objective] The scientific identification and mastery of the spatial and temporal evolutionary characteristics of land use conflicts are the basis for the region to seek sustainable development. [Methods] Based on the concept model of relative ecological risk assessment and the theory of landscape ecology, a measurement model of land use spatial conflict was constructed to quantitatively analyze the spatial conflict level and spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of Guiyang City from 1990 to 2020. [Results] From 1990 to 2020, the overall land use conflict in Guiyang City was at a controllable level and changed significantly. The proportion of stable and controllable rose from 24.76% to 61.10%. and the proportion of seriously out of control rose from 2.24% to 2.43%, showing a growth trend. The land use conflict in Guiyang City presented a spatial pattern of high level in the south and low level in the north, which was stable, controllable and basically controllable and converges in Xifeng County, Kaiyang County, Wudang District, and other mountains hill. Basically out of control and seriously out of control tended to concentrate in urban areas and their surrounding areas. The land use conflict in Guiyang City had obvious spatial aggregation effect, which was characterized by a relatively ‘south-north’ distribution. The hot spots moved from Qingzhen City, Xiuwen County, and Huaxi District to the city center. The cold spots mainly concentrated in Wudang District and Kaiyang County. [Conclusion] The spatiotemporal changes of land use conflicts were significant in Guiyang City over the past 30 years, basiclly controllable area changed to stable and controllable area, and the out-of-control areas gathered in urban center. Guiyang City should attach importance to the ecological construction of the city center and reconcile the balanced development of ecology and economy in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Land use conflict, as the spatial manifestation of conflicting human-land relationship, has a profound impact on sustainable use of regional land resources. Taking the Yellow River Basin (YRB) as an example, a land use conflict assessment model was constructed based on landscape pattern indices. The dynamic patterns and driving factors of land use conflict in the YRB and the corresponding driving factors were then assessed from 2000 to 2020 based on spatial autocorrelation analysis and the geodetector method. Significant spatial and temporal differences in land use conflict were observed in the YRB from 2000 to 2020. During this period, the area of stable controllable decreased by 3465 km2, whereas the areas of strong and extreme conflict increased by 34,964 and 13,057 km2, respectively. The expansion of areas with extreme and strong conflict mostly occurred in regions with high urbanization and human activity, including northern Shaanxi, Hetao Plain, and the Yellow River Delta. The distribution of land use conflict in the YRB from 2000 to 2020 was characterized by significant spatial agglomeration; high-value cluster conflict mainly extended from the midstream area to the upstream area, whereas low-value clusters tended to be concentrated in the upstream area of the Qinghai and Qilian Mountains. The spatial and temporal differentiation in land use conflict from 2000 to 2020 was influenced by factors related to the natural environment, geographic location, social economy, and regional policy in the YRB. The effects of elevation, distance to the nearest major river, population, economic density, and per capita disposable income of residents increased continuously during the study period, whereas the influences of mean annual precipitation and ecological retreat weakened. Analysis of the interactions between driving factors showed significant dual-factor and non-liner enhancement effects on the spatial and temporal differentiation in land use conflict. The findings provide a scientific reference for the comprehensive management of national land and ecological construction in the YRB. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Objective] Land use conflict, as the spatial manifestation of conflicting human-land relationships, has a profound impact on regional sustainable development. This study aimed to examine the paradigms and main content of land use conflict research and provide a theoretical and practical reference for scientific and effective management of land use conflict in the new era of China. [Methods] A series of achievements and progress of land use conflict research were systematically reviewed. [Results] There are some weaknesses in the current research of land use conflict in terms of the construction of basic theoretical system, the formation of scientific and systematic conflict evaluation system, the in-depth study of conflict evolution mechanism, the improvement of conflict simulation accuracy, and the formation of effective governance pathways. Future research on land use conflict should take “basic theory construction-conflict identification, evaluation, and evolution process analysis-mechanism analysis-effect and influence analysis-situation simulation and prediction-regulation pathway and feedback identification” as the basic framework. Based on the perspective of multidisciplinary integration, studies should focus on the construction and improvement of the basic theories of land use conflict according to the dynamic mechanism theory, the accurate identification and comprehensive evaluation of land use conflict based on multiple attribute characteristics, the spatial-temporal evolution process of land use conflict at typical scale and in typical areas, the evolution mechanism of land use conflict based on multi-scale and multi-dimensional interaction, and the recognition and evaluation of the comprehensive effect of land use conflict oriented to sustainable development, and carry out systematic research on land use conflict simulation and path optimization based on actor behavior. [Conclusion] It is of great theoretical and practical significance to construct a theoretical basis for multidisciplinary integration and carry out systematic research on the development of relevant methodologies and research paths, which will guide the deepening of land use conflict research and promote regional sustainable development.

