scholarly journals Overview of the Rural Agrarian Landscapes and Evolution of Their Types in Lithuania

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Jolanta Valčiukienė ◽  
Virginija Atkocevičienė ◽  
Daiva Juknelienė
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Rural Land ◽  
Factors Influencing

The forms and types of residential areas are conditioned by historical and socio-economic conditions of the country. Development of industrial relations have evolved and accommodation system in rural areas. Tenure and land-use changes played the most important role in the development of rural land. Modern rural residential areas formed under the influence of certain particularities characteristic to one or the other region of the country. The article analyzes five major periods of landscape development, land reform factors which had influence on residential areas formation, as well as the problem of decay of residential areas and the factors influencing the development of existing settlements.

scholarly journals Rural Land Use Change Driven by Informal Industrialization: Evidence from Fengzhuang Village in China

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Yin ◽  
Xu Zhao ◽  
Wenjia Zhang ◽  
Pei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Furniture Industry ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Rural Land ◽  
Rural Land Use

This study investigates the spatial expansion process, the de facto land use change, and their endogenous driving forces in the village of Fengzhuang since the 1990s. Fengzhuang is a specialized village in Hebei, North China, in which above 80% of rural residents are engaged in the manufacturing of mahogany furniture. Land use data were extracted from a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) survey conducted in 2014–2015. The results suggest that the land in Fengzhuang has been expanding rapidly under the influence of the informal furniture industry. The villagers transform their residential areas into family workshops and factories for the production of furniture. Most rural areas officially marked as residential are, in effect, used for industrial production, resulting in the informality of land use and circulation. The in-depth survey also reveals that the informality of the furniture industry, the bottom-up process of land development, and the evolution of government regulation are the major reasons leading to the de facto change of land use in Fengzhuang. This study offers a microscopic perspective of land use change, which helps to explore the formation and change of rural land use and actual functions, as well as the mechanisms behind them. These findings are expected to provide some implications for improving rural development strategies, rural planning, and governance in China’s specialized villages such as Fengzhuang.

scholarly journals Hedgerows and Enclosures in Rural Areas: Traditional vs. Modern Land Use in Mediterranean Mountains

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Fernando Allende Álvarez ◽  
Gillian Gómez-Mediavilla ◽  
Nieves López-Estébanez ◽  
Pedro Molina Holgado ◽  
Judith Ares Barajas
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mediterranean Mountains ◽  
Agroforestry Practices

The present paper highlights the importance of hedgerows and enclosures in the mountains of Central Spain. Now, these landscapes have suffered profound variations in terms of agroforestry practices, especially in the Mediterranean mountains where the characteristic multifunctional has largely been lost. The article analyzes land uses changes, dynamics, and their morphological features between the first half of the 20th Century (1956) and the second decade of the present time (2019). The paper was divided into three sections. First, the identification of land uses using orthophotograph and aerial photograph; after that the info was checked with fieldwork. Eleven categories were identified according to the dominant use and land use changes and size of land parcels were taken into consideration. Second, the configuration and the information collected through the type and intensity of change in land uses made it possible to recognise and quantify their distribution and trend between these two dates. Also, the kernel density algorithm available in the Arcgis 10.5 software was used to obtain density and changes in land parcels. Finally, an overview is given of the main role that this agroforestry plays due to the social, ecological, and economic benefits that they provide for allowing sustainable development.

scholarly journals Association between Rural Land Use Transition and Urban–Rural Integration Development: From 2009 to 2018 Based on County-Level Data in Shandong Province, China

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1228
Author(s):  
Zhiheng Yang ◽  
Nengneng Shen ◽  
Yanbo Qu ◽  
Bailin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Shandong Province ◽  
County Level ◽  
Rural Land ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
Land Use Transition ◽  
Rural Land Use ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Integrated development in urban and rural areas has led to a new form of urban–rural interdependence, which promotes rural territorial functional evolution and land use changes. Rural land use transition, showing the synchronous development between cities and villages, is an important window through which to observe integrated development in urban and rural areas. We focus on uncovering the association between rural land use transition and urban–rural integration development (URID), put forward a dynamic relationship assumption between rural land use transformation and URID stages based on the transmission mechanism of urban–rural linkages, and undertake empirical analysis using the panel regression model with the data of county-level administrative units in Shandong Province, China. The results show that rural land use transition has maintained a close association with URID, and that the changes in cultivated land, forest land, and surface-water area are highly related to URID. There are different leading urban–rural linkages in rural areas around big-sized cities, mid-sized cities, and small-sized cities, which determine whether rural areas are in different URID stages of high, medium, or low levels. Further, rural areas can take different actions to promote URID at different stages through strengthening or introducing urban–rural linkages driven by economies of scale and deepening urbanization. This provides a reference for developing countries to formulate rural land use policies on achieving the goal of URID.

