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Land Resource Assessment

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 July 2024 | Viewed by 2303

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Weiguo Fan

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Department of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China
Interests: sustainable utilization of resource; land resources capitalization; resources economy
Dr. Xue-Chao Wang

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Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Interests: LUCC; regional sustainability; low-carbon emissions
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Dr. Ranjay K. Singh

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ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India
Interests: natural resource management; performance measurement & management; biodiversity; conservation; forest management; conservation biology; sustainability; sustainable development; natural resources conservation; society and environment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As an important natural resource, land resource integrates natural and human elements, and is the core of production, life, and ecological activities. Land resource is non-renewable and scarce, which determines that land resource assessment has a far-reaching impact on high-quality development. From an international perspective, the Future Earth program integrates research projects such as the global land program and ecosystem services, making land science a key component of the Future Earth program, reflecting the close relationship between human and natural elements. Land resource assessment covers land use change, land use efficiency estimation, functional difference, land carrying capacity research, complex human–land interaction, and paying attention to the production–life–ecological dynamic mechanism. It is of great significance to carry out land resource assessment to reveal the complex mechanism of human–land coupling in the process of land resource protection, ensure the ecological security of land, and promote the sustainable use of land resource.

By designing this Special Issue, we aim to achieve better sustainable protection of land resource, improve the framework of land resource assessment, and achieve high-quality land production. In this regard, we welcome original and review articles on topics such as land resource efficiency research for high-quality development, the whole process of land resource research and future scenario simulation based on Energy System Language, LCA and energy, land resource capitalization, urban and rural land resource functional differences evaluation, land transfer analysis, land resource ecological security, and land carrying capacity evaluation.

Dr. Weiguo Fan
Dr. Xue-Chao Wang
Dr. Ranjay K. Singh
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • land resource efficiency
  • functional differences evaluation
  • land resource capitalization
  • process evaluation and simulation
  • energy system language and LCA
  • typical model of land use
  • ecological security and carrying capacity

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Influential Factors in the Evaluation of Agricultural Lands in the Huambo Province, Angola
by Ezequiel Lote and Fernando Oliveira Tavares
Land 2023, 12(10), 1823; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101823 - 24 Sep 2023
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The possession and appraisal of agricultural fields have significant economic and social impacts. The objective of this study is to examine the perception of farmers in the Huambo Province, Angola, regarding the characteristics that enhance and diminish the value of agricultural lands in [...] Read more.
The possession and appraisal of agricultural fields have significant economic and social impacts. The objective of this study is to examine the perception of farmers in the Huambo Province, Angola, regarding the characteristics that enhance and diminish the value of agricultural lands in the process of buying and selling. The utilized quantitative methodology is based on a questionnaire administered to farmers in the Huambo Province. The sample size consists of 644 respondents. The results allow us to conclude that the income generated from farming activities and the presence of infrastructure greatly facilitate the appraisal of agricultural fields. Conversely, the absence of legal ownership documentation and conflicts related to land ownership reduce the value of the fields. The exploratory factor analysis identified seven determinant factors, responsible for explaining 61.334% of the total variance, in the appraisal of agricultural fields: inherent location characteristics of the property, market dynamics related to agricultural fields, the availability of water on the property, proximity to tourist destinations, physical conditions of the fields, the positive externalities generated, and the advantages offered by the fields. We believe that this study will assist appraisers, farmers, and public administration in understanding the factors that positively and negatively impact the appraisal of agricultural fields. Full article
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A Review of Research on the Value Evaluation of Urban Underground Space
by Yuting Wu, Hongyan Wen and Meichen Fu
Land 2024, 13(4), 474; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040474 - 7 Apr 2024
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The contradiction between urban construction and sustainable development has led to an increasing demand for urban underground space (UUS). The value evaluation of urban underground space (UUSVE) is of great significance in promoting the rational development of UUS. Currently, no study has reviewed [...] Read more.
The contradiction between urban construction and sustainable development has led to an increasing demand for urban underground space (UUS). The value evaluation of urban underground space (UUSVE) is of great significance in promoting the rational development of UUS. Currently, no study has reviewed the literature on UUSVE. This paper provides a preliminary review of the legal basis and element composition of UUS, and the themes, evaluation objects, and evaluation methods of UUSVE, attempting to clarify the current status of UUSVE and analyze its future development trends. Finally, by summarizing the legal basis, element composition, research status and trends of UUSVE, three suggestions to strengthen UUSVE are proposed: (1) to strengthen the research on the shortcomings of UUSVE methods; (2) to build an evaluation index library and case library; and (3) to emphasize interdisciplinary collaboration, with a particular focus on the application research of machine learning. Full article
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