Land use conflict has been one of the most important global issues in recent years. Accurate and rapid identification of land use conflicts can be the essential prerequisite to realizing the sustainable use of land resources. The optimization of territorial spatial patterns is also of great significance for the scientific, rational and efficient protection and utilization of land resources. Generally, the land use conflicts can be attributed to the scarce land resources, land use multi-suitability, and demand diversity. However, only a few studies have been used to identify land use conflicts from the three dimensions. Taking the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as the study area, this study aims to identify the land use conflicts using “multi-suitability-scarcity–diversity”. Firstly, the theoretical mechanism of land use conflict was analyzed using human-land coordination, ecological security, multifunctional theory of land use, Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, and land resource scarcity. A new framework was constructed to identify the land use conflict using land use multi-suitability, land resource scarcity, and demand diversity. The multiple objective evaluation was performed on the multi-suitability, scarcity and demand diversity of land use. The spatial overlay analysis function was then used to measure the land use conflict index in the Arcgis platform. Finally, the spatial pattern of land use conflict was quantitatively described during this time. The results showed that: (1) There was mainly medium (48.23%) with a wide distribution in the multi-suitability of the land use. The land resource scarcity was mainly medium (49.67%). The spatial distribution was also the pattern of the "decreasing from the middle to the periphery" in the areas with the rapid urbanization development. The demand diversity was mainly low demand (73.29%) with the spatial distribution of the "high in central and south, low around". (2) The degree of land use conflict was mainly moderate (43.67%), indicating a spatial feature of gradual decline from the rural-urban transition zone to urban and rural areas. The second was the high conflict area (29.80%), which was widely distributed in the urban and rural transition zones in Huizhou, Zhaoqing, Jiangmen City, and the north of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Low-conflict areas accounted for the smallest proportion (26.53%) in the southern coastal areas of the Greater Bay Area, as well as some mountainous and hilly areas. (3) Land use conflicts shared significant urban-rural differences. The high conflict zones were concentrated in cities and urban-rural transition zones, especially in the rapidly developed Huizhou, Jiangmen, and Zhaoqing. The conflict areas were widely distributed in the production and living areas of villages and towns. Low conflict zones were distributed in the mountainous and hilly areas with low land use suitability. (4) There was a high suitability of cultivated and ecological land. The land resources scarcity was generally high in the areas with high land use conflicts. The middle conflict zone was mainly caused by the high land resource scarcity and human demand diversity. Potential land use conflicts should be fully considered in the territorial space planning and the demarcation of the three districts and three lines. A land use conflict early warning mechanism should be established to incorporate into the supervision and implementation system of territorial space planning. The finding can provide a scientific basis to optimize the territorial space pattern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the future, the pursuit of high-quality economic development and a focus on ecological environmental protection in China will inevitably result in significant conflicts between land use and ecological land use. Land use conflicts primarily occur in peri-urban areas characterized by prominent economic development and urban agglomeration. As a municipality situated in the Qin-Ba mountainous region, Ankang has been promoting ecological preservation for a span of two decades. The allocation of construction areas primarily focuses on the proximity of watersheds, while the northern and southern regions are predominantly characterized by mountainous and hilly terrain, thus exhibiting distinct regional attributes. Previous studies have mainly focused on analyzing the effects of land use on habitat quality during intense urbanization, with fewer studies focusing on integrating eco-regions with urbanization to assess changes in habitat quality. However, it is important to recognize that land pressure encompasses economic, ecological, and social aspects. Additionally, it aims to provide insights for the harmonious development of land use in eco-region-oriented cities. Using the SSPs-RCPs scenarios provided by the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), this paper employs a system analysis method, the emerging Patch-Generating Land Use Simulation model (PLUS) model, Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model, and Land Use Conflict Measurement model to dynamically simulate the future habitat quality and spatial conflict patterns of land use in Ankang City. The study explores the spatial coupling effect of both factors under different scenarios. The results indicate the following: (1) The overall development trend reveals an intensification of land use conflicts and a decrease in habitat quality. The expansion rate of construction land is increasing and exhibiting aggregation, while agricultural land area is expanding, and forest land area is continuously decreasing. (2) Land use intensity exhibits a significant positive correlation with land conflict levels, while land conflict levels demonstrate a significant negative correlation with habitat quality. (3) Under different future shared socioeconomic path scenarios, land use intensity, and