scholarly journals Land use changes in the hinterland of major Slovak cities

Geografie ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Šveda ◽  
Daniela Vigašová
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Shopping Centres ◽  
Agricultural Use ◽  
Land Types

The countryside around major Slovak cities is undergoing significant transformation. The construction of shopping centres, administrative buildings, logistical sites, residential areas and changes in the agricultural use of land are causing vast changes in land use (land cover). The objective of this paper is to examine changes in the spatial structure of land use in the hinterland of 11 Slovak cities, with more than 50 thousand inhabitants, during the period from 2000 to 2008. On the basis of a detailed comparison of data obtained from the Aggregated Areas of Land Types database (Úhrnné hodnoty druhov pozemkov) we analyzed changes in land use in 847 municipalities within the Functional Urban Regions of Bratislava, Košice, Prešov, Nitra, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Trnava, Trenčín, Poprad and Prievidza. The results of the research confirmed significantly differentiated changes in land use. Whereas in the capital of Bratislava changes in land use are primarily caused by suburbanization, creating a relatively compact suburban zone, changes in land use were recorded only in selected sites in the rest of these major Slovak cities.

scholarly journals Modeling Major Rural Land-Use Changes Using the GIS-Based Cellular Automata Metronamica Model: The Case of Andalusia (Southern Spain)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael M. Navarro Cerrillo ◽  
Guillermo Palacios Rodríguez ◽  
Inmaculada Clavero Rumbao ◽  
Miguel Ángel Lara ◽  
Francisco Javier Bonet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Cellular Automata ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Kappa Index ◽  
Rural Land ◽  
Dry Land ◽  
Rural Land Use ◽  
Clustered Network

The effective and efficient planning of rural land-use changes and their impact on the environment is critical for land-use managers. Many land-use growth models have been proposed for forecasting growth patterns in the last few years. In this work; a cellular automata (CA)-based land-use model (Metronamica) was tested to simulate (1999–2007) and predict (2007–2035) land-use dynamics and land-use changes in Andalucía (Spain). The model was calibrated using temporal changes in land-use covers and was evaluated by the Kappa index. GIS-based maps were generated to study major rural land-use changes (agriculture and forests). The change matrix for 1999–2007 showed an overall area change of 674971 ha. The dominant land uses in 2007 were shrubs (30.7%), woody crops on dry land (17.3%), and herbaceous crops on dry land (12.7%). The comparison between the reference and the simulated land-use maps of 2007 showed a Kappa index of 0.91. The land-cover map for the projected PRELUDE scenarios provided the land-cover characteristics of 2035 in Andalusia; developed within the Metronamica model scenarios (Great Escape; Evolved Society; Clustered Network; Lettuce Surprise U; and Big Crisis). The greatest differences were found between Great Escape and Clustered Network and Lettuce Surprise U. The observed trend (1999–2007–2035) showed the greatest similarity with the Big Crisis scenario. Land-use projections facilitate the understanding of the future dynamics of land-use change in rural areas; and hence the development of more appropriate plans and policies

scholarly journals Movement Disability: Situations and Factors Influencing Access to Health Services in the Northeast of Thailand

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Wongkongdech ◽  
W Laohasiriwong
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
P Value ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Movement Disability

Background Persons with movement disability (PWMDs) are the biggest group of persons with disabilities (PWDs) with needs helps especially on health. There has been no evident to show health services accessibility situation of PWMDs in the Northeast of Thailand, the biggest region.Objective This study aimed to explore the current situation of accessibility to health services among PWMDs, and factors influencing such access.Method This cross-sectional study used a multistage stratified random sampling to select 462 subjects from the national registered PWMDs poll to response to a structured questionnaire. This study complies with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Khon Kaen University Ethics Committee for Human Research prior to the data collection.Result We found that most of PWMDs (66%) had overall health service accessibility at medium level. Factors influencing the access to health services were living in rural area (adj. mean diff.= -24.01; 95 % CI: -45.88 to-2.31; p-value=0.032), high income (adj. mean diff.=0.002; 95 % CI: 0.001 to 0.005; p-value = 0.044), and having offspring or spouse as care givers (adj. mean diff.=40.44; 95% CI: 7.69 to 73.19; p-value=0.044; and adj. mean diff.=48.99; 95%CI: 15.01-82.98; p-value=0.016, respectively). PWMDs who lived in rural areas had better access to health services especially to the sub-district health promoting hospital than those in the urban area.Conclusion Accessibly to health services of PWMDs still limited. Income, care givers and residential areas had influences on their access.Kathmandu University Medical Journal Vol.12(3) 2014; 168-174

scholarly journals Land Use Development of Vineyards in Goriška Brda, Slovenia

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 611-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alenka FIKFAK ◽  
Velibor SPALEVIC ◽  
Saja KOSANOVIC ◽  
Svetislav G. POPOVIC ◽  
Mladen DJUROVIC ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Cross Tabulation ◽  
The Cross

