The Challenge of Farmland Preservation: Lessons from a Six-Nation Comparison

Alterman, Rachelle

doi:10.1080/01944369708975916

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“…In view of the findings made in this paper, we recommend that issues of livelihood should be mainstreamed in the policy making and planning processes of the Municipal Assemblies, including farmland preservation (see Alterman, 1997;Nolon & Solloway, 1997). There should be conscious efforts to demarcate fertile farmlandsand protect them from urban development.…”

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Urban Growth and Livelihood Transformations on the Fringes of African Cities: A Case Study of Changing Livelihoods in Peri-Urban Accra

Oduro

Adamtey

Ocloo

2015

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In recent times, a growing body of research has drawn attention to the changing interface and interdependence between urban and rural spaces in Africa. This includes studies on physical, environmental, socio-demographic, economic and other transformations in the peri-urban zone. However, little is known about how residents of peri-urban communities adapt their livelihoods to these transformations. Using the case study approach, and by applying the sustainable livelihood framework as an analytical tool, we have explored the livelihood strategies adopted by the residents of four communities in peri-urban Accrain response to the city's physical expansion. We find that urban growth has differential effects on peri-urban livelihoods, thereby creating winners and losers. Some residents, by reason of their possession of, or control over, various forms of livelihood assets, are able to utilize opportunities offered by urban growth to devise livelihood strategies to enhance their wellbeing. Those who suffer adverse effects are mainly resource-poor farm households who, apart from not having the wherewithal to take advantage of opportunities created by urban growth, lose their farm-based livelihoods as a result of the conversion of land from agricultural to non-agricultural uses. We therefore recommend that local government authorities should incorporate peri-urban livelihood issues into their planning activities.

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Urban Growth and Livelihood Transformations on the Fringes of African Cities: A Case Study of Changing Livelihoods in Peri-Urban Accra

Oduro

Adamtey

Ocloo

2015

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“…SIBI has the capacity to uncover some illegal farmland conversions at a larger scale than the traditional and conventional means of land inspection, and it is more convenient and timely. Unlike in the US and Canada, where state or provincial and local governments are left to develop their own farmland protection policy [106,107], China has a national policy to preserve farmland. Furthermore, China has a top-down system of land use planning, through which the quota of farmland preservation is allocated [89].…”

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“…There has been notable differences in local government's reactions to conflicts in farmland preservation compared to Western countries such as the US and Canada. Due to conflicting interests, local governments in the US and Canada are probably reluctant to cooperate in planning for farmland preservation [40,108]. While Chinese local governments adhere to the central government's planning goals and guidelines in farmland preservation, local governments have not seriously implemented their general land use plan [44].…”

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The Impacts on Illegal Farmland Conversion of Adopting Remote Sensing Technology for Land Inspection in China

Zhong

Huang

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While China's central government has adopted remote sensing technology in land inspection since 2000, little empirical research has been done on its effect. This study aims to measure the effect of satellite imagery-based land inspection (SIBI) on illegal farmland conversion. The data used in this study were collected for the period from 1997 to 2010 at the province-level. The econometrics approach for panel data model was used in this research. The results showed that SIBI has a deterrent effect of approximately 2.42 ha for every increase of 1% in proportion to the area of prefecture-level regions inspected in a province-level region. The results also indicate land inspections with RS (Remote Sensing) technology saved approximately 11,880 ha farmland from illegal conversion during 2000-2010 with an estimated contribution of reducing illegal farmland conversion by nearly 11%. Furthermore, the governance structure change for land inspection has also contributed to deterring illegal farmland conversion. The deterrent effects due to land inspection by the Supervisor of State Land (SSL) are about 7332 ha during 2008-2010 with an estimated contribution of reducing illegal farmland conversion by nearly 33%. In conclusion, although SIBI has strengthened China's central capacity to uncover illegal farmland conversion and weakened local governments' abilities to hide illegal farmland conversion, it has limited impact on illegal farmland conversion since it is just a technical tool. Improvements in the land inspection governance structure have also helped to deter illegal farmland conversion.

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“…Bolan (1999) is`impressed by spatial planning achievements' in the Netherlands. Alterman (1997), in an international comparison of policies to conserve open areas, writes about a`success story' and`one of the most successful systems of planning and land management'. Wood (1998) calls the Netherlands a`utopia' in his study on``vacant land in Europe''.…”

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Stagnation in Housing Production: Another Success in the Dutch ‘Planner's Paradise’?

Altes

2006

Environ Plann B Plann Des

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Abstract. There are a number of different criteria for measuring the success of plans in planning. In the planning literature there is a debate about the criterion of conformance (that is, whether spatial development is according to plan) as opposed to performance (that is, whether the plan has shown the way to better decisionmaking), which is, in fact, different from performance measurement. In this paper both criteria are applied to measure the success of Dutch national concentration policies in the``Fourth Memorandum on Spatial PlanningöPlus''. The author shows that the urban containment policies conform well to the plan but perform badly in terms of improving current decisionmaking on the stagnation of housing production in the Netherlands. Moreover, the present stagnation of housing production is planned stagnation. With this result, the author shows that conformance and performance are independent criteria for measuring planning success, and that plans (as set out in the``Fourth Memorandum on Spatial PlanningöPlus'') with high conformance may still perform badly on the performance criterion.

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The Challenge of Farmland Preservation: Lessons from a Six-Nation Comparison

Cited by 151 publications

References 29 publications

Urban Growth and Livelihood Transformations on the Fringes of African Cities: A Case Study of Changing Livelihoods in Peri-Urban Accra

Urban Growth and Livelihood Transformations on the Fringes of African Cities: A Case Study of Changing Livelihoods in Peri-Urban Accra

The Impacts on Illegal Farmland Conversion of Adopting Remote Sensing Technology for Land Inspection in China

Stagnation in Housing Production: Another Success in the Dutch ‘Planner's Paradise’?

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