land conflict levels follow the order of SSP585 (high forcing scenario), SSP370 (medium to high forcing scenario), SSP245 (medium forcing scenario), and SSP126 (low forcing scenario), with intensity and conflict decreasing accordingly. These findings suggest that land use has had some impact on the ecological environment, with indications of habitat degradation. Even in Ankang, where ecological development is highly valued, the city will gradually face conflicts between ecological protection and economic development in future scenarios. The city already has the environment at heart, so it will be worse in cities where the priority is economic development. Therefore, it is crucial to allocate sufficient space for economic development while simultaneously prioritizing ecological protection. The results of the study can provide a reference for analyzing the trade-offs between land development and habitat protection in eco-mountainous cities and for eco-cities to avoid falling into the conflict dilemma of economic cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the emphasis of modern societal development on the ecological environment, urban environmental issues have been lessened. However, green space occupies a significant amount of land resources, leading to more prominent human-land conflicts in some areas, thus creating serious social issues that urgently require solutions. As a result, social and ecological factors must be integrated into urban sustainability planning. Using the Chinese city of Fuzhou as an example, this study constructed an adaptive cycle model framework for sustainable urban development based on adaptive cycle theory by coordinating three core characteristic attributes of sustainable urban development: potential (urban development potential), connectedness (conflicting land use), and resilience (suitability for sustainable development). This framework was used to identify the development stages (exploitation, conservation, release, reorganization) of different areas in the city. Finally, the ecological value of the landscape created by sustainable development was verified through a multi-scenario simulation. The results were as follows: 1) land expansion under the constraints of the sustainable development model had higher ecological value and could effectively mitigate conflicts in urban land use while balancing socio-ecological contradictions during urban development; 2) the model effects varied across urban areas in different stages of development; and 3) our proposed sustainable development planning pathway based on the adaptive cycle model divided land use into eight categories and proposed targeted development measures based on zoning characteristics. This study can effectively alleviate the contradiction of sustainability between urban social and ecological development. It can be used as a policy tool for managing land assessment and zoning during future urban development and land use.

Human land use land cover changes (LULCCs) can cause impacts on watershed lands and on water resources. The regions with land use conflict suffer more intense erosion processes due to their high slope and drainage density. The study intends to evaluate scenarios with an absence of land use conflict and verify if it can contribute to reductions in surface runoff, avoiding the carriage of tailings to river channels. In the study, the SWAT model was used in the hydrological modeling of the Paraopeba River watershed affected by the rupture. The results show that the SWAT model was able to reproduce the flow data with good and very good performances. The quality indicators in the calibration step were NSE = 0.66, R2 = 0.69, PBIAS = 5.2%, and RSR = 0.59, and in the validation, step were NSE = 0.74, R2 = 0.77, PBIAS = 13.5%, and RSR = 0.51. The LULCC from 2000 to 2019 led to a 70% increase in lateral runoff (LATQ) and a 74% decrease in aquifer groundwater. The scenario of land use capability and no conflict can reduce lateral runoff by 37% and increase water infiltration by 265%, minimizing the point and diffuse contamination of the tailings in the Paraopeba river channel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Objective] The productional-living-ecological space conflict was analyzed in order to provide a reference for the management and optimization of land use spatial conflict in small and medium-sized urban agglomerations. [Methods] Land use information was extracted from remote sensing image data for the Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou urban agglomeration in 2000, 2010, and 2020. A spatial conflict evaluation index system was constructed to quantify land use conflict from the perspective of landscape ecology, and temporal and spatial evolution characteristics were determined. [Results] ① Ecological production land dominated the Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou urban agglomeration, and the area of living and production land increased over time. The increase rate was fastest from 2000 to 2020; ② In general, the Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou urban agglomeration exhibited a medium level of spatial conflict during the past 20 years, and spatial conflict had gradually intensified over time. A strong conflict space was evident in the central urban areas and areas surrounding the three major cities; ③ The overall Moran's I index result for land use spatial conflict was highly significant, and the spatial conflict agglomeration effect was enhanced, while the local characteristics of spatial conflict showed obvious high-high agglomeration and low-low spatial agglomeration characteristics. Low-high agglomeration and high-low agglomeration were not obvious, but the internal spatial relationship was basically stable. [Conclusion] The intensity of spatial conflicts has intensified over time. Therefore, people should strengthen regional control and early warning mechanisms of conflict risk.