Land development analyses play a fundamental role in understanding how land use change shapes the land, depending on continuously changing social, economic, and environmental factors that reflect the interests in space. It is especially important to follow land use changes in rural areas due to their role in food security, environmental hazards, cultural landscape preservation, etc. Continuous analyses and monitoring of land use changes allow for the identification and prevention of negative trends in land use (over intensification, land fragmentation, etc.) that might affect biodiversity, change physical and chemical properties of soil, causing soil degradation, change the spatial balance, stability and natural equilibrium in the rural area. The use of the cross-tabulation matrix methodology was suggested for land use change analyses. The methodology, when the cross-tabulation matrix elements are correctly interpreted, allows us to gain as much insight as possible in the process of land use change. This approach enabled a detailed analysis of vineyards in Goriška brda, Slovenia. It was found that the existing methodology fails to analyse the location of change. For this reason, additional analyses of spatial distribution of change and of the locations where changes in space occur were suggested. The study demonstrated that the land use category of vineyards changes systematically, although seemingly randomly. By comparing land use categories over several time periods, the study determined that the size and speed of change varied across different time intervals. The identified land use changes were assessed in the context of their high pressure on agricultural land. The results of the analyses showed different trends shaping the typical agrarian landscape in Goriška brda.

scholarly journals A questão agrária como uma questão para a arquitetura e urbanismo

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo José Viana Sertori ◽  
Angel Stive Castañeda Rodriguez ◽  
Cecilia Corrêa Lenzi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Private Property ◽  
The Other ◽  
Housing Problem

ResumoA proposta do III Colóquio Habitat e Cidadania: habitação no campo, nas águas e nas florestas, foi debater a questão agrária brasileira e o problema habitacional nas áreas rurais. As diferenças entre os participantes, no entanto, tornaram-se latentes. De um lado, destacava-se uma parcela do campesinato cujas posições amparavam-se na institucionalização de suas demandas, sobretudo a demanda habitacional. Por outro, os que se posicionaram a partir do rompimento com as relações institucionais que sequer chegam a comprometer a inviolabilidade da propriedade privada e a manutenção da estrutura fundiária brasileira. Este entrave coloca para nós, arquitetos e urbanistas, algumas indagações: a produção do habitat nas áreas rurais e a questão agrária brasileira seriam problemas relevantes para a arquitetura e o urbanismo? Como tornar visíveis, aos olhos da nossa área, as não cidades e seus não cidadãos? Este desafio torna-se extremamente complexo, pois a contradição entre terra e capital se configura enquanto um impasse estrutural tanto nas cidades quanto nas áreas rurais. Neste sentido, debater a questão habitacional a partir da totalidade dos processos de territorialização que têm deflagrado esta contradição pode nos dar pistas de como contribuir com a superação da conflituosa realidade que ainda persiste nas áreas rurais brasileiras.  Palavras-chave: colóquio habitat e cidadania; habitat e habitação nas áreas rurais; questão agrária; reforma agrária. AbstractThe proposal of the 3rd Colloquium Habitat and Citizenship: social housing in Brazilian rural areas was to discuss Brazilian agrarian issue and housing problem in rural areas. However, the differences between event participants were visible. On one side, one part of the peasantry exposed their positions from the institutionalization of their demands, including housing need. On the other side, we witnessed those who highlighted the rupture with the governments dependence – who have been disinterested in confronting inviolability of private property and the maintenance of the Brazilian land structure. This obstacle gives us, architects and urban planners, some questions: the production of habitat in rural areas and the agrarian issue would be relevant problems to architecture and urbanism? How to make visible for our science the non-cities and their non-citizens? This challenge becomes extremely complex because the contradiction between land and capital is configured as an impasse both in cities and in different rural areas. Therefore, to discuss the housing problem from the different cases of territorialization that expose this contradiction can give us some alternatives for how to contribute to overcoming the conflictive reality that still persists in Brazilian rural areas.Keywords: colloquium habitat and citizenship; habitat and housing in rural areas; agrarian issue; land reform. 

scholarly journals Land Use Changes in Peripheral Rural Areas of the City Parts Bratislava

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-105
Author(s):  
Blažena Hógelová ◽  
Marián Kulla ◽  
Peter Spišiak
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
The City
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