Geographical Information Systems technologies allow the development of land use scenarios for the future. Land Use Conflict Identification Strategy (LUCIS) model; agricultural conservation by identifying areas of potential conflict of land use and urban land use predictions about how the changes will happen for the next period in GIS-based simulation model. In this study, land use conflict areas of Efeler, the central district of Aydın, were determined through the LUCIS model and land use estimates were made. In this context, multi-criteria evaluation techniques were applied and suitability analyses were carried out for land use categories over 56 sub-objectives, 19 objectives and 12 targets. The future conflict areas of agricultural, conservation and urban areas have been identified and a land use prediction map has been produced. According to the general results of the study: about half (48.84%) of the district area of 631 km2 remains within the conflict zone, and urban sprawl will occur mainly on agricultural and conservation areas. This will also be an indication that agricultural areas will continue to increase their pressure on conservation areas by accelerating.

The accelerated urbanization process has resulted in increasingly prominent conflicts in land resource utilization and caused numerous ecological and environmental issues. Simulating the evolutionary patterns of land use conflicts (LUCs) is the foundation for promoting sustainable land use. The Markov and GeoSOS-FLUS models were used to predict the land use patterns under three different development scenarios, and to analyze the spatio-temporal characteristics of LUCs in Xiamen, China in 2030. Results showed the following: (1) From 2010 to 2020, land use/cover in Xiamen has changed substantially, with an increase of 6.93% in area of construction land and a decrease of 5.40% in area of cropland. (2) In the natural development scenario, the area of construction land in Xiamen is projected to increase, while the areas of cropland and other land types reduce. In the policy intervention scenario, the area of cropland continues increasing and the growth of construction land is effectively controlled. Under the sustainable development scenario, cropland, grassland, and wetlands of high quality that serve important ecological functions have been effectively protected. (3) LUCs in Xiamen differ greatly under the three scenarios in 2030. The sustainable development scenario (SDS) balances the land use needs of both socio-economic development and regional ecological security with the least LUCs, which could be an optimum solution for the long-term sustainable development in Xiamen. The results of this study provide support for decisions about eco-city construction and geospatial planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This review offers an examination of the historical and sociocultural context that should have informed the creation and management of the Bears Ears National Monument (BENM) in rural Southeastern Utah, USA—an area surrounded by ranching communities and sovereign Native American tribal lands. Because of elements such as cultural significance, ancestral ties, natural resources, and recreational value, the land of Bears Ears has different cultural meanings for various groups. The BENM is indeed a complex issue that can and should be viewed from multiple perspectives. Throughout its history, the BENM has been a topic of debate and controversy amongst numerous groups, from Native American tribes to local ranchers to the federal government. Before, during, and after Bears Ears was designated as a national monument, disputes and discourse surrounding the issue have been mainly focused on land use, management, politics, and governance. We present a review of the historical background leading to claims of ancestral ties to place. We summarize the major events that led to the Bears Ears National Monument designation, reduction, and restoration. We provide a brief discussion of the current academic literature and directions for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Under the background of land use control and ecological environment zoning control, how to ensure the land demand for large-scale renewable energy development has become an urgent problem to be solved in the implementation of renewable energy development plans. The implementation of renewable energy development plans in China is still facing dilemmas from land space constraints, land use conflicts, ecological environment constraints, and ‘Not in My Backyard’ (NIMBY) effect. In the central and eastern regions, land space constraints are manifested in the scarcity of renewable energy land sources. Land sources for large-scale renewable energy development should be expanded mainly through the three-dimensional development of land space and the reuse of contaminated and mine waste lands. In the western region, although there is a large area of unused land, the effective supply of land for large-scale renewable energy development is still insufficient due to the constraints of the ecological protection red line or the weakness of the power grid, energy storage, and other infrastructures. The synergy between renewable energy development planning and land space planning and the control of ecological environment zoning should be achieved mainly by establishing a renewable energy planning area system and improving the ecological protection red line system. Renewable energy power generation, such as wind energy, photovoltaic energy, and solar thermal utilization, has an impact on the ecological environment mainly by changing the way of land use, negatively affecting biodiversity, water and soil conservation, and other ecosystem services. To avoid or reduce the impact of renewable energy development on the ecological environment, China should realize the synergy between the goals of renewable energy development and ecological environmental protection, and establish a sound management system for renewable energy development with the collaboration of the competent departments of ecological environment, natural resources, and energy, as well as a management mechanism for renewable energy development that is compatible with the requirements of ecological environmental protection. The construction and operation of renew⁃ able energy power generation facilities may have adverse impacts on community residents in terms of noise, lighting, landscape, open space, leisure, and entertainment, and thus produce the NIMBY effect. To address the NIMBY effect of renewable energy development and utilization, standards should be scientifically formulated to regulate the adverse impacts of renewable energy power generation on the surrounding residents, improve relevant public participation mechanisms, respect stakeholders, and establish a benefit-sharing mechanism for renewable energy development to achieve a win-win situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The contribution of overgrazing to high-elevation rangeland degradation is a problem across the Himalayan region, and it leads to tensions among users. In the alpine areas of eastern Bhutan, 2 communities of settled and seminomadic herders have been engaged in enduring open conflict over access to a large natural pasture. To reestablish a communication channel between these communities, a participatory modeling and simulation process was implemented with the concerned stakeholders. A training workshop on this collaborative approach and its key tools, particularly computer-assisted role-playing games, was attended by research and extension officers and was immediately followed by a field workshop attended by 6 herders from each community. The participants used their empirical knowledge to improve the relevance of the spatial distribution of the land degradation problem on the proposed game board. They also established a link between the features and rules of the role-playing game and the actual circumstances of the rangeland. The gaming sessions allowed the participants to share their respective viewpoints on the land degradation process in a nonthreatening environment. The assessment of the field workshop identified multiple effects regarding awareness of the problem, participants' confidence, colearning, and mutual trust. This intervention enabled the emergence of social capital ahead of the preparation of major development-oriented interventions in the watershed. This study demonstrates the pertinence of using simple but relevant abstract models, codesigned with their users, to mitigate tensions between parties in conflict over the use of renewable natural resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The contribution of overgrazing to high-elevation rangeland degradation is a problem across the Himalayan region, and it leads to tensions among users. In the alpine areas of eastern Bhutan, 2 communities of settled and seminomadic herders have been engaged in enduring open conflict over access to a large natural pasture. To reestablish a communication channel between these communities, a participatory modeling and simulation process was implemented with the concerned stakeholders. A training workshop on this collaborative approach and its key tools, particularly computer-assisted role-playing games, was attended by research and extension officers and was immediately followed by a field workshop attended by 6 herders from each community. The participants used their empirical knowledge to improve the relevance of the spatial distribution of the land degradation problem on the proposed game board. They also established a link between the features and rules of the role-playing game and the actual circumstances of the rangeland. The gaming sessions allowed the participants to share their respective viewpoints on the land degradation process in a nonthreatening environment. The assessment of the field workshop identified multiple effects regarding awareness of the problem, participants' confidence, colearning, and mutual trust. This intervention enabled the emergence of social capital ahead of the preparation of major development-oriented interventions in the watershed. This study demonstrates the pertinence of using simple but relevant abstract models, codesigned with their users, to mitigate tensions between parties in conflict over the use of renewable natural resources.

Context and background Land use plans have been considered as a solution to land use problems and hence enhance ecological, economic and social sustainability of land use. Appropriateness of land use plans and hence its potential for adherence may rely on sufficiency of zones allocated for different land uses. Goal and Objectives: This study was designed to empirically identify land use implementation problems and suggest solutions relevant to the land users, the government, planners and other stakeholders. Specifically, the study assesses: (1) The extent to which the land use zones cover all zones needed by the stakeholders and; (2) Reasons for levels of sufficiency of the allocated land use zones. Methodology: Data were collected through household survey of 120 respondents from two villages, key informants, focus group discussions and field observation survey while secondary data were collected through review of guidelines for land use planning, village land use plans, district land use framework, books and journals. Information used to assess sufficiency of land use zones used in Village Land Use Plans (VLUP) from household survey and village records were descriptively analyzed. Results: The implementation of village land use plans was not done as expected. Land use zones were insufficient in terms of the allocated size and needs within the zones for current and future situation because of increasing population, overstocking, and lack of infrastructure necessary within specific zones. Other factors included inadequate consideration for uncertainties in population projection standard, unclear zoning regulation and discrepancy in population data. Based on the findings and conclusions, this study makes the following recommendations. First, the National Land Use Planning Commission should devise mechanisms to ensure that all the six steps of land use planning are completed towards implementable land use plans. Secondly, the national land use planning commission should review zoning standards to sufficiently allocate the land use zones. The population projections used for future allocation of land had influence on the sufficiency of the zones where the rate of population increase is assumed to be fixed throughout the ten years implementation period without consideration of uncertainties. It is worth incorporating GIS to establish trend of land use and forecast future land use to sufficiently allocate land during the 10 years lifespan of the VLUP. Thirdly, the national land use planning commission need to validate spatial data and population data at village level to avoid discrepancies which affect implementation of the village land use plans.

The study applies descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis to investigate the causes, consequence and the determinants of land use conflict among vegetable farmers in Denu. Findings from the study indicate that multiple claims to ownership, land seen as the only source of survival, low level of education, strong population growth, legislative loopholes, and lack of access to land administration, erosion and inaccurate surveying were identified as the major causes of land use conflict among vegetable farmers in Denu. It further was revealed that land use conflicts increase cost, lead to loss of property, social and political instability, impact negatively on livelihoods and culminate in poor yield of crops and animals. The logistic regression result further revealed that length of years respondents have farmed on their plot, household size, years of education and income of respondents from other sources determine whether respondents experienced conflict or not. The study recommends that farmers engage in other businesses to reduce conflict. In addition, existing conflict resolution systems must be strengthened.

In the future, the pursuit of high-quality economic development and a focus on ecological environmental protection in China will inevitably result in significant conflicts between land use and ecological land use. Land use conflicts primarily occur in peri-urban areas characterized by prominent economic development and urban agglomeration. As a municipality situated in the Qin-Ba mountainous region, Ankang has been promoting ecological preservation for a span of two decades. The allocation of construction areas primarily focuses on the proximity of watersheds, while the northern and southern regions are predominantly characterized by mountainous and hilly terrain, thus exhibiting distinct regional attributes. Previous studies have mainly focused on analyzing the effects of land use on habitat quality during intense urbanization, with fewer studies focusing on integrating eco-regions with urbanization to assess changes in habitat quality. However, it is important to recognize that land pressure encompasses economic, ecological, and social aspects. Additionally, it aims to provide insights for the harmonious development of land use in eco-region-oriented cities. Using the SSPs-RCPs scenarios provided by the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), this paper employs a system analysis method, the emerging Patch-Generating Land Use Simulation model (PLUS) model, Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model, and Land Use Conflict Measurement model to dynamically simulate the future habitat quality and spatial conflict patterns of land use in Ankang City. The study explores the spatial coupling effect of both factors under different scenarios. The results indicate the following: (1) The overall development trend reveals an intensification of land use conflicts and a decrease in habitat quality. The expansion rate of construction land is increasing and exhibiting aggregation, while agricultural land area is expanding, and forest land area is continuously decreasing. (2) Land use intensity exhibits a significant positive correlation with land conflict levels, while land conflict levels demonstrate a significant negative correlation with habitat quality. (3) Under different future shared socioeconomic path scenarios, land use intensity, and land conflict levels follow the order of SSP585 (high forcing scenario), SSP370 (medium to high forcing scenario), SSP245 (medium forcing scenario), and SSP126 (low forcing scenario), with intensity and conflict decreasing accordingly. These findings suggest that land use has had some impact on the ecological environment, with indications of habitat degradation. Even in Ankang, where ecological development is highly valued, the city will gradually face conflicts between ecological protection and economic development in future scenarios. The city already has the environment at heart, so it will be worse in cities where the priority is economic development. Therefore, it is crucial to allocate sufficient space for economic development while simultaneously prioritizing ecological protection. The results of the study can provide a reference for analyzing the trade-offs between land development and habitat protection in eco-mountainous cities and for eco-cities to avoid falling into the conflict dilemma of economic cities.

One of the most important decisions to be made in the tourism industry pertains to the location of sites, facilities, and hotels. This decision is influenced by tourist demand, local community needs, and economic benefits to stakeholders. Planners and entrepreneurs of new recreational resorts and hotels must take environmental implications into consideration as well as their responsibility in relation to them. This study addresses the relations between theories of tourism and seaside hotel location, the sustainability paradigm and the development of sustainable tourism, and land use conflicts engendered by the sensitivity of seaside tourism development to environmental and cultural sustainability issues. The aim of the study is to examine and analyze tourism vs. sustainability considerations of seaside hotel location, and to enumerate some of the principles to be considered suitable for optimal hotel placement in order to reduce land use conflicts on the subject. The methodology is qualitative and includes in-depth interviews with experts, tourism planners, entrepreneurs, decision makers and stakeholders involved in tourism development and environmental issues in Israel. This is a significant research with applied value in the planning of seaside hotels and tourism development in areas of pre-existing intensive development, competition, and conflicts over land use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cannabis production standards are evolving with little understanding of their implications on land use planning. Health Canada currently administers a federally-regulated licensing system that does not address odour and light pollution land use impacts across the rural landscape. This literature review addresses the regulatory history of cannabis production in Canada, reviews current production standards, and compares possible cannabis production conflicts with documented land use conflicts from other odourous and light intensive operations to reveal flaws in the existing licensing system. Established cannabis production markets will be examined for further comparisons.

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The accelerated urbanization process has resulted in increasingly prominent conflicts in land resource utilization and caused numerous ecological and environmental issues. Simulating the evolutionary patterns of land use conflicts (LUCs) is the foundation for promoting sustainable land use. The Markov and GeoSOS-FLUS models were used to predict the land use patterns under three different development scenarios, and to analyze the spatio-temporal characteristics of LUCs in Xiamen, China in 2030. Results showed the following: (1) From 2010 to 2020, land use/cover in Xiamen has changed substantially, with an increase of 6.93% in area of construction land and a decrease of 5.40% in area of cropland. (2) In the natural development scenario, the area of construction land in Xiamen is projected to increase, while the areas of cropland and other land types reduce. In the policy intervention scenario, the area of cropland continues increasing and the growth of construction land is effectively controlled. Under the sustainable development scenario, cropland, grassland, and wetlands of high quality that serve important ecological functions have been effectively protected. (3) LUCs in Xiamen differ greatly under the three scenarios in 2030. The sustainable development scenario (SDS) balances the land use needs of both socio-economic development and regional ecological security with the least LUCs, which could be an optimum solution for the long-term sustainable development in Xiamen. The results of this study provide support for decisions about eco-city construction and geospatial planning.

Airports stimulate tourism and trade and are a vital link in any country’s tourism infrastructure and economy. Large airports such as South Africa’s busiest airport, the OR Tambo International Airport, in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, are usually located on the periphery of cities, usually on land that forms part of the peri-urban economy, reserved perhaps for farming or left undeveloped. As a result, such land often becomes a wildlife haven within the more “urbanized” or developed areas. Unfortunately, this places wildlife, especially birds on a collision course with aircraft. So much so that bird and other animal strikes cost the aviation industry millions of US dollars annually. Therefore, it is essential to reduce the number of wildlife strikes, not only lower the risk of damage to aircraft, increase passenger safety and reduce operational delays, but also prevent a decline in local wildlife populations. Thus, this paper argues that South Africa must improve its management of land-use close to airports to minimize the potential for wildlife strikes. In that regard, this study catalogs the different habitats and land-use types surrounding OR Tambo International Airport, identifying potential bird hazard zones using kernel density analysis. This identifies which areas pose the highest risk of bird strikes. Although land-use and land zoning by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommends a 13 km buffer zone around airports, this study shows that land-use in the buffer zone must also take potential bird strikes into account. Thus, airport operators need to work with land-use planning authorities and neighboring stakeholders to do so.

Forestry plantations constitute fertile ground for critical analysis of land use conflict. Policy-makers are increasingly recognising the need to address controversial issues in the plantation forestry sector. However, these efforts are often grounded in short-term analyses, resulting in static or inappropriate responses to a dynamic commodity environment. This research article proposes that combining cognitive and social research approaches can elucidate place-based land-use conflicts that at their root, are about more than just the one particular commodity under examination. We explore stakeholders' perceptions and attitudes around Tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) plantations in a region that has witnessed three radically different social-economic stages of blue gum plantation growth and management over the last 25 years. Our findings show that individual perceptions and attitudes over time are most closely related to the economic characteristics of blue gum plantations than to any other factor. By extension, market instability shapes popular narratives around blue gum plantations. We conclude that the analysis of conflicts associated with long-established forestry plantations should encompass an understanding of community members' worldviews and emotions in addition to economic analyses in order to adequately explain conflicts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Biophysical impacts tend to dominate environmental impact assessments (EIA), yet social values of the environment have an important role to play in decision-making. To foster the inclusion of social values in EIA we developed and applied public participation geographic information system (PPGIS) methods to map Fijian social values of the Sigatoka River estuary in Nadroga-Navosa Province, Viti Levu, Fiji, and threats to these values. Mapping interviews with 31 participants reveal that the estuary is valued as a source of food, primarily for subsistence but also for income and is overlayed with intangible sociocultural and spiritual values that are connected to physical locations and/or are virtual in space. Current and potential threats to these values include episodic (e.g., mining) and chronic events (e.g., pollution). We conclude that PPGIS offers an approach to map social values of an environment that are predictive of land use conflict and can be used in EIA to understand the human impacts of a proposed development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of ensuring national food security, high-intensity agricultural production and construction activities have aggravated the conflicts between agricultural and ecological spaces in ecologically fragile areas, which have become one of the most important factors hindering regional sustainable development. This study took Lin’an District, a typical hilly region of southeastern China, as an example. By constructing a landscape ecological risk evaluation model, land-use conflicts between agricultural and ecological spaces were identified, spatial autocorrelation and topographic gradient characteristics were analyzed, and land-use conflict trade-off mechanisms were proposed. During 2008 and 2018, the degree of land-use conflict in Lin’an District displayed an increasing trend, and the proportion of severe conflicts increased obviously. Slope is the main factor affecting land-use conflicts in a hilly region and shows a negative correlation, mainly because areas with flat terrain are more conducive to human activities. Based on the characteristics of land-use conflicts in Lin’an District, conflict trade-off mechanisms were proposed to provide a theoretical basis and practical support for land-use conflict management. Our study provides scientific evidence for sustainable land-use planning and ecological management in ecologically fragile areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Land use conflicts are intensifying due to the rapid urbanization and accelerated transformation of social and economic development. Accurate identification of land use conflicts is an important prerequisite for resolving land use conflicts and optimizing the spatial pattern of land use. Previous studies on land use conflict using multi-objective evaluation methods mainly focused on the suitability or competitiveness of land use, ignoring land resource scarcity and the diversity of human needs, hence reducing the accuracy of land use conflict identification. This paper proposes a new framework for land use conflict identification. Considering land use multi-suitability, land resource scarcity and the diversity of human needs, the corresponding evaluation index system was constructed, respectively, and the linear weighted sum model was used to calculate the land use conflict index. Taking Jinan as the study area, the spatial distribution characteristics of land use conflicts are accurately identified and analyzed. The results show that: (1) Land use multi-suitability in Shanghe county and Jiyang district is high, but the intensity of land use conflict is not. This indicates that land use multi-suitability is the premise and basis of land use conflict, but it is not the only determinant, which is consistent with our hypothesis. (2) Land use conflicts in Jinan were dominant by medium conflict, accounting for 43.89% of the conflicts, while strong and weak land use conflicts accounted for 25.21% and 30.90% of the conflicts, respectively. The spatial distribution of land use conflicts is obviously different, with high conflicts in the north and low conflicts in the south. Strong land use conflicts are concentrated in the urban and rural transition zones of Tianqiao, Huaiyin and Shizhong districts and in the northern parts of Licheng and Zhangqiu districts. (3) Inefficient land use and land resource waste aggravated regional land use conflicts in Licheng and Zhangqiu districts. (4) The new framework for land use conflict identification proposed in this study can accurately identify land use conflicts, providing a scientific reference and new ideas for accurate identification of land use conflicts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Context and background Land use plans have been considered as a solution to land use problems and hence enhance ecological, economic and social sustainability of land use. Appropriateness of land use plans and hence its potential for adherence may rely on sufficiency of zones allocated for different land uses. Goal and Objectives: This study was designed to empirically identify land use implementation problems and suggest solutions relevant to the land users, the government, planners and other stakeholders. Specifically, the study assesses: (1) The extent to which the land use zones cover all zones needed by the stakeholders and; (2) Reasons for levels of sufficiency of the allocated land use zones. Methodology: Data were collected through household survey of 120 respondents from two villages, key informants, focus group discussions and field observation survey while secondary data were collected through review of guidelines for land use planning, village land use plans, district land use framework, books and journals. Information used to assess sufficiency of land use zones used in Village Land Use Plans (VLUP) from household survey and village records were descriptively analyzed. Results: The implementation of village land use plans was not done as expected. Land use zones were insufficient in terms of the allocated size and needs within the zones for current and future situation because of increasing population, overstocking, and lack of infrastructure necessary within specific zones. Other factors included inadequate consideration for uncertainties in population projection standard, unclear zoning regulation and discrepancy in population data. Based on the findings and conclusions, this study makes the following recommendations. First, the National Land Use Planning Commission should devise mechanisms to ensure that all the six steps of land use planning are completed towards implementable land use plans. Secondly, the national land use planning commission should review zoning standards to sufficiently allocate the land use zones. The population projections used for future allocation of land had influence on the sufficiency of the zones where the rate of population increase is assumed to be fixed throughout the ten years implementation period without consideration of uncertainties. It is worth incorporating GIS to establish trend of land use and forecast future land use to sufficiently allocate land during the 10 years lifespan of the VLUP. Thirdly, the national land use planning commission need to validate spatial data and population data at village level to avoid discrepancies which affect implementation of the village land use plans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]